Yet another water drop

You might think that I'm obsessed with water droplets, what with that other two shots of water drops that I've uploaded to the photo blog. Yes, you're right. But I couldn't help myself with my macro lens. It really does make it so easy to get up close to clearly see things like a drop of water. Anyway, the depth of field and the focus is the hardest part, of course. If you don't have a steady hand...which I don't...then it could make taking shots really hard.

Anyway, this time this photo was taken in Tokyo. It wasn't in a very peaceful place at all. It was along the side of the road on my way to the Imperial Palace...where I took this shot. It had rained the night before and despite the throng of pedestrians and the rumbling of traffic behind me, I was able to snap this shot. I promise this will be my last water droplet shot for a while...until the next time, right? This shot happens to be my background on my work laptop.

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Swirling water

Our family was in Evansville, Indiana visiting family for the holidays. While we were there we happened upon their really cool children's museum. They had a whirlpool where you could throw in these plastic blue balls and watch them swirl around and around.

This shot was taken without a tripod trying to catch a bit of motion. So it's not incredibly sharp, but it will have to do.

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Another drop of water

So, I love taking macro shots, but this one frustrates me. I like what I'm TRYING to do, but I think my execution is still lacking. I can't get the focusing quite right and so I'll shoot 100 shots and each shot can't quite get the droplet of water in perfect focus. So I have to do some digital manipulation, which is what I did here. It's fine.

But to say something positive about this shot, it's amazing to me that water has as much form as it does. I'm so used to seeing it go anywhere and everywhere, but it's cool to see it nestled on a leaf.

This shot was taken at The Getty Museum. This place is seriously one of my favorite spots in LA. Not only is it the site of my first date with Shelley, but it just has all you could ask for in a museum - great art, cool architecture, beautiful views of the city, and nice landscaped gardens.

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A drop of water

I actually took this shot today. I'm on an extended business trip to Japan and had the entire day free on Saturday. I lugged all of my photographic equipment all the way to Japan for just such an occassion.

It has rained the night before I took this shot and that meant plenty of opportunities to take pictures of leaves with little beads of water on them. I've never successfully shot one, and I'm not quite sure how I feel about this one. maybe it's the closest one I've taken to being remotely shaprly in-focus. This was taken inside the public gardens of the Imperial Palace. I took a lot of time looking for shots - nearly two hours. I had my iPod on and I tuned out the world while taking pictures. A very good day.

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