Water Drop photo's

[phallex]

just wondering if anyone had experimented with water drops? its very easy and cheap to set up.. i used things from around the house and came up with photo's like these... tell me what you think

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3532/3722625893_f8cc90f4fd.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2529/3723437692_0c4f37668d.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2620/3723435596_c1a53c051c.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2515/3723433248_8783308167.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2506/3723432018_f5dbf24735.jpg

Also.. have a little portfolio site running... let me know what you think of it if you get time!

lukewebsterphotography (http://lukewebster10313.sitewelder.com/)

[talan]

Hey these look good. I've never bothered to give these a go. What shutter speeds to you normally shoot water drops at?

[Rick0r]

I got some good shots using 1/200
This is one using milk totally unedited so excuse the ugly rim of the lid I was dropping it into :)

http://iforce.co.nz/i/lqf0fwep.jpg (http://www.iforce.co.nz/View.aspx?i=lqf0fwep.jpg)

[Cory Varcoe]

Just thinking out loud here but you could try it with in dark room and set a 5sec shutter and use your flash to free the drop rather than using the shutter itself... Hmmm might try this later tonigh :p

Very nice examples by the way guys

[byza213]

thats fricken cool ..what things use use to shoot these?

[Rick0r]

More.

Fun with water.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2643/4045263015_cbd0810c5f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25139195@N00/4045263015/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3502/4046006506_7e6ca5f17b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25139195@N00/4046006506/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2469/4046006830_c5f32cac19.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25139195@N00/4046006830/)

More here. (http://rick0r.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/drip-drop/)

[Raizer]

Wow these are awesome!
I am going to have to try this ASAP! /if a 18-55mm IS would be any good for it lol

[Rick0r]

Totally. There's nothing to it. I first attempted to use my bulky 70-200 f2.8 Sigma, but ended up going with my 18-55 kit lens. I used f20 or so anyway, so it didn't exactly matter.

I'll have to post setup pictures tomorrow :]

[Rick0r]

Here's the setup photo along with all the notes.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25139195@N00/4050229107

[Deviant]

Hey, thanks Rickor for the setup photo, It's very helpful when people share how their photos are taken so others can learn from it, i also leaned what wireless senders i could use for my D60 :)

[Rick0r]

It's something I want to do for all the photos I post.. I find it's super handy