Droplets are lenses too...

Photo Title: Just a Droplet, But Upside Down
Author: Predi
Perdi's Site
Location: Newtown, PA
Primary Interest: Child Portraits, Macro Photography
Years Shooting: 20+

Camera Type: Point & Shoot
Camera Brand: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
ISO: 80
Aperture: f8
Exposure: 1/80

Description:
Perdi has a very nice collection of macro and portrait shots. With macro photography being one of his specialities, he sees the beauty in some small things like water droplets. Knowing that it's pretty hard to set focus with such small distances he set the aperture to f/8 to get to maximize the focusing range. He still ended up with about 250 shots before getting the right one. The point? Patience. If you recognize that great shot that is difficult, keep at it. Look at the results!

He didn't use any special tricks, just pointed and shot. He got the camera as close to the droplet as possible paying special attention to the refracted image. After shooting, he flipped the image so the refracted image in the water droplet appears right side up. When shooting shots like this, keep the background in mind. It should be relatively simple but interesting.