[Irma]

I spent the weekend taking pictures to water drops and trying to get the splash... I haven't got it right so far, but I thought I would like to show you what I am doing in case you have any advice to improve my pictures.
















Still a lot to improve... The bad weather will continue the whole week so I'll have time enough to try a bit more.

Thanks for your coments and advice...

[Banded Drake]

i think you nailed them , i have no advice ( i havent done any of these yet ) . I think these are something to be proud of

...... Shawn

[Don Schaeffer]

How in the heck do you do those?

[NT73]

I like #2, Irma the colours look amazing.

[shuttertalk]

That's just awesome Irma... the last one looks very much like the results that Shane was trying to achieve..

They look absolutely spectacular - especially when everything's tack sharp.

[Russt]

great shots there Irma, #2 and 4 would be my favs. very close to the mushroom on 5

[smarti77]

Great stuff Irma - The thing I like about this type of photography is that every shot is unique. The focus and light that you are getting looks great. Your last three images show the shapes I was trying to get... Now it may come down to how far you want to go to acheive the 'perfect' shot you are looking for..
I have found images where people are using very expensive specific equipment to acheive results similar to yours.

How are you aiming the drops, by hand or from a fixed object?

[Irma]

Thanks so much for your comments I am very surprised and very happy that you like #2... because I have a lot of them with different colors and shapes... I thought you wouldn't find it interesting...

Sorry I didn't give any comment yesterday setup, settings, etc...

About the setup.

I built it with things I had at home here is the picture... I doubted to post a picture because of the rudimentary of the setup, but the description was very long. I am sure that it will give a good laugh to you all, but I really didn't want to spend money on this until I knew there were some possibilities...






All this to get a constant drop falling in the same place and the right timing to match the one coming up with the one falling down.

Problems I have is that the speed of the droplet is not constant because the dripper gets slower at the time it has less water but as you know it already you just need to refill it to get again the splash.

I will change all my set up and I will replace everything for the ironing table and a more sophisticated dripper made by a bottle and a pastic straw... I will tell you later if it works....

My settings in the camera. My best results so far for the splash and with the available light I have are: f/16, 1/6400sec. ISO200. 180mm macro lens.

To get the droplet like in #2 with 1/2000sec and f/16 is enough.

Shane, I have also read about people spending a lot of money to get similar or much better pictures, I have also seen pictures where people says they only do it with a dropper or a syringe, and I find that difficult to believe.

I think it is an interesting photography specially at this time of the year where you have nothing around here to shoot at. I don't think I would buy any device to take a better picture, because a lot of those photographers are people who know about physics or/and electronics, lots of formulas and mathematics.... in that moment, I know I will kill the fun of taking these pictures, since I don't like/understand physics and mathematics.

[NT73]

That is knockout Irma, and when you get bored of the drops, then you can use the blue and red boxes for a loudspeaker system. Way to go! Elvis lives..

I like #2 because the colours blend really nice. That is as well as the drops.

[alastair_hm]

Cool shots, you could try adding colours to the water

[Toad]

Great shots - particularly #4. Thanks for sharing your setup with us.

[NT73]

I could name them as well.

#1 Vesuvius.
#2 Genesis.
#3 Medusa./.Jellyfish.
#4 Emu.
#5 Anemone.

[shuttertalk]

Wow Irma, that is one cool setup you have there! That just made my day... thanks for sharing!

[BeaglesToo]

You won't think any thing so simple could look so cool.
Lorraine

[navis01]

Hi Irma

Been lurking on the forums for some time now and have seen lots of your great photos. I have to agree with everyone else these are amazing. I have been meaning to try the same thing for ages, now that I have seen what is possible I am raring to go. Thanks for sharing your set-up looks like lots of fun. might have to rope in the girlfriend to help!

Ivan

[EnglishBob]

I am going to have to have a go at this, the drops look amazing!

[TheBishopOfSligo]

Only 2 boxes of Ruby Cabernet!

And we thought you were a hardened drinker!

Beautiful shots BTW - I was also trying water drops for the first time this weekend.

Nowhere near as lovely as these - well done.

[Irma]

Thanks so much for your kind comments, I am really very motivated...

I will give it another try this weekend. At the moment the weather is so fine. I have to be out enjoying that beautiful blue sky.

[Wedding Shooter]

I love your setup Irma

[Irma]

Thanks Chris...

a bit embarrassing, ... so homely made....