I took a small twig of lilac from a tree close to my place for another home macro photo session. This time I spray a little water drops on the blossomed buds for more interesting effects. I use only Lightroom and no additional effect from photoshop.
The first Photo is stacked from 13 images because the aperture I use was 2.8 and the focus area was too small. The result is pretty good.
Here you can see how small the twig was.
I chose a brighter vision because the thing looks bigger in light backgrounds and gives more softness and purity to the photo.
Focus on the last two photos is on the water drops and the soft blossoms make them impact more and more. On all photos, I put a positive amount of Post-Crop Vignetting, to capture the viewer's eye in the center of the image.
| Camera | Panasonic Lumix GX8 |
|---|---|
| Lens | Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f/2.8 Macro |
| Lighting | small led panels and phone |
| Color grade and editing | Lightroom |
If you like this vision you can download for free Lilac blossoms.xmp from google drive. Note this preset works with Lightroom CC 2018 and above.