Archive - Water Drops and Inverted Images

November 27, 2021

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This EPOD was originally published December 24, 2011.

Photographer: Bertrand Kulik
Summary Authors: Bertrand Kulik; Jim Foster

Within these decorative water drops is the inverted image of the flowers in my garden and my house in Paris, France. A liquid drop acts as a simple lens, like a camera lens, so the refracted image is upside-down when viewed through the drop. Note that these drops have more or less spherical shapes because surface tension minimizes the surface area of a drop of water or even a falling raindrop. Photo taken in early September 2011.

Photo Details: Canon EOS 7D camera; 100mm macro lens with macro rings.


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