Rainy Night.

Hola, first actual post here. Images taken during and after a night time shower. Long exposure with flash to capture the rain drops. First one is my favorite, I guess I like the abstractness of it. C&C welcome.

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I like it ... the rain drops turn into shooting stars
was it shot through a window ?

I'm speechless.

I love the first one too. Also a big fan of the abstractness. Cool how the raindrops look like they're upside down.

emmalish wrote in post #10476101
I love the first one too. Also a big fan of the abstractness. Cool how the raindrops look like they're upside down.

Some one can correct me if I am wrong, but I think the reason for this is that I had my flash set to fire on the first curtain. If it was firing second curtain they would be right side up.

Or does that make any sense for a long exposure flash firing...I smell experimentation in my future.

Edit- My thoughts are:

Shutter opens-/-flash fires-/-light from flash diminishes as the rain drop falls making the intensity highest at the top of where the rain drop was to the lowest where the light from the flash falls off all the way-/-time elapses for the background to be exposed--shutter closes.

This is why I think it has alot to do with it being a first curtain firing. If it was second curtain the flash would fire as the shutter is about to close, making the reverse streaking less, or not noticeable.

^^^^ I think you nailed it.

TheLostVertex wrote in post #10476183
Some one can correct me if I am wrong, but I think the reason for this is that I had my flash set to fire on the first curtain. If it was firing second curtain they would be right side up.

Or does that make any sense for a long exposure flash firing...I smell experimentation in my future.

Edit- My thoughts are:

Shutter opens-/-flash fires-/-light from flash diminishes as the rain drop falls making the intensity highest at the top of where the rain drop was to the lowest where the light from the flash falls off all the way-/-time elapses for the background to be exposed--shutter closes.

This is why I think it has alot to do with it being a first curtain firing. If it was second curtain the flash would fire as the shutter is about to close, making the reverse streaking less, or not noticeable.

This explanation is correct but may not be the full problem. Don't be surprised if you try second curtain sync and you still have the same effect. Flashes tend to turn off a little slower than they turn on. There is a slight fade off after a flash pops. It's usually not noticeable in most situations but when you are shooting a fast moving object with a dark background you might see it.

if there was something simple in the background, say a wall or a flower (just ideas), you could hold the camera upside down. then the raindrops would look like usual and no one would be the wiser. I'm sure you could even take the first photo and put it upside down since you have some awesome bokeh and a very shallow depth of field. i'd turn my monitor upside down, but.. lol.

That being said, i like the way the raindrops look in your photos because they really do look like little shooting stars.

MidnightRook wrote in post #10533257
if there was something simple in the background, say a wall or a flower (just ideas), you could hold the camera upside down. then the raindrops would look like usual and no one would be the wiser. I'm sure you could even take the first photo and put it upside down since you have some awesome bokeh and a very shallow depth of field. i'd turn my monitor upside down, but.. lol.

That being said, i like the way the raindrops look in your photos because they really do look like little shooting stars.

You know what, thats a good idea. Infact, it looks more right side up when its upside down that the right side up one. hehe. Looks kind of like there is a palm tree int he background now, with a street light or something above. Its amazing what orientation does to it.
What do you think?

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Wow, looks awesome!

very interesting captures!