On the Band Wagon - Another Water Droplet

[Littlenose]

Well, i had a go at it last night too...

quite pleased with the results, but was surprised that the flash limited the exposure time to 1/200s.

the first one is what i imagined i would get if it all went right, but the 2nd came out of the blue [pun intended]

[Jyoti]

I like both the shots but the second the best for that crazy yellow and red splodge. What is it?

[tim]

I agree with Jyoti - it's a common shot but that object makes it interesting :)

1/200 is the flash sync speed, you can't go faster on a 300D. I think a 20D can go a little faster. The flash sticky in the EOS forum should explain it.

[terrijo]

Cool shots! I'm curious....what body of water is this? Sink/tub/somewhere outside?

[flyfisher]

the second one is really nice

[Mills]

Cool. I like the first the best.

[Littlenose]

cheers for the comments folks...

The container was a glass fruit bowl, with a small motif on the side, which you can see in the second image... i'll take a pic in the morning and post it here.
I sat the bowl on a blue napkin to try and make a nicer colour for the water, and contrast with the motif.

Thanks for the link Tim :)

[Littlenose]

took a bit longer getting around to this than i imagined ... sorry... but here's the bowl that i was using for the water drops.

Mikey

[terrijo]

Thanks! I was playing around after I saw your shot and tried to get a good droplet photo and haven't had success. What object did you drop in the water? I tried droplets of water and discovered that's not heavy enough to get a large splash that I want. I have'nt tried anything else yet but was just curious what you used.

[Airedale1]

Both are very nice shots. I find the color in the second one especially nice. Great job!

[geecee]

I like the second one. The column of water looks good. The coloured reflections are effective. Some of the best shots happen by accident.

The 1/200 sec is the shutter speed of the camera required to sync the flash. The actual exposure time is determined by the flash duration. It is probably 1/1000 or even shorter.

[Littlenose]

cheers guys :) I can't wait for summer, but i must admit, it's fun being creative indoors too.

Thanks! I was playing around after I saw your shot and tried to get a good droplet photo and haven't had success. What object did you drop in the water? I tried droplets of water and discovered that's not heavy enough to get a large splash that I want. I have'nt tried anything else yet but was just curious what you used.

i was using a coctail stick to drop the water, as then i could see the drop forming and have prior warning to it falling.
I've a few other ideas for the droplets, and hope to test one of them out in the coming evenings... if anything decent comes out, i'll post it up.

[tim]

I'm going to give it a go this weekend... any tips on how to hit the shutter at just the right time? I just got myself a shutter release cable and external flash cable... either way it'll be a pretty expensive picture to take ;)

[Littlenose]

Tim, i found that i was simply using a manual method of timing. And I was also manually hitting the shutter, within about 3 or 4 shots, i had the sucess rate of catching the drop in one form or another at about 70-90%... however, due to the manual [me] control of placing the drop, i was sometimes in or out of the DOF.. this reduced my hit rate to more like 50%

hope that helps and let us know how you get on.

[flyfisher]

I use a remote timer set to take 6 shots at .1 apart then I start to drip the water when the first flash goes off. I set my flash at 1/16 so it can keep up with the camera. here a couple of the one's I did with that set up.

[tim]

Very nice! Did you have the PC controlling the camera or something?

[flyfisher]

I used the canon remote TC80-N3,so you can set the time duration and # od shots that you want.

[tim]

Interesting - I didn't know such a thing existed.

[Jyoti]

I've got one and I find it very useful. Have a look here:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/tc-80n3.shtml

[LisaMarie]

Flyfisher- that 1st one resembles a dolphin and the second one reminds me of a waterspout caused by a tornado ! Nice effects !

[flyfisher]

Thanks I tried to get different effects from the typicial water drop shots.