The verdant lushness of a micro photo of a palm leaf is lovely. Add a few raindrops, glistening in sunlight, and you’ve taken that picture to another level entirely.
This is the job of the photographer — to find new ways to look at the ordinary and make it special. The addition of a few drops of water, therefore, is to take the simple to the adorned. Glistening moisture on a tomato or soft petal prove that one small thing can make a difference. One small element and the viewer’s eye is now drawn into the photograph.
Achieving the effect, however, may require a degree of artifice. The eye may favour a strategically placed dewdrop, but actually finding that on a leaf or fruit is unlikely. A walk at dawn could work, but many macro photographers don’t leave it to chance. Instead they utilize some of their talents — ingenuity and creativity to be exact.
Here then are tips from the experts on how to take macro shots with the addition of water drops:
