Drip, Drip, Drip...

[Buckster]

More water drips this weekend:

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6. Catcher's Mitt?

7. Happy guy in a hat:

8. Another fella wearing a hat:

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10. Hard to see it at this size, but that thin spike goes all the way up:

 

[paigew]

those are beautiful!

 

[Dillard]

very nice! If you don't mind me asking, whats your set up?

 

[julius071]

Wow, those shots look amazing! Keep up the great work!

 

[Tony S]

Looks like you had fun, nicely done.:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

 

[Trever1t]

awesome color and form!

 

[Steve01]

Very nice.

 

[Buckster]

very nice! If you don't mind me asking, whats your set up?

• White posterboard background.
• Glass bowl of water with blue food coloring sitting on a plexiglass "table" that's sitting on top of a cardboard box with the top open and a hole cut in the side, so I can access it while it's all set up.
• Canon 580EXII in box pointed up through plexiglass and glass bowl.
• Canon 580EXII on boom overhead lighting background.
• 2 Yongnuo YN565EX flashes to right and left, pointed at the action.
• All 4 flashes at 1/128th power.
• Canon 5DMKII wearing a Sigma 180mm macro lens @ f/22, ISO 400 (I simply forgot to put it back to ISO 100, where I normally shoot)
• 5 seconds on the shutter to give me time to work the shutter trigger and drip timing controller.
• Camera Axe trigger/timer controlling the flashes and a water pump dripper.
• Set it all up to drip 2 drops at precise drop sizes and interval between them in milliseconds, then fire the flashes at a precise time after they drip to catch them colliding.
• Various timings and drip sizes result in the various results.
• In the dripper's reservoir, I used various colors of food coloring mixed with the water.
• The water was prepared with a little bit of Guar Gum mixed in to thicken it slightly.

Here's the setup from a couple weeks ago when I did the milk drops, and this setup was similar, but I added another flash, arranged them differently (much closer to the action), didn't use the Lumiquest softbox on the boom light this time, used a bigger bowl, and didn't use any milk:

Hope that's helpful to you.

 

[Buckster]

Thanks folks! Yes indeed, lots of fun! :thumbup:

 

[camz]

Buckster I didn't know water droplets could pose for a photographer!

 

[pathoulihan1]

Simply inspiring, well done!

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

They look Chihulyesque!

 

[Majeed Badizadegan]

Artistic and some I'd love to Hang on my wall

 

[tpe]

They say it is all in the timing (well that lighting and composition etc etc.) and those flying saucers are fantasic, with perfect timing, and all the other factors necessary .

Tim

 

[ghache]

These are pretty nice. I love how you took them at right right moment to get these crazy shapes