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How do you do dew?

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Posted by Craig Strand on January 23, 2012 at 2:15 PM
How do you do dew?
Capturing dew on a flowers petal to me, is like putting icing on the cake. I enjoy shooting flowers early in the morning (the dew hours,) when if your good at capturing the bloom you often get the "chilled, fresh" look that dewdrops can add.
Going over some images from last spring (while the winter rains reign,) I cropped this jeweled tulips top down to 25% of the original.
Please ignore the yellow mat, my color blindness was on overdrive when I did this!

canon 7D
canon 100mm f2.8L IS USM
F/3.2 1/1600 ISO 100
tripod, cable, CS4, LR2, NIK's suite
Posted by Joe Becker on January 24, 2012 at 3:14 PM
Craig, I like this very much. The line of three petals really draws the viewer into the image, as does the depth of field you selected. Great work.
Posted by Joseph Campisi on January 24, 2012 at 3:25 PM
Great DOF, color and detail! Love it Craig.
Posted by Catherine Reilly on January 24, 2012 at 7:48 PM
Terrific detail in the image. The dewdrops are perfect and so are the lines in the flower petals under the drops. Way to do dew!!
Posted by John Williams on January 27, 2012 at 9:36 PM
Fantastic Craig. The dew and color are obvious, but the comp is most excellent as well.