Water Splashes - Experimental

[SuperFly]

Hey guys,

Been doing a little bit of fiddling with water and splashes, here are a couple of images of what i've come up with - this is my first attempt at such photography.

http://80.227.59.233/cdpforums/plum-splash.jpg

http://80.227.59.233/cdpforums/plum-tube.jpg

I know some cropping could be done, but i'm working on a more aesthetically pleasing setup where the required shot is what i record on CF.

Let me know what ya think... Any other tips etc, from those of you that have tried this type of photography would also be most welcome :)

Laters...

[BottomBracket]

I love it, shows lots of promise. The copper bowl is a beautiful background. What is your work flow? I have done some splash pictures, and if you permit me, I would like to post one on this thread and describe what I did. Your second pic is just so surreal.

[SuperFly]

Thanks BottomBracket,

When you say workflow, you referring to the post processing work done? if so, in the first image, i did not get a chance to do any post processing, it's out of the camera, just converted to jpg from raw.
The second image i took into CS2 and performed adjustments on the raw settings (exposure, shadow, brightness and contrast) to make the whole image a little brighter.

as for posting your images... GO FOR IT :) i've seen a few pictures of this nature around here, and they have fascinated me from the start, it's only now i've had the time and knowledge to try them (took some amount of reading before i actually took my first image)

I think next i'm gonna try and find either a perspex or glass tank to do some more of this type of work, as this whole thing came out of a requirement for a friend of mine for images of fruit splashing into water for their business...

Stock images were a little expensive for them as a start up with limited budget, so i decided to give it a go.

Regards,

[PRJ]

I really like it

[Chenu]

I really like the pictures!
How was it taken? Auto/Manual; aperture/speed/lighting etc?

The name tag or sticker at the bottom of the bowl appears to be distracting.

[SuperFly]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the comments, these are the first images of this type that i take... many things were "messy" about this setup :) In the next try I'll clean alot of things up, and crop images better, etc...

Just need to find the time to do this.

How was it taken? Auto/Manual; aperture/speed/lighting etc?
I had my 550 set on 1/128 power as i needed the shortest flash duration, I was using Bulb so the whole setup was pretty much in darkness and it was 7.1 aperture i believe.

Thanks for looking :)

[jfrancho]

I really like the pictures!
How was it taken? Auto/Manual; aperture/speed/lighting etc?

The name tag or sticker at the bottom of the bowl appears to be distracting.Exif for the first says f/8 for 13 seconds at ISO 200. I'm guessing that the flash is manually fired.

[BottomBracket]

Hi, sorry about the late reply, been kinda busy. Here's the splash photo I promised. This was posted before here, at the G-series section. Workflow to follow later.

[SuperFly]

Exif for the first says f/8 for 13 seconds at ISO 200. I'm guessing that the flash is manually fired.

You guess right jfrancho, i was holding the flash in my hands, and pressing the "test" button :o ... I'm gonna try and get my hands on some triggers to semi-automate the process... Will post results when i get a chance.

[Rob612]

Cant we use the MULTI function of the various 580/550 to get those shots ? If set to a proper frequency (i.e. 20 Hz) for enough time (i.e. 2 secs) in total darkness and bulb, it may work...

I got to give a try at this, but have to wait until tonight because I do not really have a completely dark room during the day.

[SuperFly]

Rob,

You could use that method, and you would probably get some good detail, only problem is that with the mutliple flashes, you would also get the multiple exposures on the one image, so it would not be suited to such an application.

It would be perfect though if that was the affect you're aiming for, such as documenting drop acceleration and impact, etc...

Give it a try and by all means, post your results :)

[mdenigris]

Why does the shot have to be in total darkness?

[Wazza]

That's really neat, how you can see it cutting through the water like a torpedo. :)

[d100763]

I like the second pic. Is there a way to shoot it more from the side in a clear vase, to get the "torpedo" effect, top to bottom. Just an idea

[SuperFly]

Why does the shot have to be in total darkness?
I guess it's the "cheaper" way of doing hi speed photography, otherwise, very expensive equipment is required, this way, you only need a fast flash of light
Is there a way to shoot it more from the side in a clear vase, to get the "torpedo" effect, top to bottom. Just an idea
Im working on a number of different ways of taking some more of these types of images using this technique, just need to find some time and some appropriate utensils - vases, glass boxes, etc (an aquarium comes to mind :) )

Thanks for your comments all...