Positive thinking : Catch a Rainbow

So, this is part 2 of my Dandelion-Waterdrop Photography (Just think positive) which I have continued yesterday afternoon, and thinking positive worked somehow, because today I can show you some results 😊

Catch a Rainbow
^{Dandelion Seeds and Water Drops}

I know the photos are far from perfect, but I have never shot such images before and I am quite positively surprised, because after some Photoshop editing I kind of liked the images myself 😉

Again, I have made some mistakes, haven't broken a glass again though ;)

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^{Canon EOS R | SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM
ISO 100 . f/8 . 1/5 sec . @105 mm + Photoshop :)}

This time I used my computer monitor as background, which showed an abstract colorful background and I illuminated the dandelion seed with my new RGB LED Video Light, which I have set to change colors randomly. This combination produced a quite colorful image - even more colorful than I had thought.

At first I wanted to photograph a bunch of seeds together, still attached to the seedhead and spray some water drops on them to get a nice photo as I had it in my mind. But that was my first mistake, because with the first spray of water all seeds flew away 😉

My second mistake actually was not that bad in the end: I wanted to add a bigger water drop to the single seed which I photographed after my first mistake, but it went wrong and the hair of the seed wrapped around the drop. That wasn't intended, but it made the drop of water look like a little rainbow caught. Somehow I liked this image more than the one I actually wanted do make and so I kept it.

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^{Canon EOS R | SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM
ISO 100 . f/8 . 1/4 sec . @105 mm + Photoshop :)}

The Rainbow

Boats sail on the rivers,
And ships sail on the seas;
But clouds that sail across the sky
Are prettier far than these.

There are bridges on the rivers,
As pretty as you please;
But the bow that bridges heaven,
And overtops the trees,
And builds a road from earth to sky,
Is prettier far than these.

^{by Christina Rossetti}

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^{Canon EOS R | SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM
ISO 100 . f/8 . 0.3 sec . @105 mm + Photoshop :)}

I have found one more very short poem which is so sweet I think, and which I want to share with you.

A Lament

"O lady cloud, why are you weeping?" I said.
"Because," she made answer, "my rain-beau is dead."

^{by John B. Tabb}

So, that's all for today, and there's just one more thing for me to say ...

Stay at home, take care and stay healthy!
Bleibt zu Hause, passt auf und bleibt gesund!

Information

Location / Standort: At home in Klagenfurt, Austria

Dandelion / Taraxacum

All photos were shot with the Canon EOS R and the SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM lens. Of course, I have done some Photoshop editing.

I leave all EXIF and IPTC information stored in the pictures.

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