Raindrops on Green Leaf

JUNE 2015 – Close-up of raindrops on a green leaf. © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com


The story behind the image

Sometimes, just sometimes you spot something really beautiful that calls for an immediate photo. Something that sits between a snapshot and a well-planned photo. That’s because the photo opportunity does not vanish within seconds, but it’s not well-planned either.

This is one of those shots. After a rainshower in the early morning, several drops had formed on a large grass in front of our house. I had been preparing the camera for another shooting later that day, so I had it ready and just captured this beautiful scene with my 100mm Macro lens.

The wide open aperture created a super nice blur and the entire frame consists just shades of green. As a bonus, there is a bit of copyspace at the top of the frame.

Nice.


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The high resolution image

Capture Date & Time16-JUN.2015, 08:11
LocationUnterhaching, Germany
CameraCanon EOS-1D Mark IV
LensCanon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
ISO200
Exposure1/200 sec at f/2.8
Digital Image Source FormatCanon Camera RAW (CR2)
Edited Image FormatJPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB
Edited Image Dimensions3264 x 4896 Pixels
Copyright© by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com

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