If you slow down, take your time, keep your eyes open, you just might see something special…
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro lens, ISO 800, f/4.8, 1/2000″ exposure
The frequent rains have provided ample opportunity to study raindrops. The line up of droplets on the stem of this red maple leaf caught my eye from a distance and drew me right in.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro, ISO 1250, f/8, 1/2500″ exposure.
Lady’s Mantle leaves have an interesting ability to allow raindrops to bead along the serrated edges of their leaves. I take at least one shot like this every season and never grow tired of it!
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro lens, ISO 800, f/8, 1/125″ exposure.
Three shimmering drops of rain line up along an iris leaf.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro lens, ISO 800, f/16, 1/200″ exposure.
These tiny beads of dew were clinging to a low-slung spider’s web in the grass by the pond. I’d say the largest drops were smaller than half-a-millimeter.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm macro lens, ISO 800, f/16, 1/160″ exposure.
A solitary dew drop clings to the end of a blade of grass.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 400, f/8, 1/400″ exposure
An unidentified insect surveys our ornamental garden from its vantage point on a rain soaked iris. I especially like the tiny bead of water on the bug’s back.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 1250, f/4.2, 1/250″ exposure
Morning raindrops on peony petals.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 1250, f/4.5, 1/200″ exposure
Shooting in the rain has its challenges and its rewards. Here raindrops cling to a curling vetch vine.
Nikon D600, Sigma 105mm lens, ISO 1250, f/4.2, 1/320″ exposure
John Hadden Photography 