Spider beneath a dew-covered web.

Another one from around this time last year. This was a lucky find high up in the woods at Hardcastle Crags. I had my tripod and macro lens with me so set about taking photos of the lovely dew droplets on the web. It wasn't until I reviewed the pictures at home that I realised the spider was there. It's well camouflaged amongst the greens and browns of the foliage, so I desaturated the rest of the image to make it easier to spot.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/22, 1/2s, 90mm, tripod & cable release.

Water droplets on a CD surface (4).

Here's another from my outdoor macro shoot in June last year. For this one, I sprayed a few droplets onto the CD, then tipped it to one side, so that they ran into streaks of smaller droplets. There's a mini 'rainbow' in each one, offset against the bigger one on the CD surface.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/16, 1/40s, 90mm, tripod & cable release.