corkneyfonz Goldmember  2,477 posts Likes: 5 Joined Oct 2009 Location: United Kingdom More info | Mar 30, 2010 23:18 | #1 A couple of fruit splash shots (fruit dropped into water), taken with the ef 100mm f2.8 non l and the 430exII and 580exII flashes combined. Please C & C. Thank you for taking the time to view and or comment.  Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250) Aperture: f/18.0 Focal Length: 100 mm ISO Speed: 200  Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250) Aperture: f/32.0 Focal Length: 100 mm ISO Speed: 100
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Paulos75 Senior Member  541 posts Likes: 9 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Tauranga - New Zealand More info | Mar 31, 2010 00:20 | #2 Very cool. Cheers, Paul.
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vk2gwk Cream of the Crop  13,359 posts Gallery: 332 photos Likes: 1836 Joined Jun 2009 Location: One Mile Beach, NSW 2316, Australia More info | Mar 31, 2010 00:24 | #3 Very nice shots! I love the colours and the sharpness. Well done! - But I agree with Paul that the crops are pretty tight. Would it not be even more "spectacular" if you gave it a little breathing space? My name is Henk. and I believe "It is all in the eye of the beholder....."
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KhilkovichPhotography Mostly Lurking 18 posts Joined Mar 2010 Location: Washington DC More info | Mar 31, 2010 08:44 | #4 Very interesting shots… cool idea, and the colors are POPING on my screen… great work
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lindsaytblum Goldmember  2,540 posts Joined May 2008 Location: Chesterfield, MO More info | Mar 31, 2010 09:54 | #5 Well done! I love the second shot especially, the black background allows the splashing to really stand out. Canon 7D | 24-70mm f/2.8L II, 135mm f/2.0L, 100mm f/2.8L IS USM, 85mm f/1.8
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PBeeee Senior Member 559 posts Likes: 2 Joined Nov 2007 Location: Montana USA More info | Mar 31, 2010 10:26 | #6 Both very nice. A tighter crop might serve to make them more abstract, something to think about. But as they are the first one might benefit from slightly more space. And the colors are great! Nice experiment, good execution.
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Flo Gimmie Some Lovin  44,987 posts Likes: 16 Joined Jul 2007 Location: Nanaimo,B.C. More info | Love the first and agree about breathing space. you're a great friend, but if Zombies chase us, I am tripping you.
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TheArtfulBurner Member  51 posts Joined Mar 2010 Location: East Grinstead, Sussex, England More info | Great shots. Nothing to add but a question. How did you time the shot and trigger the flash?
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ccc_javier Goldmember  1,378 posts Joined Aug 2008 Location: Miami More info | Mar 31, 2010 12:15 | #9 |
corkneyfonz THREAD STARTER Goldmember 2,477 posts Likes: 5 Joined Oct 2009 Location: United Kingdom More info | Mar 31, 2010 19:59 | #10 Thank you to everyone for taking the time to comment. Heres the set up, the lens was aimed just above the 430exII.
I focussed on a couple of stacked mugs in the centre of 4.5 litres of water, then aimied my drops for the centre. Initially I was having problems with the top half of the fruit not being illuminated, hence the lamp. Dropping the fruit from lamp level and firing the shutter at the same time normally resulted in a captured splash although the hardest was the half orange which landed anywhere but fruit face showing. No triggers were used. The nightmare factor is those little hairs which detatch from the apple and contaminate the water along with orange fragments. This made photoshop work a little intensive. As I was using the demonic Canon quick return flash cord, despite it being weighted, the 580 exII slowly came away from its original position which resulted in a darker background on the orange shot. As this was a easy shape to mask, I just went the whole hog and put a fully black background in. Here's a couple of continuous drive abstract out takes.  
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PBeeee Senior Member 559 posts Likes: 2 Joined Nov 2007 Location: Montana USA More info | Mar 31, 2010 22:16 | #11 That second one is NOT an outtake. That is a keeper.
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PhotoDim Member  65 posts Joined Nov 2009 More info | Apr 01, 2010 09:48 | #12 Very cool shots. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
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TheArtfulBurner Member 51 posts Joined Mar 2010 Location: East Grinstead, Sussex, England More info | Apr 01, 2010 10:06 | #13 Thanks for the explanation and I agree about the second "outtake". It's a keeper.
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-|Lee|- Member  38 posts Joined Apr 2010 More info | Apr 01, 2010 13:04 | #14 I love the second shot in the first post! The orange peel looks like it's frozen in ice, not water. Some crazy shutter speeds, man. They're amazing! Thanks for posting your setup there too. It's always interesting to see what other photographers go through. And it's funny how some people can be oblivious to that. I mean, your shots have turned into works of art, but a bystander might question the sanity of a man dropping fruit into a tub of water alone in his apartment, lol. Funny how most things get better when I kick 'em...
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corkneyfonz THREAD STARTER Goldmember 2,477 posts Likes: 5 Joined Oct 2009 Location: United Kingdom More info | Apr 01, 2010 20:50 | #15 Thank you to everyone for the additional comments and for appreciating my rambling explanation on how I did it and also for liking a photo which strictly speaking was a reject.
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