anthro photo web log
first rain
Posted by danthro (Suburbia, United States) on 6 February 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
sorry i'm not able to catch up on everyone's blogs as i'd like to, focusing on other pursuits more now.
Comments, feedback, criticism, suggestions, etc. are always appreciated. Thanks!
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Maysam from Tehran, Iran
woow very nice
the best shot in this week
very nice very nice and very nice
6 Feb 2008 6:49am
@Maysam: that's very kind very kind of you. ;)
@IMPAR: thanks a lot!!
Sujit Sudhi from Hyderabad, India
Superb close up. Love the details and the wet appearance.
6 Feb 2008 10:56am
Rhys from Darlington, United Kingdom
this is great, some of the dropletts look almost like crystal. beautifully sharp.
6 Feb 2008 11:30am
@Rhys: thanks. i just wish i didn't get the camera's reflection in the droplets.
@Laurent: thanks a lot! the color was probably the thing i struggled with the most. color is hard to control, and i seem to especially have trouble with green. it usually looks to saturated to me, but when I use selective color in photoshop to try to pull out some of that it's hard not to get weird colors, or end up with too much yellow or red.
Kevin at OrganicPIX.com from Dallas, United States
Lucky charms!
The droplets of water resemble diamonds or clear pearls adorning the clover.
This would be a good one for Saint Paddy's Day next month!
6 Feb 2008 2:52pm
@Kevin at OrganicPIX.com: i wish i'd thought of that title! i have some more of these shots i took at the same time, maybe i'll use one of those on St. Patrick's Day.
baobab from Cambridge, United States
Neat - I really like the silvery drops of water and the organic composition.
6 Feb 2008 3:49pm
@baobab: thanks a lot. i'm not sure what organic composition is, but it sounds good. one of the good things about photographs of the first rainfall are that the plants aren't already wet and it seems like the raindrops stay on top in droplet form longer/better.
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
This is so delicate and pretty. I feel refreshed just looking at it.
6 Feb 2008 4:56pm
@Laurie: thank you very much!
Levine from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
LOL! I was just wondering, did you put the water on purpose or really after the rain shot? Oh who cares, its a really good picture. :)
6 Feb 2008 6:18pm
@Levine: thanks so much. no this was really after one of the first rainstorms of the fall last year. took it at the same as this image.
@Babul Bhatt: thanks!
@pixeltoko: thank you! this is really weird. i thought this was going to be one of my photos people wouldn't like much, but i don't seem to be a very good predictor of that.
baobab from Cambridge, United States
I was using organic in the usual sense of the word... natural. You clearly haven't artificially arranged the composition, so it has nature's somewhat haphazard charm. This makes it feel far more alive than if a similar image had been composed with perfect symmetry.
6 Feb 2008 10:24pm
@baobab: ahh. yes. ironically, i think that was part of the reason i didn't think most people would like the composition.
baobab from Cambridge, United States
'perfection' can be sterile and boring... :)
6 Feb 2008 11:48pm
farmermarn from Baltimore, United States
Lovely the way the framing abstracts the subject.
7 Feb 2008 1:27am
Ron from Saint Louis, United States
Stunning! The depth and detail are just…stunning!
7 Feb 2008 2:23am
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
On here it's too small to see the image in the droplets, but in my opinion, it would be kinda cool if each drop had a tiny image of you taking the photo.
10 Feb 2008 3:50pm
Sony DSC-W55
1/125 second
F/2.8
ISO 100
7 mm