When I got my phone last month, I tried to do a macro photo shoot, that ended badly. One third of the photos had to be deleted, because were either foggy or had other problems. That was a tough lesson for me, an eye opener. I had to realize I need to be more careful with the macro feature.
The problem is, with macro, every little move can influence the photo quality. Without a tripod, obviously I need to hold my phone very steady and make sure the focus is where it should be.
Today I had a plan in mind, but nature had a totally different plan for me. I woke up to a light rain and it was overcast. I used to say for a photographer every type of weather is good, you just need to adjust your focus according to the actual weather and that's what's happened today.
Without sunshine, my plan had to be postponed and instead I thought I would attempt to do another macro photo shoot to practice my skills. When I left the house, it was snowing, which was not exactly what I was hoping for, but it did not take long and the snowing stopped.
What I wanted to do today was capture some raindrops as that was the most difficult last time. Despite the light rain in the morning, raindrops were not everywhere as I was hoping, but I still managed to capture some. I don't even want to mention the wind, that can make your life miserable.
I've been always curious to see how the image reflects in a water drop and here it is, upside down as you see on the photos spread on the internet.
When it comes to raindrops, I see two options. One is to capture it before falling off of a leaf. It is the hardest as you need a certain amount of water to accumulate and you need to be careful because if you accidentally touch the leaf or the plant, your raindrop is gone.
These raindrops are sitting comfortably, there's no danger of them going anywhere, unless the leaf moves and two drops merge.
These must have been some kind of cherries once. Now are all dried but till looking good in my eyes.
This is a certain type of pine and what you see on the photo may be the seeds. Again, this is the time when I realize how little I know about these plants.
This is what's left of the ivy flower.
The highlight of the photo shoot was the bunch of wood branches I bumped into. I can't explain why I like wood so much.
What is interesting to note in these photos is that those rings that are forming in one year period are not formed evenly. Actually there's barely any development on one part. Why? Who knows? Should have looked at the underdeveloped side to see if it had moss, which would have indicated a northern side, but I didn't. Maybe next time.
It is a bit too early for trimming branches, but the warm weather must have given them the occasion to do it.
In a month or two I'm going to have more branches to photograph as trimming starts. I'm looking forward to it as I bet there will be some nice pieces.
Last, but not least, some moss on the bark of a tree. Contrary to what people think, moss is not like velvet. Those are tiny leaves that are not visible with the naked eye, you need a magnifying glass to see it. Well, our phone has the ability to enlarge it.
Today was better than last time. There were only a few photos that needed to be deleted.