water droplet fun!

[Diminished29]

Alright I had some fun trying out water droplets for the first time this evening...and I brought back the legos as well...needless to say I had fun with this...maybe too much fun.

[Diminished29]

Shark Huntin' !

A badly missed shot of an attacking shark means lights out for this wiley hunter, and his small wooden pirate boat.

"Damn...I knew I should've aligned this gun....AHHH!: "

[black_bullitt]

Awesome!! i haven't brought out my legos in years! :lol:

[Diminished29]

Thanks bro, yeah, I entered that one into a "transportation" contest...a little "off", nevertheless the boat is still in the picture.

Hey, if you or anyone else knows where I could get a guide or online tutorial I'd love to try and get good at this in the coming weeks and experiement with different compostions. This kind of photography is really fun, but you gotta have the timing down pat.

What I did was I held my two fingers in the bowl of water, got the camera positioned like I wanted pressed half way on the shutter to focus and then took my fingers up and put them up pretty high so when the water finally came down and I could see it in the lcd I snapped. I think a lot of luck is involved as well.

However, as far as adding an array of different colors to make them really stand out and such I need to really learn different compostion techniques for this, because I seen some really fabulous work by some people.

If anyone is interested in trying this out for the first time, go ahead, but be expected to take at least 50-100+ pictures to get really nice ones.

tv mode
iso 50
1/2500
f7.1
exposure +2
flash 1/3 full
tungsten wb (I took these in my bathroom)
"vivid" sharpness setting (you might wanna try normal though as sometimes I've noticed getting "jaggies" in vivid mode, but it definately has the edge in the color department)

I shot all these pictures handheld as well as my tripod is to small to do this type of work or get the angle I wanted.

[Michaelmjc]

You guys wanna see lego and too much free time?

www.mikeclarke-photo.com

click on the movie link in the bottom right hand corner :) nice shots.

[::John::]

grrr

Inspired by a dripping tap thread in this forum the other day I spent hours and took hundreds of shots trying to get the water dripping from the shower head in the bathroom.

You have now inspired me to go try again!

(I liked your droplet pic in you gallery, too, Mike)

[Diminished29]

You guys wanna see lego and too much free time?

www.mikeclarke-photo.com (http://www.mikeclarke-photo.com)

click on the movie link in the bottom right hand corner :) nice shots.

That was hilarious! Thanks a bunch for sharing, I'm sure some of my friends will get a kick out of this as well! :lol:

[clive lmc]

Excellent detail and quality
was trying a similar idea with a plant, wanted to capture the drip from a leaf but alas even with every available bit of light on the subject there was still motion :(

[Diminished29]

Excellent detail and quality
was trying a similar idea with a plant, wanted to capture the drip from a leaf but alas even with every available bit of light on the subject there was still motion :(

What was your shutter speed, also, I've found its easy to get caught up in the excitement when taking these shots and you completely forget how to hold your camera still, trust me I ran into this serveral times since this is probably some of the most rewarding photography, once you get the timing down because its so uniquely scientific, yet very beautiful.

Definately use a fast shutter speed for when taking any sort of "splash or drip" shots (unless you have one of those fancy electronically timed setups), mainly because not only do you have to hold the the camera at odd angles for some of these shots, but also because of the "excitement" and ancipation as I mentioned above.

In the next month or so look forward to some other splash photography. Next I'm going to try it with fruit, ice, bottles of water anything I can think of to help my composition along.

[Crypto]

Diminished 29, Those are great shots! Especially handheld. When I try this, I use a tripod, a small table and a roll of old xmas paper (white side) for my background. To create the drops, try one of those things you use for for babies..uh, I think it's called a nose irrigator? lol. I used it to blow dust off my sensor before I picked up a rocket. Use the remote so you can stand up away from the camera and get the timing. I think the hardest part is getting the drip focused.
Milk is pretty cool to use too.
http://www.pbase.com/crypto/image/53938963/original.jpg

Have fun.

[Liberalis]

I agree Crypto

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=118764

Chad, nice shots, did you try any at a lower angle ?

[Crypto]

I agree Crypto

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=118764

Chad, nice shots, did you try any at a lower angle ?

You have some nice shots there Liberalis.