This was done in studio. I took a small branch of leaves from a tree down the street and placed then off the edge of small vase on top of a pile of books. The top book had a piece of aluminum foil, non glossy side up, on top from another project. I think that helped to light the drop. Used two clamp lamps each with a 100w halogen bulb at the top of the shooting area pointing back to a bouquet of pink tulips in front of a black velvet backdrop in the background.
As in my other drop refraction endeavors, the drop provided the challenge of the shoot. I would get a decent drop and then more water drain on to it and plop! And on and on. Ya get smart after a while sometimes and I finally lessened the amount of water sprayed on the leaves and let the draining water form the drop gradually which seemed to do the trick. I was able to get several shots of the drop in this image because it managed to stay on the leaf for a good five minutes. Shot hand held but with both elbows on the shooting area the camera was relatively steady. Macro mode with a 10x close up filter on the camera.
Post: Thank goodness we could spot edit!!!!
Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation. Sharpen. Crop. Eradicated many hot areas from the lights on the drops and on the leaves. I left some but at a smaller size. The composition of this is not what I would have liked it to be so I tried to get rid of anything that might detract from the drop. Left the background as is and muted a bright spot on the stem.
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