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Water Drops in the Air
Bill De Jager:
I was playing around with my new Olympus 12-45mm f/4 lens. It's nice and compact, and goes very well with the E-M5 III. The lens is sharp as reported in reviews. I still like the Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 lens for its larger maximum aperture, but the f/4 lens definitely has its place.
When I took these photos I was running a sprinkler in the back yard. Freezing the motion of the water drops in midair looked... meh. I prefer the longer paths obtained with a slower exposure. An ND filter would be a good idea next time. Photos are cropped to taste. Exposure was set at 1/10 or 1/20 and aperture at f/8, higher than I would usually go in this sensor format. I didn't have access to RAW file manipulation so I just worked with jpegs.
Spray in the Back Yard no 1 by Bill de Jager, on Flickr
Spray in the Back Yard no 2 by Bill de Jager, on Flickr
Spray in the Back Yard no 3 by Bill de Jager, on Flickr
Plants in the photos are all native to montane and coastal moist forests in northern California, and northward from there into the Pacific Northwest region of the U.S. They include western mountain-ash (Sorbus scopulina), hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii(?)), California hazelnut (Corylus cornuta var. californica), Cascade barberry (Berberis nervosa), creeping barberry (B. aquifolium var. repens), inside-out flower (Vancouveria hexandra), vine maple (Acer circinatum), and western sword fern (Polystichum munitum).
Akira:
The unwoven-fabric-like renditions of the falling water in #2 and #3 looks interesting and worth experimenting more.
Bill De Jager:
My wife thinks #3 looks like cat hair on clothing or furniture!
Hugh_3170:
Bill, your wife is not wrong! (I love cats, just not their hair & fur.) ;D
A great idea with a lot of potential for further experimentation, especially with backgrounds and lighting. Probably No.2 for me.
--- Quote from: Bill De Jager on October 19, 2020, 04:56:48 ---My wife thinks #3 looks like cat hair on clothing or furniture!
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Bill De Jager:
Yeah, these are not exactly the best compositions but the effects are intriguing.
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