It rained continuously for three successive evenings starting Friday, for a few hours each. Early in the morning when the sun was up and just high enough to kiss the thin and delicate blades of grass - Cynodon dactylon - which is my lawn. When I went out to have a look at the beauty following overnight's rain, I saw some delectable views that prompted me to bring the camera out - a Lumix Panasonic FZ8. Here are some shots I captured Monday morning. These two shots taken during the rain. I have made holes in the collection overflow barrel in the rainwater harvesting system. This was how it looked. The other one is circular ripples forming from water dripping from the almond tree leaves above. These two shots taken with Canon 550D. Raindroplets in the morning before they fell off... a leaf of the Oxypetallum plant. The second is a normal shot of the grass with tiny water beads gleaming in sunlight. More shots with Panasonic... Last picture is again of the Oxypetallum plant. I was thrilled at how the minute globules stayed stuck on vertical blades!
Oh, you've captured some great images Dinu...i love these photos! Here now, the humidity is so high, it might as well be raining...but not yet. There is a lot of sweating going on though What is reflected in the up-side-down drop (3rd photo)?
What superb photographs Dinu. You certainly know how to put both cameras to good use. I love seeing raindrops on grass and leaves after rain, or with morning dew on them, as they can look like little jewels. They can also, if taken at just the right angle produce little scenes from the garden in them which fascinate me. Your photographs have inspired me so much that I'd really like to use some of the images in my card making. Is it possible for me to copy a few of them please?
Thanks vitrsna and Eileen. I wanted to mention the [inverted] image seen in the hanging waterdrop, but forgot to add the description. It must be the advertisement hoarding - on the building across the road. This plant has grown above the 6 ft. compound wall. Eileen, I'm not fully aware of the DSLR, but still use it with reasonably good results. I have taken a few shots 'water lens'. I have to dig for them in the folders. If you like to have the raindrop images, show me which ones you need for your cards, I'll send them in its full size on e-mail. I post them here after resizing, always. If this would suffice for your purpose, it'd be okay too. Raindrops fascinate me too. I found two from last year's rain, gladiolus leaf. Second image is shot from under the leaf. I just mentioned 'water lens' above. I was surprised I found them so easily. Here they are and I have to tell what they are, in the order.... Aechmea gamosepala bud [blue-pink], vapour condensation in a water bottle kept in the sun, droplets on a papaya leaf stem, a drop on Jasmine branch and an intentional water lens I made from a drop bottle nozzle.. that's my MiL in the image with orange saree. These pictures are about 2 years old.
