Water Drops Take 2

My second attempt at water drops, finaly got some I like. let me knwo what you think, I didn't Photoshop them just adjusted ballance a touch. anypointers on how to Process them I'm all ears. thanks

Those are great. I have attempted this a couple times and didn't get anything close. I like the last one w/ the multiple colors underneath and then the next to last one too b/c of the shape of the water falling.

very nice!

Very cool photos. I like #1 and #3, but all very nice!

agreed. I like them I never get close to that either. Care to post a shot of your setup? Most interested in workin distance between water and camera.

Here's my set up.
I'm shooting f-5.6, SS-200, ISO-100 Focal Length-183mm.
Set camera up about 2 inches farther back than the minimum closest focal distance. Tried to get water to drip at a rate of 10 drops per second.
The yellow tube I used to manually start and stop water flow, release to allow drops, closed off with my thumb to stop or pause water drops in order to let water in the bowl to settle down between shots.
Single flash bounced off back board set at 1/64 or lowest power.

Other than that it’s just timing and a lot of exposers.

NOTE: the water bottle setup is a Mariotte Siphon, Google it. This allows you to control water drip rate. I used a 1/8” Nipple fitting for the drip nozzle.
Hope this helps conquer the water drips.

great thanks.

Lovely shots, thanks for posting the setup, too.

Thanks for posting the set up, that's really cool. My wife already thinks I am crazy so I'm not sure I could get away w/ building something like that, haha.

My kids are teasing me. LoL, Wife thanks it's cool, That's how we have stayed married for 17 yrs.

Shoot at a lower angle and try and capture background elements in the droplet like this guy...

http://gizmodo.com …p-in-a-water-drop-is-real

see what I can do, still have it set up and them are very cool.

Great job. Looks like you had fun!

How do you prevent the drops from blurring with such low shutter speed and ISO? I do not have a flash gun, so I am having to use the highest ISO (3800) and shutter speeds (1/4000) and a very bright room to capture the drops with no blurring.

Awesome shots..

And thanks for any tips you can spare. If you need I can give a more detailed list of the geat I have available to use.

-Patrick

Also, what lens is shown in your set-up pics?