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Jan 25, 2011 17:24 |  #1

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Jan 25, 2011 21:30 |  #2

wow they look great my fav would probably be the 2nd or the 5th but they are all great


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Jan 26, 2011 13:30 |  #3

These are great! #7 is my favorite, the light/color in the foreground are a little distracting, but awesome overall.


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Jan 26, 2011 13:44 |  #4

Thanks. I had the camera set too low, trying to get more drops and less speaker in the shot. That's why the foreground of a few has that funky color/lines in them, that's the front edge of the speaker.


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Jan 26, 2011 16:38 |  #5

I am curious as to how you were able to capture these shots. Not trying to copy your work, I'm new to this forum. I am however a photography major in college at the art institute international..... sadly I havent learned techniques like yours yet.


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Jan 26, 2011 19:33 |  #6

There's no such thing as stealing ideas, if it weren't for other people doing things we wouldn't be doing them either. This idea originally came from my science teacher, because we use to do stuff with sound in class. That was many, many moons ago though. I planned to do this for a while, but kept getting sidetracked. It took a friend linking something from Canon to get me to finally put this idea to work.


The setup is simple, all you really need is a speaker, some plastic, and a flash. Oh, and some paint or colored liquid of some type. Put some plastic over the speaker, and aim the speaker up. Set up the camera on a tripod, manual focus, and put something on the plastic where your focus point is and focus on it. Then, drop a few drops on the plastic, turn the music up, and wait for the magic.


Simple setup: Flash on wireless trigger on tripod from the left. I put a homemade cardboard snoot on the flash to direct the light towards the drops. A computer subwoofer from my old 5.1 surround system with the speaker facing the ceiling. I taped plastic over the speaker grill, which I took the fabric off of, didn't make much different but I thought it was giving too much vibration between it and the plastic. I put my camera on the tripod and set the lens to manual focus. I use LiveView to focus on something that I place where I want the focal point to be, usually it's just a wooden stick I have that I lay on the plastic.


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Once I have the basic setup done all it takes is to drop some paint, turn up the music, and snap shots. Camera settings are typically f/8, 1/250, ISO200-800 (depending on what I want to see in the shots), flash set to 1/128 power. Camera on burst mode, and basically hold the shutter while the music bumps. You can place drops where you want, then get ready to shoot. My old 5.1 system has a cabled power/volume control, so I can hold it in one hand and stand next to the camera to shoot. Otherwise I'd use a wireless shutter release if I had to.

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Jan 27, 2011 10:02 |  #7

That is AMAZING. I really appreciate you teaching me how to do this. Not that I can just run out and buy paint this second ;)
However it gives me something to try on weekends when I'm bored and have nothing to do (which is rare considering I'm a single mom of 3)


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Jan 27, 2011 10:43 |  #8

This is a really cool set up and idea, I saw this last time you posted it, and it's equally as cool this time. Thanks again for sharing! I think I have the exact subwoofer from an old 2.1 computer setup! It actually still being used in a "second zone" but I think I could borrow the subwoofer long enough to get some cool shots! :)


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Jan 27, 2011 11:00 |  #9

I've got so many old computer speakers that it's not funny. Since upgrading my office to an actual audio receiver and surround speakers the computer setups have been demoted to "in a box in the garage" duty. The Creative Labs 5.1 was a great little system though, I loved using it. Actually puts out a ton of sound for such a little system.


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Jan 28, 2011 06:32 |  #10

katodog wrote in post #11721171 (external link)
It took a friend linking something from Canon to get me to finally put this idea to work.

Yes, but on that (Canon) set they had sound engineers, structural engineers, electricians and all kinds of people with doctorates. It must have cost them a half-million dollars to produce theirs. You did it for the cost of the coffee you drank, so good job!


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Jan 28, 2011 11:24 as a reply to  @ Picture North Carolina's post |  #11

Outstanding!!! Love the effect. Gonna have to give this one a try.


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Feb 09, 2011 03:00 |  #12

Wonderful!Amazing....s​imply great...gonna surely check it out...


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Feb 10, 2011 15:32 |  #13

Number 7 looks like an abstract crowd. :)




  
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