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Spats139 Senior Member  More info | Looks good to me; I bet your friend likes them as well. Dale
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AnnieMacD Oops, me again  More info | May 28, 2015 07:18 | #8747 itsallart wrote in post #17573934  I absolutely love this thread! I recently shot some macro of oil drops floating on water and here is my set up and the shot. OK, I just set up the oil drop macro thing again just to show you exactly how I shot it. Sorry about the lousy quality of my shot...I took it with my cell phone. 1. So I had a glass dish sitting on a sheet of glass or just a large flat Pyrex dish and figure out how far your subject has to be from the water surface. I did it "dry" by measuring the distance from my 100mm macro lens with some cheap extension tubes 65mm in total for the tubes (no glass inside them). I used 2 rulers: one for focusing on a number on the ruler and another one for my husband to measure the distance from the lens to the number I had focused on. It needed to be about 5 inches away from the water surface. 2. I placed a colorful picture on the floor between the supporting boxes and planted an off camera flash pointing a t the picture. The brighter the image, the better. 3. Now, I positioned the camera on a tripod about 5 inches away from the subject which wasn't even in a dish yet. I got my remote shutter ready, in my case an app on my android called EOS Remote, free from Google Play Store or you could simply use any remote shutter. 4. Have the camera face the dish, carefully pour water into the dish about 5 inches away or whatever your calculations give you and place something on the surface that will be used for focusing. The DOF is super shallow (I shot at f2.8), maybe 2-3mm which is 1/16" maybe. Razor thin. I used a fruit sticker that floated on the surface because any paper placed on water got saturated within seconds and sank to the bottom. You can't focus on that. 5. I had a bottle of oil ready with a long bamboo skewer for picking up some oil and dropping carefully a few tiny drops of oil onto the surface. My remote shutter was ready as was the flash. I kept shooting and live viewing the results. The oil drops have a mind of their own and floated where I didn't want them to float. I carefully dragged them into place using the same skewer. Some drops merged into a large blob which I didn't want either, so I cut them in half with that skewer and moved one away before they "decided" to merge into one big one again  I have attached an image that shows you my set up If you have any questions, please ask. Forgive the mess; it's my art studio where I paint, teach and shoot Fantastic, Renata, and thanks for explaining the setup so thoroughly. Amazing result - love it.
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itsallart Cream of the Crop  More info | May 28, 2015 13:46 | #8748 AnnieMacD wrote in post #17574421 Fantastic, Renata, and thanks for explaining the setup so thoroughly. Amazing result - love it. Annie, thank you very much and you're welcome Renata
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May 29, 2015 12:14 | #8749 lewem1107 wrote in post #17573995 So my friend and I went golfing up in Northern Michigan. Ive had this idea floating around in my head for some time now, and much to my delight the practice range was empty so I immediately set up and started shooting him practicing. I know my processing isn't up to par with most of you all but I like how it turned out.     Put those images up at the local golf courses and you may get a little business! I bet both individuals and corporate groups would like shots like those. Great images - thanks for sharing!
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May 29, 2015 12:27 | #8750 lewem1107 wrote in post #17573995 So my friend and I went golfing up in Northern Michigan. Ive had this idea floating around in my head for some time now, and much to my delight the practice range was empty so I immediately set up and started shooting him practicing. I know my processing isn't up to par with most of you all but I like how it turned out. I really like the idea here.
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smythie I wasn't even trying More info | May 29, 2015 16:34 | #8752 Keltab wrote in post #17576053 Put those images up at the local golf courses and you may get a little business! I bet both individuals and corporate groups would like shots like those. Great images - thanks for sharing! absolutely
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NewCreation Goldmember  More info | Hello from Grand Haven! My name is Brenda ~Saved by grace, walking by faith
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lewem1107 Senior Member More info | May 29, 2015 20:58 | #8754 Thanks everyone! I shot with a Tokina 11-16 at 11mm at f6.3 iso800 1/800th. Manual mode. For a few of them I went to f2.8 1/4000th. I wish there was a way to guarantee getting the shot when the club hits the ball instead of trying to time it. Man I wish I could turn it into a business opportunity but I have a hard time dealing with random people
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May 29, 2015 21:32 | #8755 lewem1107 wrote in post #17576507 I wish there was a way to guarantee getting the shot when the club hits the ball instead of trying to time it. 1DX would help
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May 29, 2015 21:33 | #8756 lewem1107 wrote in post #17576507 Thanks everyone! I shot with a Tokina 11-16 at 11mm at f6.3 iso800 1/800th. Manual mode. For a few of them I went to f2.8 1/4000th. I wish there was a way to guarantee getting the shot when the club hits the ball instead of trying to time it. Man I wish I could turn it into a business opportunity but I have a hard time dealing with random people  . Hello Grand Haven! Wish I lived that close to Lake Michigan!
From the east side of the mitten!
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MalVeauX "Looks rough and well used"  More info | May 29, 2015 21:47 | #8757 lewem1107 wrote in post #17576507 I wish there was a way to guarantee getting the shot when the club hits the ball instead of trying to time it. Just a thought, but if you set it to continuous shooting (5 fps on the 60D) with a remote trigger like you were using, you should be able to simply start the process as your subject began to swing, so that it was taking images every 0.2 seconds as the club approached the ball (giving you a 1 in 5 chance of capturing the strike, 20% odds; along with other interesting results on top of that). A couple of attempts probably would have resulted in what you were looking for, without any fancy triggers or anything like that. Just a thought for next time!
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Koz21 Member  More info Post edited over 8 years ago by Pekka with reason 'embedded the video'. | May 29, 2015 22:01 | #8758 Here's a video worth looking at to see how the pros photograph the timing of a golf ball being struck. For entertainment purposes only! From the east side of the mitten!
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May 30, 2015 08:10 | #8759 Great video, thanks for sharing
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maxblack I feel like I'm in danger  2,051 posts Likes: 320 Joined Sep 2008 Location: NYC Area More info | May 30, 2015 12:18 | #8760 Koz21 wrote in post #17576548 Try remote trigger by sound to see if you can time the strike of the golf ball. This will do it. ^^^
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