drops within drops

[tim]

Try and guess what these are... it's not that hard ;)

[neutral]

Drops of soda? :D

[tim]

Yep, try and guess what they're sitting on - that part's kinda tricky.

[wintoid]

A contact lens?

[tim]

It's coke on a CD/DVD. Interesting colors eh?

[Dr Chaos]

Tim:

Did you take those with the Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro? And if so, at what distance from the subject?

More importantly, though, who is that amazing chick with the headphones?

[tim]

Yes I used the macro lens, and I was at its minumum focusing distance, about 6 inches. Lighting's really difficult, if you point a flash directly at it you get a big white reflection in the drop, even if you use an omnibounce. With ceiling bounce you need a lot of light. You also have to take into account the effects of the different lights hitting the CD at different angles. I'm not done with this experiment yet. NB: if anyone tries this, I highly recommend that you use blank CDs/DVDs.

2nd question: Mia Stone - google her, just not at work ;)

[Dr Chaos]

I googled her ... search filters off ... I'm at work ... I'm sooooooo fired ....

[tim]

I warned you!

[Twist]

That first shot on a dvd and the second a CD? at first i was thinking the original PS2 DVDs would look neat but that would be too dark of a blue. I just looked at the bottom of my DVD+Rs. Now I just wish I could find a place to rent a 100mm 2.8

Great job by the way

[tim]

Cheers, and yes it's a DVD first, and the CD 2nd. I had 3 different colors to play with, those were the best shots. Using brushed steel as a background didn't have enough contrast with clear drops of water to be interesting, i'll try something another color some time, and maybe oil too.