First attempt at water drop photography

Just wanted to say thanks to all who chip in on here, loads of good information that steered me in the right direction buying my gear.

Now for a result

I used the tamron 90mm with a yongnuo 468 on camera set to shutter priority 1/125

First attempt(s, ran into hundreds), any comments / advice appreciated.


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paul

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Nice catch, but if you lower the camera to get air under the drop it would be better.

thanks for the response,

when you say air does that mean a clear seperation between the water surface and the drop?

or by lowering the angle it will appear to be further from the water surface?

Yes, if you lower the angle, it will show a water drop in the air with a separation. As it is, it kind of blends in.

It looks like you froze the droplet pretty well Ty.
To expand on what Mitch is saying, if you lower your camera to about the level of the surface of the water you will be able to more clearly see the droplet above the water source. That will also allow you, in your next couple of hundred shots, to play with backgrounds and lighting for both the source and the droplet. Good Luck!

From an artistic standpoint, the shot could use a bit tighter crop and some color/contrast correction as well as cloning out the dust spots on the lens. Looks like you know how to do the setup just fine, and to echo the last couple of posters just try to get the angle that shows the drops more suspended.

Your focus and timing are great. Work on angle, crop and lighting -- a lower angle, tighter crop and side lighting will give you a more dramatic capture.

thank you for the comments everyone,

for cropping - i take your point, the ripples arent centred, looks a bit odd, i think i could actually get closer to the drop, was just worried about water splashing on my expensive glass, would i be right in thinking the odd little bit does not do any harm? i will have to look up some colour correction stuff, not sure how that is done, but shall have a read this evening,

for the flash off to the side (yeay i get to use both the 603s and the canon shutter release) is an acceptable starting point whatever ettl tells me to use and about the same distance from the drop?

ps i was doing this in a conservatory, all windows, the roof is thick clear plastic, it seems to be it is good light without direct sunlight, no strong shadows,

should i try to get as close to iso 100 as i can while keeping the shutter speed to 1/125?

that one was shot at f25 iso 400

any thanks again for all the comments after a long nasty day at work it is a nice thing to come home to