Drops of water on a piece of nylon netting REFRACTING a french tulip in the background.
Used two approx, 12" x 16" box lids covered in white paper on the tops and sides with the flat area facing towards the subject. Weighted the lids down with a weight on one side and two coffee cannisters filled with coins on the other. Left a space about 2-3" in between the two lids. Used office clips to attached the net to the sides of the boxes across the center at the same level as the subject (though I've found it better for it to be slightly below, as opposed to above or even). Placed the water drops on the net with an eye dropper (always the worse part of the process...the slightest movement, at times, will make the drops flow, pop or go flat which distorts the refraction and makes the subject look less definable). The ideal drops are convex towards the camera. Shot in macro mode with a 10x close up filter on the camera. The camera was on a table top tripod.
Post: Crop. Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. Lighten shadows 20%, darken highlights 1%, no additional contrast. NeatImage. Sharpen. Resize. USM. Save for Web.
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great shot, abviously took a great deal to set up...lacks a little sharpness for me, but I won't mark it down for that as the colours and comp are great
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