Research for rain shoot.

I've came to a halt in my research consering movement. After analysing the shoots I've already done I noticed one of the strongest points in all of them are the patterns and shapes water droplets cam make so I became much more interested in the idea of water droplets in they're natural form rather than being made through throwing rocks into ponds or items and people underwater. I decided to look at rain. This is a form of water naturally produced and causes natural effects and patterns within images.
Researching I never found a photographer who works solidly with rain however these four images are strong representations of what I had in mind. Each are from separate armature photographers blogs and each are extremely strong in they're own natural way and style.



http://www.fotoartglamour.com/picture-rain-on-pebble.html
Here we can see the effect of the rain within the droplets, not only able to change the colour of the pebble as it's wet and creating a smother and slippery texture over the top we can see how the droplets on the centre pebble have been focused on to create a shiny glisten.


http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-16816579/stock-photo-rain-drops-rippling-background.html

The image above was the best example I found which still involved movement. The droplets on the puddle surface create rings which separate and overlap one another. These create interesting patterns for the image and also remind me of the water reflection work I created during the sink shoot and also the underwater shots of light through the swimming pool however this is on the other side of the water the reflection as we know is underneath but you can see how the light hits the water and can be distorted by the patterns created by the rain droplets.


http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynogalldetail.asp?photoid=6031281&catid=24571&contestcatid=8&rownumber=7&camid=

This is the image I want to attempt to recreate most. This is a true representative of the natural effects water and rain has on things. Also using a plant as a natural living thing almost symbolised life within this image which I find really interesting. I'm impressed with the use of depth of field used to make the image much more interesting. The entire background is blurred which looks absolutely beautiful and still only the very centre droplets are in extreme focus. Looking at these slightly I can see they're 3D effect and light within them which in turn creates an Independence for the droplets and a movement within them, small particles of slight shimmers.


http://digitalphotographycamerablogger.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/rain-photography_28.html

Lastly, this one caught my eye. The way it creates a natural depth of field, the water it's self is used against the window pain to blur and obscure the image taken. This symbolises a mystery within the image and also a dark nature to is as the colours included are pure and white the figure is constructed of solid blacks and greys.

I hope to recreate this type of photography as a way to capture natural waters effects. and also attempt to capture the natural movement of rain. This is going to be a task as it's such a dainty and subtle water substance it may be hard to capture it in full motion.