The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Description
As a cold front moved through yesterday, it began with some very hard rain, but no thunder and very little wind. I took the opportunity to photograph the action of the large raindrops falling on my pond, using the freshly grown lily pads to add some reality. The heavy rain and large drops meant that there were multiple rebound splashes in a single frame, as you see here.
Specific Feedback
I like the mix of real from the lily pads and the water rebounds with the abstraction of the ripple structures in the water. From experience, I know that shutterspeeds of 1/30 s or faster are needed to minimize blurring both of the ripple structures and the drop rebounds. I also wanted decent sharpness across the frame, hence the f/16 aperature.
Technical Details
R5, 100-500 @ 238, 1/60 s, f/16, iso 3200, tripod and raingear for all.
This is excellent, Mark. It really does an awesome job of conveying the heavy rain and the lily pads offer a very nice lodging place for the viewer’s eye.
Hi Mark,
Lovely lily pad with rain drops. It would make a smashing accompaniment to the the frog images, as the frogs are clearly laying low, despite having their mythical tuffet right there waiting for them.
ML
Mark, for me the suspended rain drops on what appears to be the rebound bounce really makes this image for me. No thoughts for change whatsoever…Excellent image here…
Mark: Great action shot. I do like the drops but almost wish for some more SS but if you were at ISO 3200 and still had to use 1/60 I’m not sure how much faster you could go without really stretching the ISO. Perhaps a stack of each drop? Top notch shot. >=))>
Love, love, love! Simple and wonderfully composed. The primary colors are very appealing. The water on the leaves and, especially, the rain drops add texture and interest. As if that isn’t enough, you’ve captured the rain drop perfectly. Just great!
This is excellent, Mark. The roughly circular lily pads echo the circles made by raindrops in the water. The pastel colors are very appealing. Well done.
Hi Mark,
This is so cool! You always seem to come away with some gems from your pond and this one is no exception. I love the primary colors in this intimate scene as well as action of the raindrops with those rebound splashes and concentric circles. The water on the two lily pads is also a wonderful touch. Stunning image; absolutely no suggestions from me.
Awesome photo. Especially the rain drop rebounds. The photo captures a moment in time that usually escapes our attention because it happens so quickly and we are more concerned with not getting wet rather than looking for it. How many frames did you have to take to get them? Years ago I must have taken over a 1000 frames in controlled conditions to capture water drop rebounds. The only thing that I would have wanted to see would have been a raindrop hitting the lily pads.
Youssef, I took almost 100 shots. It was raining hard so every one had multiple splashes and rebounds. Interestingly enough there were a few with rebounds when a drop hit the edge of a pad that was underwater, but I see nothing that looks like one hit on a floating pad, even though such hits must have been occurring.
Top notch shot. >=))>