Jane's waterdrops blog (fourth time of trying.)
Today I have been mostly doing this..............
Dropping water onto a CD to catch the spectrum of colours.
The blues seems to be on one side............
.............. and the yellows on the other.
Bright sunlight creates many pretty colours and flares.
Like a spinning planet in orbit.
The lines on my drops are my louvre blinds, not easy to avoid images of camera, hands and pictures on the wall!
Also difficult to avoid capturing scratches, fluff and dust on the CD surface.
Surprizing how many colours and shapes can be found.
Most of these shots were taken on Automatic in Macro mode. My shot was about half of the CD, then I cropped in close.
I cloned out some dust spots, and altered the brightness and saturation in some of the shots.
This drop has a bubble in it, I had to be quick as they soon disappear.
I find this to be addictive, I load one lot of shots, then feel I can do better and keep trying to improve.
I probably deleted about one hundred shots. I love being retired, so much time to fiddle about.
This is a perfect example of dust ruining a gorgeous drop, damn it!
I am now hoping this will copy, as I have already lost three attempts when I tried to save it and the page could not be found..........
If it loads, I hope you enjoy it!!
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wow
really like this blog
might just have to have a go myself.
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Brilliant Jane! as stuart said may have to have a dabble myself! amazing what you can do eh?
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Really nice photographs! I have an image just like yours posted in my gallery too, and your tries are way better than mine. I like them.
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Wonderful photography Jane. I hope the palpitations have settled down now. Mind you, just the sound of your name, I get em!!! Lol
A very colourful and interesting set of photos. Thanks
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stunning !!!!
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I'm drooling, love your creative side, top of the class.
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Loving #7 and #14. Both absolutely brilliant.
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What wonderful pictures, i am green with envy. Well done.
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Fantastic like it. I tried doing some water shots all I got was told off for getting water all over ah well.
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Oh wow, how inspiring is this!! I simply must give it a go, sunny days indoors, what a better way to spend the time.
Some stunning images Jane, absolutely brilliant. Thanks for sharing, sit down now and have a long stiff drink.
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Inpired..................by these fabulous stunning pix!
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fantastic photos, i will have to have a go, i love no. 14.
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An awesome collection of photos Jane. The second to last is my fave. These aren't as easy to capture as they look but you've done a superb job!
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love the fifth one especially but all good droplets with some cracking spectrums. (spectrii? spectrumses? whats the plural of spectrum? )
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I'm glad you persevered Jane excellent blog,stunning pictures all of them
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Great shots Jane, must make the effort myself.
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All those rainbows you have captured, splendid !!
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Hiya Jane great shots, I've just got my first half decent camera and hope i can get some as good as them. I like the second last one with the three different size rainbow drops.
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speechless'just brilliant.......................
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Some lovely shots in your blog . I`ve not done his for ages , I think I may have a little dabble over the weekend
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Creativity on different angles. Nice Blog
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Great set of shots, Jane. Very creative, thanks for posting
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These are brilliant Jane. keep meaning to have a go but don't find the time. Maybe one for retirement if I can't get round to it. Very impressed with the sharpness of these and sparkle you have achieved.
Would be interested to know what your lighting set up was.
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I spend my time looking at other peoples way of spending there time during retirement
but what better than marveling at the world around us and a little escapism into the digital world. The three water drops in a receding row are my favourite. Jane, I think you aught to put it in your galley, I think its a cracker. PS I think I saw a pile of ironing in one of the reflections 
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Hi Jane another super photoblog as usual and you do a briiliant job of these macro pictures and narrate them so well. Jane a brilliant blog and many thanks for sharing take care & best wishes for 2012 BoBxx. P/S I did comment on your blog before you had completed it sorry.
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What a simple, but fascinating idea. A wonderful blog and cracking good pictures.
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AAAH! I want to do these what a fantastic idea, right up my street some thing like that, thank you for the inspiration of yours, it's given me other ideas great like it from me, best regards Leon.
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Good work
Love The colours
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Very cool Jane.
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This is my sort of Photography if you check out my Cheese Grater Photoblog its not the same but sort of the same colours but without your great clarity in the photograph..
Just Fabulous !!!!!!!!!
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Thanks for persevering Jane It's a brilliant blog. Must try it some time.
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Great shots Jane well done.It takes more shots than you think and a lot of water not to mention the flooding.
ps Jane try washing up liquid.
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Thanks for all you lovely comments and for taking the time to visit. x
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Great blog Jane.
Very clever and creative.
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Amazing, Jane... super blog... against the odds by the sound of it!!...Thanks for persevering
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Just wonderful Jane. Wish I could do that.
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Jane, these are absolutely stupendous (just when you think you've run out of adjectives, out pops another one, ain't the english language grand)! Regards,
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Fantastic shots, i love the colours and sharp glasslike effect the water drop gives, hope i can have ago at this soon, im struggling to learn my cam at the mo but its great fun learning TFT share.
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Some interesting images - well done and you have moved above me as the top rated blog
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Absolutely fabulous creative effective photography Jane. Superb.
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youre blinds make an amazing effect on it!
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absolutely loved these shots..great inspiration..i gave it a go but didnt quite get it right but will keep trying... :)
Shosh
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Fabulous blog Jane some really cool shots in there which has inspired me to have a go myself, hopefully with results as good as yours! BIG LIKE Regards...John
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Brilliant photos. Absolutely love the 3 drops photo. Well done!
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these are great shots brilliant
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I could sit and stare at the photograph for hours. Particulary love the one with three drop decreasing in size. You must be very patient!
Tony