Musings of a Frequent Flying Scientist

A Glorious Start to the Day

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It’s been so hot and humid lately, with bouts of rain. I learnt a new word today – thundershowers, and that’s what we’re having tonight. When I woke up a couple of days ago, it was super early and as I let MissG out, I noticed the grass was covered in a white sheen! The closest we get to snow here in Brisbane (LOL) – a gorgeous light dew covering the entire lawn. So, coffee and camera at the ready, I went out and lay flat on my stomach on the tiles and took some macro shots of these lovely dew drops. Beautiful start to the day.

A couple more for you:

60mm f/22 1/6s ISO200
The sheen.
60mm f/22 1/6s ISO200
Water on Grass. 60mm f/22 1/6s ISO200

Have a fab day.

x desleyjane

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  1. perelincolors Avatar
    perelincolors

    Especially the first image is really fabulous! What a great start into the day!

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thank you!

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  2. trablog Avatar
    trablog

    Wow.. Lovely pictures! Loved the monochrome. Have a great day ahead 🙂

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thanks so much! I tried the mono on a whim, and really liked it.

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      1. trablog Avatar
        trablog

        Yea, following the instincts 😀

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  3. Michelle Hill Avatar
    Michelle Hill

    Great shots. Pity about the heat though.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Right?! It’s stifling.

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  4. LifestyleswithLia Avatar
    LifestyleswithLia

    I can feel the humidity come through your photos! The dew drops shine like little Christmas lights on the blades of grass…. Thank you for the warm start to my day! Lovely…

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Oh my pleasure my dear!

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  5. luciledegodoy Avatar
    luciledegodoy

    Wow. Excellent photos. The droplets are magic. The first one is stunning. Way to go. While you’re happy with rain…I’m considering to leave this country if it doesn’t stop raining here…lol.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      The rain is starting to bug me. I took GG for a walk this afternoon and 15 minutes in, started pouring!! We both looked like drowned rats by the time we got home.

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      1. luciledegodoy Avatar
        luciledegodoy

        So you know how I’m feeling after two weeks, non-stop rains…

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        1. desleyjane Avatar
          desleyjane

          Yup, I feel your pain – LOL!

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          1. luciledegodoy Avatar
            luciledegodoy

            Lol. I have been trying to make the gallery for the Cardinal’s challenge…the weather people say we will have a short break today…that is what I see! ☔️⚡️☁️🌊

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            1. desleyjane Avatar
              desleyjane

              Oh yes the challenge! Well the OMD is weather proof. And it might make for atmospheric photos? Fingers crossed for a break for you x.

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              1. luciledegodoy Avatar
                luciledegodoy

                I regret to inform you that humanoids are NOT waterproof. And with wind force bft 6-7, I stand no chance…lol xxx

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                1. desleyjane Avatar
                  desleyjane

                  Hahahaha! Fair enough. We wait. X

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                  1. luciledegodoy Avatar
                    luciledegodoy

                    Fingers crossed! Xx

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  6. badfish2 Avatar
    badfish2

    Great shots.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thank you!

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  7. Victo Dolore Avatar
    Victo Dolore

    Fantastic shots!

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thank you!! ☺️

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  8. gfchopstix Avatar
    gfchopstix

    Lovely shots 🙂

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thank you so much.

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      1. gfchopstix Avatar
        gfchopstix

        We wake up to heavy, thick frost on the dry grass in the mornings, haha! Definitely not tempting me to go out and take photos 😛

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        1. desleyjane Avatar
          desleyjane

          Oh so cold!! I don’t really blame you!

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  9. Cardinal Guzman Avatar
    Cardinal Guzman

    I love the lwo angle grass shot,. Both in color and B&W.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thanks Cardinal – me too 🙂

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  10. S. M. Afrin Avatar
    S. M. Afrin

    the images are transfixing!

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Wow, thank you!

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  11. simply be Avatar
    simply be

    They are beautiful photographs, I am particularly drawn to the b&w. As another Aussie I relate to the “nearest thing to snow”. LOL This morning we had a very strange weather pattern with a fog blanket, something we don’t normally get even in winter and certainly not mid summer. Thank you for sharing your amazing patch of the world, especially when you must have been up early before the sun burnt the droplets off 🙂

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thank you so much! Yes, they didn’t last long. Fog is a cool phenomenon, but I agree, we don’t get to see it very often!

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    2. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Wow, thank you for the re-blog, I’ve not had that happen before! 😀

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      1. simply be Avatar
        simply be

        Hahhha, I had to try as I especially loved this post. It happened twice on my page yesterday and I was all, “WFT?!” It took me a while to realise what was happening. 😉

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        1. desleyjane Avatar
          desleyjane

          LOL that’s awesome. Will investigate further tomorrow. Night!

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  12. simply be Avatar
    simply be

    Reblogged this on May the Simple Things be Amazing and commented:
    I’d love to show these beautiful pictures. In an Australian summer, as these are, it’s a pretty rare thing to see dew.

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  13. randomwordstorm Avatar
    randomwordstorm

    Excellent pics. I especially loved the black n white one.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thank you – there is something special about black and white, isn’t there?

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      1. randomwordstorm Avatar
        randomwordstorm

        Yes….It instantly brings colors to the senses.

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  14. estelea Avatar
    estelea

    So beautiful, all those precious drops look like gems. You did great!!!

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thank you my dear, I appreciate that!

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  15. nty6x Avatar
    nty6x

    How in the world is this amazingness a natural phenomenon? 😱😱😱 im so jealous! Nice nice photos!

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    1. nty6x Avatar
      nty6x

      And also thumbs up to the choice of low aperture!

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      1. desleyjane Avatar
        desleyjane

        I am a sucker for a low aperture! Ta.

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    2. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Oh wow thank you! It’s just water! But displayed to perfection by nature 😉
      Thank you…

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      1. nty6x Avatar
        nty6x

        Water displayed to perfection by nature, but captured forever by you! 😁 why doesnt perth give me any rain…!

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        1. desleyjane Avatar
          desleyjane

          I remember being in Perth late December a few years ago, at the old Chem a Centre in a lab with my robot, a floor-to-ceiling glass window, no air conditioning and (my favourite) the hottest December day since 19-whatever! So hot! I was hoping for rain that day!!

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          1. nty6x Avatar
            nty6x

            Lol aiks. Must have felt like being cooked in a convection oven..

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            1. desleyjane Avatar
              desleyjane

              It sure did. We still talk about it when I go back!

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  16. Loretta Avatar
    Loretta

    Beautiful shots, clearly you know your photography and your camera :). I need to get down low too for some of my shots, it really makes a difference.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thanks Loretta. Yah not great for the knees, but the shot is worth it 😉

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  17. Norm 2.0 Avatar
    Norm 2.0

    Nice shots. “So hot & humid” would feel so good right about now; we woke up to -30C this morning 😦

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Oh good grief!! +30C here today.
      Thanks Norm.

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  18. nalinki Avatar
    nalinki

    The droplets look stunning!

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thank you!

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  19. Amy Sampson Avatar
    Amy Sampson

    Beautiful photos. I sooooo wish it were hot and humid here too. I’m green with envy.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      I’ll try to send a little your way 😉

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    2. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Oh and thank you so much!

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  20. europeantraveladventures Avatar
    europeantraveladventures

    What beautiful photos! You’ve captured the morning dew perfectly, I admire your commitment to getting the perfect shot!

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Oh thank you so much. I got caught up in this angle and that. So much fun!

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  21. seekingsamantha Avatar
    seekingsamantha

    Lovely photos as always. The weather is the complete opposite here! I intend to post some pics later. I do love the monochrome photo. Those were the only photos we took and developed in my photo class (so so long ago), so I have a special place in my heart for them.
    Question from a novice: How do you get your name on your photos in the corner? With the copyright? I hope you don’t mind the question.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thank you so much! I am hoping to learn dark room developing this year!
      And no I don’t mind at all. I use Lightroom to store and manage all of my photos and to edit them. When I export them, there’s an option to add a watermark. You can just use text like I have, or you can use an image (eg a logo or signature). If you use an I
      Phone, there is a nifty so called iWatermark which let’s you do the same thing. I’m sure there are other software packages that can do it, but that’s what I use.
      Thanks again!

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  22. Maia Blessings Avatar
    Maia Blessings

    Beautiful water diamonds .. I had frozen drops here in the UK this morning

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Oh frozen drops! That would just make my day! Thanks so much.

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  23. Britta Avatar
    Britta

    Ohhh these photos are making me yearn for summer (I’m living in the dead of winter right now).

    So beautiful!

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thank you Britta. I hope it starts to warm up soon! Otherwise I prescribe a blanket, woolly socks, a beanie and a hot chocolate!

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      1. Britta Avatar
        Britta

        It probably will start to warm up in May. I’ve lived here all my life (Minnesota, U.S.A., which is notorious for it’s dreadful winters) so although I hate to say it, I’m used to it. 🙂

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        1. desleyjane Avatar
          desleyjane

          Same here. I say that I want to live in a cold climate but I’m so used to the heat and humidity that I probably wouldn’t survive! LOL.

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  24. kristynatranslates Avatar
    kristynatranslates

    Hi, I like your pictures. Recently, like a month ago, I did something similar – just woke up in the morning, realized that there´s hoarfrost outside, so I grabbed my camera and took some macro pictures. Do you have any specific macro lens for that or do you just choose Macro mode?

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thank you! I confess I had to look up hoarfrost and I’m glad I did – how amazing! Crystals forming in fractal patterns – gotta love nature. Did you post your photos? I did use a specific macro lens for these shots. Actually it’s a macro and portrait lens, but you have to get a long way from the subject for a portrait. 😊

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  25. emmanique Avatar
    emmanique

    wow oddly I think I like the black and white best it seems to have move detail or maybe the details more visible as there’s no distraction from the vivid colours. I have this little mental image of you lying on the grass taking these shots and Miss G standing there with a WTF look on her face probably with her head tilted sideways

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Wow, you must have been here! That’s exactly what it was like 😀

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      desleyjane

      Wow Samantha, thank you so much! I am truly humbled by this. ☺️

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  27. pommepal Avatar
    pommepal

    Lovely sharp images and I love the first one best, that gorgeous, vibrant green with the rain drops like jewels sparkling in the light. Well seen DJ

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      desleyjane

      Thank you PP 🙂

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  28. Mara Eastern Avatar
    Mara Eastern

    This is even more than glorious! I love these, excellent captures!!

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      desleyjane

      Thank you Mara – I love them too 🙂

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  30. Alyson Avatar
    Alyson

    Fantastic photos, I can’t stop looking at the black and white one! I love when I can make it out early enough in the morning to photograph dew drops on flowers and plants.

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      desleyjane

      Thanks Alyson, yes me too, it’s a great time of day!

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