You are not seeing the effects of gravity on the drop, because this shot was taken with the camera straight down. The 2 leaves are on the same horizontal plane. Hence the effect of gravity on the drop, is actually pulling it away from the lens.
dk On 9/27/05, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My pleasure, Dave. I often do the same sort of thing with my images. > All I need for the original shot is to see is a glimpse of > possibilities. Some elude me, others may, to a degree, reveal > themselves. Never in exactly the same way to everyone. > A curiosity; that round droplet seems to defy the laws of physics. Why > isn't gravity working to flatten it as one would normally expect? > (rhetorical question) > > Jack > >

