Flower Orbs

[denise ippolito]

Canon 1D Mark III
100 mm Macro lens
1/80 sec. at f/ 29
ISO 800
HH
Flash

Roman was nice enough to invite me to his house to shoot with him and his friend Bill. We had a fun time with these water orbs.
We used Rain X and experimented w/ adding glycerin to the water.
I took it a step further and did a couple of layer masks over the original image and changed the opacity of each to create an explosion of flowers.:)
To see one that Roman posted in macro to give you an idea of the original image click the link below. Roman had gotten a bit of the lip of the frame in his to create the brown bottom edging in the orbs. That was done on purpose for a different look.
http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=62181

[Barbara Kile]

Cool, Denise! How far is your glass from the flower? Did you set up on the floor? Thanks.

[denise ippolito]

Barbara, Thanks. The flower was under the glass and the beads of water on top aprrox. 6 inches above flower.

[Christopher Miller]

Very cool image, Denise! Love it. :) Excellent colors and lighting.

[Julie Kenward]

Okay, don't tell Roman, but I do like this one better than his! His is still VERY good but this is so well perfectly balanced and really takes my eye around the frame. I love it!

[Indranil Sircar]

Really cool technique and love the effect, Denise. The dark bg with purple and white combination works very well here.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Way to go Denise - this is really cool :D. The sparkly highlights put it over the top for me. :)
Best,
Nicki

[Kerry Perkins]

Very, very nice! This is such a cool technique and I love the look and feel you got with this one. How is the flash positioned?

[denise ippolito]

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the comments.
Kerry, The flash was on placed on my camera for this shot-but we did have a slave for some of the shots that was bounced off the sides.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Denise,
Very creqtive use of the layers! I also like the balance!!!......

Okay, don't tell Roman, but I do like this one better than his! His is still VERY good but this is so well perfectly balanced and really takes my eye around the frame. I love it!

......ouch:p......me too:D!