Droplets

In previous posts I have shown the surface tension properties of water, in regard to the shape of droplets and the crown like designs as the liquid hits a solid surface.
I couldn't resist adding this latest shot of droplets hanging on a spider web.
Water gives not only its amazing surface tension properties to create this shot, it also has the ability to act as a lens...giving the reflections of the plant behind it...producing a myriad of reflected forms.

Surface Tension

With the return of the rains I was pondering photo opportunities, when my gutter began to overflow again in the torrential downpour.




With the aim of capturing a better raindrop ( see June 21st post), I managed to get the following shots.

Water, being a "sticky" molecule, has properties allowing the surface tension that permits it to behave in the ways illustrated here.


These properties are vital to life on this planet, one in particular being the fact that water in its frozen state floats on its liquid state. If it didn't, ice would sink to depths not allowing a melt. This would cause a build up effect that would see our world a much different place.
















Looking like marbles, this shot is in fact a stream of water droplets.
All photos were captured, with flash, at 1/1000 sec, f8, ISO50.

Rain Drops

The last week has seen some heavy falls of rain in Robertson and a few other lucky areas of the state. Even so, around 80% of NSW is still under drought conditions.
The challenge, with the perpetual wet we have enjoyed here, is what to take photos of.
Denis braved the weather and got some good shots on his site peonyden.blogspot.com/ that are worth a look at.
I took the time to categorise some recently taken photos in an attempt to free hard drive space, soon got bored of that and pointed the camera at an overflowing gutter to get this shot.

It was taken with the following settings :1/1000 sec f8 50ISO with the flash enabled.



The dome on top of the drop is the section captured by the flash, while the stretching effect underneath is due to the limitations of the camera to only shoot at a max of 1/1000 with flash, and demonstrates the distance travelled over that time.


This photo of a storm approaching Robertson, though taken some months ago during the last heavy rains, gives a good idea 0f the strength of the various systems that pass our way on occasion.