Studded With Jewels

[Christopher Miller]

It's amazing the details your camera can show you when shooting macro. In this picture, I love how the dewdrops look like jewels covering the blade of grass. I do wish that I had shot this with a higher f/stop to get more of the dewdrops in focus, but I'd like your opinions on it.

I also tried converting this to sepia, which version do you like better?

Olympus SP-550 UZ
f5.6 @ 1/200, ISO 100, -0.3 EV
Aperture priority mode, pattern metering, auto WB, natural light
Processed in Photoshop CS2; cropped, curves adjustment, and sharpened

[Christopher Miller]

Here is the sepia version.

[Gus Hallgren]

WOW! Looks like a diamond braclet ~ Reminds me of "Diamonds are a girl's best friend."

Well done, I like it . . .

Uncle Gus

[Katie Rupp]

Can't decide which is my favorite, I like them both, Christopher. Very interesting.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Kind of like the first one Christopher, does look like a studded bracelet.

[Gus Cobos]

I like the monochrome version the best...it has a touch of old time class...:cool:

[Harold Davis]

OK, i'm torn!! i like them both!!! great job either way!!

[Christopher Miller]

Thank you all for your comments!

[denise ippolito]

Christopher, I think I like the first one the best! Love the look!

[Dave Leroy]

Greens my favorite colour Christopher. Nicely done. At first i thought they were beads of frost. Great idea. Dave

[Alfred Forns]

Love them both for different reasons The base image is very strong and dof wise can go either way. Actually I like taking one at max and one at minimum dof Each has its own appeal.

For these one of the keys is soft light, since you are covering such a small area might want to get a diffuser !!!