The two rain shots are both at 1/250s, f8, ISO 400, 16-85@65mm, with flash
The umbrella close up is 1/50s, f5.5, ISO450, with bounced flash
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3 comments:
I like them all. The first excellent use of colour and composition with the umbrella struts giving it a bit of structure. Lots of detail if you pixel-peep.
Of the other two, I marginally prefer the last one. The b&w feel gives it a chillier feel than the second. More ripples as well, make it more interesting. Good flash on both - would have been easy to have got unwanted reflections, I guess.
Think I prefer the second as well, for similar reasons, although I liked the colour rain pic because of the interesting textured background and the relative emptiness of the frame, with just the few ripples in the corner.
Used the flash off-camera and held down low and to the left of the camera to try and sidelight the splashes a bit more to add contrast, and avoid reflection.
Neighbours must have thought I was a loon standing out in the middle of the street, in the rain, taking pictures of puddles!
>Neighbours must have thought I was a loon
Enough said.
Still, I like the second raindrop photo very much.
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