My first try at the stereotypical water drops!!!!

[john3eblover]

took me lots of tries to get even these, and i'm not using the best lens, so these aren't exactly full frame... i wish they were though. some day maybe when i get a macro lens.

anyway, not exactly satisfied with the lighting setup or with how they turned out, but i figured i'd just post my first results and see if any of you helpful people had tips on how to improve them i can't seem to get past f5.6, i would like to be using f8 though. any comments are appreciated (in fact i'm going to keep bumping this until i get 5 responses other than my own )

 

[Eric.]

The last two are awesome! I like the green water. These look a little more "magical" than the other stereotypical water droplet!

 

[darin3200]

Cool shots, I love the green on the second one. The texture of the water in the last one is really nice as well :thumbup: What technique are you using to get these shots, any special equipment? And what's the shutter speed?

 

[john3eblover]

thanks guys.

i'm using a most ridiculous, home made set up you've ever seen. i am almost embarassed to say. but basically, its a small blue dish, and i used different colors of construction paper in the background so the background would be blurred but in a good color. the flash seems to limit the shutter speed to 1/200th, so thats what its at usually. i think these were all at something awful like f/5 and ISO1600 or 800. I've figured out a better setup that lets me do ISO 400 and better apertures like f/8 and f/11, so if i get some better ones, i'll post those. Also, i'm using a program called "neat image" to clean up the noise in the pictures. It works really well

this is fun but frustrating. i think the hardest part is timing the drop correctly.

 

[john3eblover]

aaaand...bump

 

[Karalee]

The green one is ridiculous! Hey your set up is working, so don't be embarrassed at all . Well done

 

[ThatCameraThingy]

hi John

nice for a first try.

won't you PM me , and tell me about your flash and camera settings. would like to see if i can give some advice.

otherwise post here and PM me to remind me to come and look at the thread. Then I can reply here.

Hanno

 

[bumsrmyfriends]

I really like these, especially the green one. The lighting on them is a bit dark though. You can take them into a photo program (Photoshop or PSP) and lighten them up a bit if you want. Other than that, I think they turned out VERY well. Good job

 

[john3eblover]

oh i've done quite a bit to them in photoshop, believe me. they aren't extremely dark to me, maybe its your monitor

 

[Eric.]

I like the darkness of the water. It gives it the appeal in my eyes. Maybe if the back half of the water had a little light but you still managed to keep the front dark it'd look nice. I really like the green one. The blue in it is unreal.

 

[Rob]

Love the green one especially, but also the last blue one. The top one appears a touch darker to me and doesn't quite have the same feeling to it. Great job!

Rob