water droplets in hostas

[bazza59]

some images of water droplets in hosta leaves.
olympus 315 zoom on supermacro. No PP other than resizing. Also took some film images using delta 100 with Fujinon 55/1.8 but they will come later.

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#2
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#3

[kds315*]

Quite beautiful! We have those plants in our parks here and I always liked those sparkling droplets.

[bazza59]

thanks Klaus - these are one of the few shrubs that I have no problems with in my garden. The droplets are amazing - weird but in the large droplet of image three I now "see" a small city with skyscrapers on the left hand side with snow capped mountains behind!!!

[Laurence]

These are magnificent shots of the crystalline drops! So very well done, and
you really got in close! I can bet you were bending every which way, so
watch out for your back!

I LOVE #3, it has so much interest in it, and your explanation of seeing
skycrapers and mountains is a fine state of imagination.

Beautiful macro work.

It is interesting how Hostas seem to just keep their smooth, dry surfaces on
their leaves, even in a driving rainstorm. The water seems to roll right off,
or forms drops in the hollows of the leaves. The texture of Hostas has
always intrigued me.

Thanks for these! Wouldn't mind seeing some more!

[bazza59]

Laurence - many thanks for your very kind words.

I have posted some B&W film images of the same subject in the B&W gallery section.

[Schnauzer]

Those are nice and very interesting. The droplets are crystal clear.