Amazing shot. A very different subject to what is found regularly on the gallery. Kudos.

Correction - a large aperture (smaller f number) will ensure a shallower DOF.

Nice creative shot. Next time try with a smaller aperture (higher f number) so that the background is a little more blurred (depth of field). The subject in foreground will stand out crisply giving a dramatic effect.

Here is the EXIF information,

Shooting Mode: Manual
Shutter Speed: 1/800
Aperture Value: 3.5
ISO Speed: 80
Focal Length: 9.8 mm
White Balance: Auto

Ashwin, your reasoning is incorrect. You said: "reflection of the Shindawane Station"... "zoom in to the droplet, the image is inverted". Here you assume that the droplet acts as a convex mirror which is leading to the reflection of the object behind....

Ashwin, your reasoning is incorrect. You said: "reflection of the Shindawane Station"... "zoom in to the droplet, the image is inverted". Here you assume that the droplet acts as a convex mirror which is leading to the reflection of the object behind. But the image formed by a convex surface for an object beyond its focal length is *never* inverted. It is always upright.

Since the droplet can't be a concave surface, at least not in this case, we are now left the droplet being a convex lens. In this case, an object beyond the focal length would appear inverted as well as small. This is what you see. In conclusion what you are seeing is an image of the tree with the shadow right behind the tap. Of course, the image is extremely small and distorted at the ends, clearly suggesting the effect of extremely small focal lengths which you would find only in droplets of this size.

It doesn't look like station building to me. It looks like a tree in the background

Lovely picture could you please share the EXIF data of the photo so that we could learn from the pro's who took this shot !!!!!!!

Wonderful shot loved it thank you so much for the upload

Saifullah, it is indeed a reflection. What is seen in the droplet is the part of the station behind me, it is confirmed by the sun shade visible in the droplet, consistent with what we saw @ the station

Many Thanks to Sachin Buddhisagar who taught me how to use the camera settings to get this kind of image, and of course, Lady Luck provided the droplet ;)

Creative photography at its best !!

Superb Pic..really impressed.

Interesting picture with a fitting caption. It is certainly not a "reflection of the Shindawane Station"; rather it is a view of Shindawane Station through a convex lens shaped from a water drop (it would have been a "reflection" if it was a mirror)....

Interesting picture with a fitting caption. It is certainly not a "reflection of the Shindawane Station"; rather it is a view of Shindawane Station through a convex lens shaped from a water drop (it would have been a "reflection" if it was a mirror). Since the focal length of this lens is very small, it is the reason why you see an inverted image with a distortion at the edges of the lens of the objects behind it.

Brilliant image man.

Woa! what a shot ! Certainly proves that one need to have brains and not equipement (first).

What a super shot.

fantastic!