Rain Drop and Autumn Leaf

I made this image this past fall in Great Falls National Park, Virginia. It had been raining on and off all morning and I turned my full attention to creating macro images of the many autumn leaves in a open field next to the river. For this image I used my 105 Macro lens in conjunction with a 25mm extension tube. I layed on my belly and focused the lens of a single rain drop on the leaf. By leaving my aperture wide open at f4 I was able to throw the rest of the image out of focus and drawl attention to the drop of water.

Nikon D200, 105mm Macro Lens, Kenke 25mm Extension Tube, Singh Ray Warm Polarizer

raw capture at ISO 100 - 1/50 second at f 4.5