Thanks! I Wish I had my 100mm macro still, It would be crazy to get so close it felt as if you were inside the splash.. though it would involve many cleanings of uv filters and many reshots
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Thanks! I Wish I had my 100mm macro still, It would be crazy to get so close it felt as if you were inside the splash.. though it would involve many cleanings of uv filters and many reshots
I'm a bit late to the party, but I've been away visiting family. I've been keen to try this over the last few days, inspired by the good workand inventiveness of those who gave it a go. I finally got my chance tonight. Here are my top three:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5044/...998fb642_b.jpg
1D Mark IV, EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, 1/250s, f/14, ISO 100, 580 EXII Speedlite @ 1/16 on camera
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/...98688dd0_b.jpg
1D Mark IV, EF 135mm f/2L USM + Extension Tube EF 25 II, 1/300s, f/11, ISO 100, 430 EX Speedlite @ 1/32 left of camera
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5085/...d4b5d11f_b.jpg
1D Mark IV, EF 135mm f/2L USM + Extension Tube EF 25 II, 1/300s, f/16, ISO 100, 430 EX Speedlite @ 1/32 left of camera
This was all done in the kitchen sink with a dripping tap and a plain white background. I did a little cropping and exposure adjustment in Lightroom, and used tungsten white balance to get the colour.
Andy,
Very Nice!
I am starting to see how the extra flash sync speed really makes a difference in this type of photography.
Me 1/200, Bob williams and Nick 1/250, and you at 1/300.
I have been shooting RAW in order to change WB for different colors as well.
I
I stumbled across this today while trying to figure out how to correctly reflect an image into a bubble of water. (with no success)
Bob, any luck?
Kinda looks like he is going to sipp water from a pond.....
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Well, I had a "little" luck this weekend, but wasn't quite what I was looking for. But I now think if I curve the background over the top of the water container, that i can move the picture up and down until I get it where I want it in the bubble---I know, wishful thinking, But I will give it another try this weekend and hopefully be able to report out some results.
Bob
Well, since everyone else was doing it. I suppose I had to get in on the fun. My attempt!
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5247/...6009900f_b.jpg
Canon 50D + EF-s 60mm f2.8 @ f8 1/200" ISO-100
Strobist: 580exII (camera left) 1/16 power calcolor red 50 gel bounced off white wall to subject rear triggered ctr-301p
Dave, Very Nice. I really like the look the gels gave this shot.
Bob
My contribution, lots of water drops
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/...e75f9a7ede.jpg
Canon 400D f8 1/250 sec lens: 50mm 1.8
Strobism: The pop up flash and custom diffuser (tissue paper!)
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Thanks, Bob. I tell you. I visited "The Strobist" once and ended up spending 200 dollars on things I didnt know I needed or needed to make for that matter. I haven't looked back since. I love what you can do with strobes and gels and grids and AAAHHHH!!!! [:#]It has made photography a whole different monster!!!
Cheers,
Dave.
Dave, Nice capture! Ditto on Bobs comment too.
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I am next in line for upgrading my strobist equipment..
Todd
Uberbloke,
nice creativity...the water almost looks like shards of ice falling
Todd
Ok I know Im a little late to the show, but I wanted to try this out too. I think I will be doing a lot of this now. Its really fun. Now I just need to pick up some extension tubes so I dont have to crop.
50d, 17-55mm, 580exII. f 11, 1/250th, flash
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nvitalephotography,
Nice one! I like the somewhat separation of the blue and red....
How did ya do it? Let me guess, clear pan with blue source underneath and flash bounced of a red source?
Todd
Thanks!
I actually just used dye. blue water and dripped in a drop of red. bounced a flash off a white background. the colors stayed separated rather well.
Nick
You guys inspired me to give it a try. It was a lot of fun. Here are a few from my first attempt:
7D with 55-250mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 250mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec and 580EX-II Flash... The meat thermometer was good idea.
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Pat
There's some good stuff here guys! It's a pretty tricky thing to perfect that's for sure. You can go all out with digitally timer controlled solenoids attached to IR or sound triggers but I think it's a lot of money to spend on something I think might get old quickly. I had a play with it a while back and I think half the fun was trying to get a good shot while doing the whole thing by hand! Here's a shot I got of a collision a while ago - it was a yellow water/milk drop with a bit of window cleaner added dropped into blue coloured water. I think I had a blue gel on the580 exIIas well.
Canon 40D, Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS + Kenko extension tubes @ f/14, ISO 200, 3 sec exposure, 580 EX II from behind at 1/128th power
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2668/...ea4c26db_z.jpg
Yellow and blue collision by Ben__Taylor, on Flickr
Cheers, Ben
Ben,
Awesome!!
Would you say you got this collision from using a longer shutter speed?
I have to try this...
Todd
Hi Todd,
The shutter speed really has no bearing on these types of high speed shots. The idea is to shoot in relative darkness so that the only light reaching the sensor is that given off by the flash, so no ambient light should filter into the shot. I think the light duration from a 580 EX II at 1/128th power is in the order of 1/40000th of a second, much much faster than the maximum 1/8000th of a second you can achieve with a shutter of most modern DSLR's. This is the key to stopping the drops. I just keep the shutter open long enough for me the open the shutter, squeeze the water out of the dropper, fire the flashes etc then close the shutter.
To get a shot of a collision such as this (from my relative inexperience) you need to have 2 drops coming down into your base in quick succession. As the first hits the water is creates the spoutat the bottom. Then as the second drops comes down it collides with thespout of the first, creating the "crown" at the top.It's quite interesting the differentshapes that can form. You need at least 2-3cm of water in your base to get the good spout, but that's about it.
It also helps having a small amount (a drop or two) of a detergent based liquid in your solution that you're dropping. I found window cleaner was best because it doesn't bubble up as much as something like dishwashing detergent, so you're not constantly popping of blowing bubbles out the the frame. It's alsogood toadd milk to your solution (around 50/50 water and milk) as this increases the viscosity of the liquid, helping hold it together a bit more. This alsoshows up the difference in colours more prominantly.
I started using just one flash from behind and eventually hadtwo 580 ex II's going. One directly behind with a large diffuser (frosted glass works really well) and often a coloured gel to illuminate the water base. The second was usually positioned at about 45 deg to the side with a tight grid on it just to illuminate the top of the spout/ drop. Both dialed down to either 1/64th or 1/128th power to help freeze the motion.
It's a lot of hard work doing things by hand, which is probably why I stopped playing around with it. Don't expect a fantastic success rate either, I think I got 2-3 shots like this out of around 350 shots when I took that one. It's interesting though, and you can get some great images.
Here's another shot from the same session showing the collision between the two drops.
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Hope this helps a bit anyway, have fun!
Ben.
Ben,
Thanx for the info. I am going to try this...need to gather up some more tools i.e. eyedropper, ect.
Yes, it does sound like a bit of work but the results really pay off, as they did for you.
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This probably explains why i get so many misc. bubbles when doing this in the kitchen sink while dripping water out of the faucet.
Todd
Ben, Like you, This artform is really not what i want to spend my time and money on. But for any budding photographer, it is a great drill to teach lighting, high speed, flash etc. But I have to admit I am jealous; I filled up two 16 gig cards but never managed to get the "collision" as you did. I got some pretty good "drop shots" but, I always missed the collision-----Great job, great photo-----Love the color and lighting as well.
Bob
Thanks Bob. You
Ben that shot is really cool. Nice capture. I think I have seen it before, but until nowI never knew what caused it to look like that. [Y]
Well, as everyone tried it I also took a shot at it...man it's hard! I have some shots, but they are all bad in my opninion. Focus isn't right, timing is wrong etc etc...
Anyway I got bored quickly and I decided to throw in the big shots for some more splashing:
http://www.actieinbeeld.nl/tdp/splash3.jpg
All shots: 100mm, f10, ISO-400, 1/200 with a 430EX flashing from back right.
Jan
nice shots!, Jan, I like the lighting very much and the first one is my favorite!
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Thanks [:D] Well I also like the kiwi-shot the most. It's very cool to see how different types of fruit all have different reactions when hitting the water. For some reason the kiwi makes a very sharp edge which doesn't suck inwards. An orange for example has a sort of drag behind it, which sucks the water back in immediately. It was fun [:D] Oh and the apple is definitely the fastest. It goes straight to the bottom, noticeably faster than the others. Fun facts [;)]
Ps: my pc had a hard time making this one. I used full resolution photos and now I have a 980MB, 89,8MP , PSD-file....even the full-sized Jpeg file still was like 55MB [A]