a new take on water droplets

pelooyen · 29th of December 2010 (Wed)

Using a flag in the background

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tkerr · 29th of December 2010 (Wed)

Very Nice!

DigitalSpecialist · 29th of December 2010 (Wed)

very nice

7D_Sniper · 29th of December 2010 (Wed)

wow nice capture

usaftrevor87 · 30th of December 2010 (Thu)

that is awesome... How many shots did it take to get it right?

Bend The Light · 30th of December 2010 (Thu)

Oooooh! Want one!

Care to share the set up...was there an optimal distance for the flag, etc?

BREAKER · 30th of December 2010 (Thu)

wow....would love to try this! What was the camera setup?

pelooyen · 30th of December 2010 (Thu)

Water droplets were created in the lid of a ceramic dish. I find that shallow dishes give me the best drops (I have yet to try out a fish tank as that would remove the obvious edge in the photo)
Using my 100mm macro, I setup (with tripod of course) as low as possible so that the drops end up close to level with the lens
Flash is set to one side, at 1/32 power about 5cm from the drops.
Flag is upside and reversed about 20 cm behind the dish. I had three bright lights shining on it ( I want to experiment with backlighting it)
I use a burette to generate the drops (gives me great control to the rate and recommend getting one if you want to lots of these)
I use burst mode, 100 ISO, f18-22. 1/125.
I take the burst when times to the drops. The best rate of drops is about 2-3 drops per second. I would like to experiment with a greater rate as I want a falling drop to collide with a rising drop (haven't got that yet

)
I get maybe 10% success rate (in focus etc) but then 1 in 50 which are magic.
SInce the drops don't always 'bounce' completely vertically, the fact I get a drop or two in front of a star, is pure luck.

I will post a photo later today

pelooyen · 1st of January 2011 (Sat)

Quote:

Originally Posted by pelooyen

I will post a photo later today

Here they are (with and Australian flag in situ)
(not quite a progfessional setup

)

29th of December 2010 (Wed)	#1
pelooyen Goldmember Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sydney Posts: 2,200 IMAGE EDITING OK	a new take on water droplets Using a flag in the background More on my Flickr site __________________ cheers, Paul ----------------------------------------------------------- Flickr \| My Website \| Like me on Facebook 5D \| 17-40mm L \| 28-135mm IS USM \| 70-200L f4 \| 100mm f2.8 macro USM \| MPE65 \| MT-24EX \| 580EX \| Kenko extension tubes \| 1.4x TC

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tkerr Goldmember Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Hubert, North Carolina, USA. Posts: 3,042 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: a new take on water droplets Very Nice! __________________ Tim Kerr Money Talks, But all I hear mine saying is, Goodbye! F1, try it you'll like it.

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DigitalSpecialist Goldmember Join Date: May 2008 Location: Finding a New World, thru my camera Posts: 2,285 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: a new take on water droplets very nice __________________ JIM EOS 630, 1N, 1DsMkII, and 5D/wgrip and some L glass.....

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7D_Sniper Goldmember Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 2,203 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: a new take on water droplets wow nice capture __________________ Run it's the big bad amateur GEAR & FEEDBACK Help Support POTN My Blog http://www.hooddesigns.com

30th of December 2010 (Thu)	#5
usaftrevor87 Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 127	Re: a new take on water droplets that is awesome... How many shots did it take to get it right?

30th of December 2010 (Thu)	#6
Bend The Light Cream of the Crop Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Barnsley, UK Posts: 5,821 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: a new take on water droplets Oooooh! Want one! Care to share the set up...was there an optimal distance for the flag, etc?

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BREAKER Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bronx, NY Posts: 63	Re: a new take on water droplets wow....would love to try this! What was the camera setup? __________________ Canon 50D Gripped, 30D, 18-55mm, 85mm 1.8, 15-85mm, 70-300mm, 24-135mm, 580 EX, Vivitar 285HV

30th of December 2010 (Thu)	#8
pelooyen Goldmember Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sydney Posts: 2,200 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: a new take on water droplets Water droplets were created in the lid of a ceramic dish. I find that shallow dishes give me the best drops (I have yet to try out a fish tank as that would remove the obvious edge in the photo) Using my 100mm macro, I setup (with tripod of course) as low as possible so that the drops end up close to level with the lens Flash is set to one side, at 1/32 power about 5cm from the drops. Flag is upside and reversed about 20 cm behind the dish. I had three bright lights shining on it ( I want to experiment with backlighting it) I use a burette to generate the drops (gives me great control to the rate and recommend getting one if you want to lots of these) I use burst mode, 100 ISO, f18-22. 1/125. I take the burst when times to the drops. The best rate of drops is about 2-3 drops per second. I would like to experiment with a greater rate as I want a falling drop to collide with a rising drop (haven't got that yet ) I get maybe 10% success rate (in focus etc) but then 1 in 50 which are magic. SInce the drops don't always 'bounce' completely vertically, the fact I get a drop or two in front of a star, is pure luck. I will post a photo later today __________________ cheers, Paul ----------------------------------------------------------- Flickr \| My Website \| Like me on Facebook 5D \| 17-40mm L \| 28-135mm IS USM \| 70-200L f4 \| 100mm f2.8 macro USM \| MPE65 \| MT-24EX \| 580EX \| Kenko extension tubes \| 1.4x TC Last edited by pelooyen : 30th of December 2010 (Thu) at 17:18.

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