Saturday, January 29, 2011
Drip, Drip, Drip!
I've always been fascinate by pictures that I've seen that capture water droplets hitting, well, water. I've always wondered, "How'd the DO that??" and figured I'd never in a million years figure it out and make it work for me. Then a few days ago, I was perusing the "How I Took It" forum at Digital Photography School, and found a thread aptly named, "Simple Water Droplet Tutorial (No Extra Gear)." Simple is good, right? And no extra gear is always a plus as well. So this morning, I set myself a goal to figure this out. My first few attempts (ha! few? try 85!) were awful. Out of focus, dark, and basically a fail. Then I went back and re-read the directions and found that I'd forgotten something kind of important - the flash! Duh. So I set up all my stuff again, grabbed some different colored paper, and tried it again. WOW! It worked! How very cool! Sure, I took over 100 frames to come up with the 10 I kept, but still, it was such fun, and the results, to me, are totally worth the effort!
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Nice. I tried this with my coffee the other day but I couldn't get my SS past 200 with my flash so the drops were always blurry. I'll have to try again in a brighter area and when I have more time.
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Very neat! I'm going to have to try that one of these days. My dad has always told me to take a kajillion and only keep a few - just think, we're lucky! Not too very long ago we would have to pay to develop all those wasted ones!
ReplyDeleteSeriously amazing! I REALLY want to try this but I don't have a flash :(
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that first shot! The colours you used are brilliant, so fresh!
I tried this about a year ago in the kitchen sink (stainless). The part I had a problem with was the focus. I had it on manual focus, but they just weren't very sharp. Yours look GREAT.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots - I have to try this!
ReplyDeleteThese are great!
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