Water drops

[Dom1n8tr1x]

400mm?

Where were you standing? Down the hall?

I'm wondering the same thing now :what:

 

[krono9]

was with sigma 120-400.. was kind of on the other side of the room.. lol.. not that far away.. 2m maybe.. was really just using the 400mm lens...and "quickly" decided to take a pic or two.. no effort really.

 

[DTBA]

So I had nothing to do last night so I gave it a shot




last one was out of fcus

 

[krono9]

Attempt no 3591.

I could swear I see the water drop princess in this first pic?

 

[Dom1n8tr1x]

Definitely going to give this a try this weekend, it's looks awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvbdUD6VhSI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[APoc184]

Nice idea... But a painful video to watch.

 

[krono9]

My final attempt with water drops, think I had enough now for the rest of my life:

 

[APoc184]

Finally got my tripod and dug out the lights from the garage.

Here are my 4 best ones. Cropped and played with white balance.

WB as shot in this one.


B+W conversion.


WB tweaked to give that water colour.


Quite like this one.

 

[Tun@]

If anyone's taking this any further & looking for speedlites I got some Yongnuo YN 560-III's for what ended up being R980 a piece inc VAT + freight from this seller on BorB http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/seller/1378005/Linklight
Was the best price i could dig up - Items shipped out of Shanghai & never took all that long even taking the cheaper/slower shipping option.
The 560 III's are the ones with the built in 602/603 RF receiver.

 

[Nicolasfoto]

A nice tutorial here: http://www.diyphotography.net/the-comprehensive-water-drop-photography-guide

 

[Indigogirl]

A nice tutorial here: http://www.diyphotography.net/the-comprehensive-water-drop-photography-guide

That is a VERY useful site!

Have you seen this website - all sorts of takes on waterdrops

 

[Nicolasfoto]

Pixoto is awesome!

 

[Indigogirl]

Pixoto is awesome!

Many of the photos there ARE awesome - incredible stuff. The site has its drawbacks though - the worst being the cheaters (plagiarists and folks who post the same photos again and again ad nauseum to try and win some money) who stuff things up for the others...

Nonetheless - it is a great way to get instant feedback on your photography

 

[GTi]

Thank you for the link Indigogirl, brilliant site.

 

[Indigogirl]

Thank you for the link Indigogirl, brilliant site.

enjoy!

 

[Progenix Oj101]

I tried this the other day.. but when the shutter speed was high enough to freeze the drop, it was under exposed... So have to rely on flash I guess?

Long exposure with a quick burst of flash coming from an angle if possible. Your flash becomes your shutter, in a way.