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After seeing what Irma had done with water drops I decided to have a go myself. Thanks Irma for sharing your setup and providing some inspiration.
I used a stepladder and suspended a water bottle with a small hole in the lid over a large bowl of water.
Not as sharp as Irma's pictures but quite interesting I think.
Let me know what you think.
Ivan
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Hi Ivan,
You did it!! Excellent!! Both are really nice I like a lot the color, like copper...
I see them sharp and the composition you have in the first one is very difficult to get it sharp completely.
Well done!!
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water drop are fun to shoot.......you've done a good job with these, I like the copper too
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Interesting indeed, Guess it took you some pactice, eh?!
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Love them both - I've got to try this - what is the technique?
The 2nd one looks like the alien in The Abyss giving you a thumbs up.
(Thumbs Up = Good Work/Fine in the UK - I'm sure there are different connotations worldwide)
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Hi All thanks for the comments. As I was inspired by Irma I copied her setup. You can see a photo of her setup here:
http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=6895
Basically had an A frame step ladder set-up over a table. Took a 2 litre soft drink bottle and made a pin prick hole in the cap. Taped the bottle to two pieces of wood and suspended between the A frame of the step ladder about 4 ft above a large dish of water which was on coloured paper to provide a nice colour to the water.
I then had 2 very strong halogen lights shining onto the bowl to give enough light to use a fast shutter speed.
The filled the bottle about quarter full in order to get a steady stream of drops (about 1 a second). I then had my 70-300 macro lens setup on a tripod about 2ft away from the water bowl.
As the drops were pretty constant I could watch them fall and press the shutter when they hit the water.
I was shooting about 1/750 - 1/1200 sec at around f8.
I took about 200 photos and got about 10 good ones!!
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