How to do dandelion water droplet photography.
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- Опубліковано 20 бер 2021
- How to do dandelion water droplet photography. Compleat guide to how to do water drop macro photography. In this video, I go deep into the world of water droplet photography showing how I get my shots and the things I use to take my pictures. See how easy it is and how much fun you can have being creative in the world of photography. Please feel free to ask me any questions on anything I have missed out on.
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NEEWER SPEED FLASH
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CANON 100MM MACRO LENS
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HOPE THIS HELPS ANYONE OUT
"STAY SAFE AND HAPPY SNAPPING"
I took some of your good tips and made the the following project Water Droplets Helen Smith POP 2023 2
absolutely spellbinding photos. Thumbs up brother
Thank you kindly mate very much appreciated
Great job! Thank you for sharing!
Wonderful... thank you! No need to look.for other macro!
Your tutorial was amazing. I have just discovered your tutorials and will be watching everyone from now on.
Hello my friend welcome to my UA-cam family. I am ever so happy you like my content if ever you have any questions feel free to drop me a message and I will do my best to help you in any way I can
Thank you for giving out the excellent tips!
You are most welcome I am happy you have enjoyed it
Brilliant work. That first image was superb.
Really enjoyed this video. Thanks for all the information ,and the entertaining way you make the process easy to grasp.
Thank you Alex I try my best to keep everything as simple as I can. There is no need to get technical it just makes thing to hard
No entiendo inglés, pero viendo solo el video ya me entero de muchas cosas. Enhorabuena. Lo explicas genial, para gente que no tenemos mucha idea¡¡
Thank you ever so much Sarah I do love trying to be creative and having fun.
Thank you ever so much for watching and supporting me
Thanks for the instructional video, love it. 👌
No problem glad you enjoyed it my friend 📸
You’re awesome!!! Thank you!!
Awww god bless you thank you for your wonderful message it really does mean a lot to me
Love it! 🌸 I need that backgrounds 😉
Thank you theybare absolutely brilliant as you will see I am always using them my friend
Thanks again for another fantastic tutorial.👍
Absolutely Awesome Thank you
You are most welcome my good friend 📸
Love this just brilliant 🤩 many thanks
God bless you 🙏
Excellent shots
God bless you my friend thank you ever so much
How do you not have 100's of thousands of subscribers? You're absolutely amazing!!! I've never been more inspired and am currently watching all of your videos from the first to the most recent and I'm only a quarter of the way through. I have a request....if you haven't done so already, if you could do a video on how you edit your images, that would be great! If not, that's okay. :) I just love what you do. You're art and your words of encouragement have seriously pulled me out of my funk. Thank you!!
THANKS, So informative
No thank you for Watching and supporting me 🙏📸🙏
I tried this today, but I couldn’t get the water drop to stay… so, I’m back to watch again… I’ll try again tomorrow. Thanks so much for a great video Lee.
Bless don’t give in I promise you when I first started off doing these I was totally rubbish at them but once I mastered it and learned from my mistakes it was easy after that I know you can do it
Another great video mate, 🙂📸
Thank you ar kid very much appreciated 👍
Great video Lee. Will for sure try it out when the dandelion season is upon us
Thank you for sharing. Raining so much in Sydney, I'll rather stay indoors and try this today.
Omg is it the start of your autumn there now my friend. I will be hopefully doing a road trip down under next year I am so looking forward to it.
Great stuff Lee
Thank you kindly my friend 🙏
Thanks a lot lee .. this is much helpful for me .... thanks a ton .... i realised where i was going wrong 😊😊😊. Much Much inspirational video 🙏🙏
You are most welcome my friend glad it helps you
and the final images were magical
Wow thank you I really do love my water drop photography 🙏🙏
Wonderful information and images Lee. I've never been so eager for dandelions to appear in my garden.
Lol bless here In the west Midlands we have them coming through so it will not be long now my friend 👍🙏👍
As always an amazing video. You keep me inspired (and my partner!). Thank you👌
thanks, Lee, for this video! I tried this last year with studio lights but found I had to put the paper right in the water in order to get the reflection. I really must learn how to use a flash!
Using a flash is definitely easier to control I promise
attempted this today... turned out OK for a few 1000 attempts.. My wife wont be happy i used most of the milk... water drop was a struggle.. love you videos mate.. love your approach to the images and techniques... youre a good man Lee.. keep it up - Dave - Australia
Hi Dave thank you ever so much for watching and taking the time to send me a message. Trust me if your wife is anything like my wife I end up going to the shops to get a new bottle of milk before she kills me lha ha ha. I am so glad you are enjoying my videos. If at any time you get stuck feel free to drop me a message
@@LeeHallphotography Thanks Lee.. I use extension tubes, I just struggle wit the image (focus) and then the colours from the flash... I will keep playing around though....
I got milk before the wife came home so still in the good books
Good man. She will never know hahaha. You will find the more you do the better the pictures will come out just keep trying different things and it will all come together. I must have taken over a hundred pictures before I started getting what I wanted.
WOW ❤
Your images are magic and you Sir are a wizard. Thank you!
😮 I’ll definitely try of this soon
Amazing Lee, Definitely going to have a go at this one, love your presentations. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Lee for another great video. I was having trouble with the reflections, now I will give it another go.
You are most welcome I am so so glad you enjoyed it hope it helps you loads 🙏🙏🙏
Keep up the great work Lee. Much appreciated.
Thank you for your kindness and support 📸🙏📸
This is awesome and pretty simple to accomplish. Really goin to try this when there are dandelions around again. In the meantime I can start eating some Pringle’s 😝🙈
Loved the intro sequence - superb !
Wow thank you ever so much mate 1🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍👍
Lee, Thank you for the extra detail You have answered many of the questions that I had. Lovely images at the end. Keep up the great work.
You are most welcome I tried to put as much as I can in without boring people but if you follow this you will not be far away with your short 🙏📸🙏
Can't wait for the dandelions to appear!! Well done Lee!
They will not be long now I should say one more month I think
Amazing! Love your photos. Thanks for sharing your techniques and art.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart I really appreciate you watching and supporting me 🙏📸🙏
Brilliant and fantastic photos as always Lee keep up the good work
Thank you my dear friend I sure will thank you for watching and supporting me 🙏❤🙏
Your videos are getting better and better. Nice intro!
Wow thank you from the bottom of my heart I am so glad I am going the right way with my work 🙏📸🙏📸
очень красиво! попробую так сфотографировать! спасибо за урок!
this was brilliant mate, incredible images. my passion is macro photography and recently ive been looking at things I can do indoors, cos you know...UK weather lol. DEFINITELY gonna try this, thanks for the brilliant tutorial :)
Thank you for this video ! Amazing results !
Thank you ever so much my good friend 🙏📸🙏
Fantastic video, confidence is definately up there. Keep them coming
Thank you buddy its hard sometimes to keep it there but with each video it gets stronger a d stronger plus I am loving the video editing side of it now as well
Great tips. Can't wait to play when dandelions back in the spring. Will binge watch tutorials today. Glad I've found your channel.
Hello my friend glad you found me welcome to my UA-cam family. If ever you have any questions please feel free to ask I am always willing to help.
magic mate as alway top advise as well glad your back doing videos
Thank you buddy I am glad I have got the bug back for photography
It is always interesting and very simple, but with great results. Please keep inspiring me especially in these difficult times.
I most definitely will my friend we will be out of this very soon 🤞🙏🤞
Nice work !
Great video and superb photos, as always!
Thank you kindly my good friend 📸🙏📸🙏
BRILLIANT AS EVER LEE.
Thank you mate very much appreciated 👍
Wonderful instructional video, Lee! I can't wait for the dandelions to appear soon here in Ontario, Canada!👍🏽
God bless you thank you ever so much. It will not be long now until they start popping up
Your tutorial was awesome! Your instructions are simple and easy to understand. You’ve inspired me to try macro. First thing I’ll be doing is going out to collect dandelions. ☺️
Wow thank you ever so much you have just made me one happy person if ever you get stuck and need help just ask please 📸🙏📸
A great video the gardeners are coming round more often but still have some from last year
Great detail. I can't wait to try it, but here in Canada I still have two feet of snow in my yard so I'm a couple of months away from getting dandelion seeds. This year I'll be collecting and storing them for next winter's projects. I'm loving your new website (donated) and I think I'll be ordering one of those great shirts.
Your a star my friend I really appreciate and love all your comments and support you give me it really really does mean a lot to me please stay safe and enjoy your photography and don't forget if ever you get stuck just ask me please
Your videos a so good
God bless you my friend you are so kind
Great images once again. Quality intro as well
Thank you buddy I am trying my best to get my video skills better and better each time I really appreciate your support 📸🙏📸
Nicely covered the basics mate!
Thank you mate my first videos I did was a mess when I look back at them so I thought a upgrade was in order
Beautiful images Mr.Hall
Thank you kindly my good friend 🙏📸🙏📸
Very nice pictures and excellent video. I like your laidback style.
Scrolling through the comments and look who I found. Nice to see you're up and running Lucie. Kinda lost contact since I deserted 500px and Flickr.
Thank you my friend I am always laid back rushing is for idiots lol 😂📸😂🙏🙏🙏
@@OliverHerbold Hi Oliver, yes we had lost touch when you left 500px. How have you been? How is life in this Covid era treating you?
@@luciegagnon1238 let's switch to the comment on my channel... ;)
Thanks Lee. I tried this and was amazed at the results. I need a longer Pringles tube - I cut mine too short, and I need to bend the background card more. I learned these two things when I watched this a 2nd time as my images were good for a first try, but not as good as yours. Fantastic stuff, and really simply explained (and I understand the accent as it's very local!)
Thank you my friend I am from Darlaston but moved to Birmingham about 14 years ago now. Glad you are enjoying the videos. Y friend
Hi I keep trying I am getting there 😉
Hello Carole you are more than getting there my friend hope you are keeping well
Nice :) (luv the snoot)
Thank you trust me I have been using these for 4 years now and can not find a better one lol 📸📸
Stunning images Lee. I went on the hunt for a dandelion today😂i found only 3 within a 5 kilometer radius, so I was delighted. Going to have great fun with this, thank you so much for making this video👏👏😊
Omg 5 kilometres trust me it will definitely be worth ever step my good friend 🙏📸🙏
Good one again Lee
Thank you buddy 👍👍👍
Keep up your good job towards those who want to learn.
Thank you my friend I definitely will trust me. 👍
Hi Lee love this thought I had it mastered,until looking at your will definitely try milk thanks again 😊👍
Thank you mate it really does mack a big difference using.g milk as it really holds the colour well and gives I a better dream look
lovely results Lee, what I have found is the medical use syringes are hydrophobic, the water drop wants to be anywhere rather than on the needle tip, I struggled for years using eye droppers and the like
Thoroughly enjoying your tutorials 😁 Had another go at this, but having problems getting a nice reflection…maybe not enough milk in my mixture 🤔. Ah well practice, practice, practice 😊
Beautiful! I tried this last year and it turned out good, but I wasn’t be able to get the colors in the milk with the colored backgrounds when I used the flash. I worked around it by bending the paper over the milk and shoot with natural light. I think the problem was in the paper that I used, it was’t reflective, it was normal paper. So I give it a try again one of these days when I get my hand on some of that shiny paper. Love how it turned out, also with the editing! Have a nice evening, greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Thank you for spending the time to watch and send me this lovely message. I have put a link up to some off the backgrounds I use Tey are the same ones I used in the video they are perfect for this type of photography
Impressive image and clear well paced explanations. Some might place a diffuser on the end of the light modifier. Ever try that? Cheers!
I have tried it my friend it does work but you it just means turning the flash power up
I love this video. I have some truly amazing photos, but I can't get my shadow to the side. I think I'm creating a reflection as opposed to a shadow. I do love the photos though and I get some amazing colours, just wish I could alter the shadow/reflection. Can't thank you enough.
Really very nice. Are the photos you showed us in the video single shots or staking? In any case, congratulations.
Thank you my friend they are all single shot I don't like to photo shack my water droplets
Nice lee. I sent you a couple of mine on discord.
I will get on there tomorrow mate and have a look hope your keeping well 👍
Hi Lee, great video 👍🏻 Have you tried the coloured bulb on the dandelion seed instead of the flash and card? Just wondered!
Hiya Lee, great video. May I ask why you never use the flash on your camera?
Hi my friend my camera doesn’t have a built in flash. So I can only use the off camera flash. I do use it a lot but mainly when I am bouncing light for my water droplets or insect photography so I can freeze the subject
Just watched this again to try to get the colour in the milk as my don't turn out like your ones do 😀
You will get it I promise it really all is about experimenting
Another place you could look for syringes is at a pharmacy, thats where i got mine. I think they were less than $1.
I have tried my friend they don't like selling them to people here in the UK 😭😭
@@LeeHallphotography it must depend on the pharmacist, maybe its because i fill alot of prescriptions so he got to know me. We have alot of smackheads here in canada so i guess i can see them not wanting to sell to just anyone.
Great tutorial. I can’t see your links though.
They are in the box under the video my friend
Are we going to see a new video soon? Missing you.
I am working on one as I speak for this weekend my friend
Where can I buy those Dandelion seeds?
Hi Lee, do you always leave your room light on or is it better to have the room in darkness, which gets the better results?
Hi my friend brilliant question 🤔 I really did have to think about it. You know I never give it a thought about trying it in the dark to see what happens. I do it in the dark when I use a flash light to put on my background so I will definitely try this and let you know 👍📸👍📸
@@LeeHallphotography Thank you.
Hey, i love your Videos but i habe one problem: I can't find any modeling clay that works. can you please tell me which one you are using 🙏. Sorry vor my bad english. Greetings from Austria
Hello my friend thank you for getting in touch with me.
I don't know what they call it in fantastic Austria but in England we call it blue tack it is what people use to put posters on there walls in there houses.
You can get.
White tack
Blue tack
And black tack
But I find blue tack the best.
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Hope this helps my friend and stay safe and happy snapping 📸👍📸
@@LeeHallphotography Thank you soooo much! I orderd it 🙏💪. fun fact: I jumped out of the car in the middle of traffic to get 3 dandelions. the last that I could find 😂😂💪
Hahaha 😂 that sounds a bit like what I would do glad you have found some god bless you.
Do I need a macro lens to achieve this image? I’m a beginner, imagine I’ll have to purchase one.
Hello my friend no you don't need a macro lens to get these sort of images you can use a kit lens and some extension tubes this is how I started off my macro photography
@@LeeHallphotography thank you so very much. I will try it out with the lens I have.
@@fe1297 I have a couple of videos on my UA-cam page that explains more about them. I got my ones from of amazon uk they came in a set of 3 from viltrox and I still use them now when I don't take my macro lens out with me.
To many ads not helping you for keeping people to come back and watch your video.
I am sorry my friend but I need the adds to help keep my channel going.
It cost me to do the videos
If you can think of any Ways to help let me know please 🙏