Fiiiiinally got one... (a drop)

hobbes28 · Feb 15, 2006

Since I'm getting old and haven't been getting a lot of sleep on top of that, I'm also getting too slow to get these darn drop pictures... Until tonight.

This was some cutting fluid coming from the milling machine at work and I guess I just got lucky with my trigger finger tonight. :lol:

Thanks for looking.

Jimee · Feb 15, 2006

Nice, I like the reflection and how the drops on the outside look like fingers reaching out. Kinda looks like a liquid metorite. Came out much better than my attempts at drop shots

Also, just out of curiosity, how big of a droplet was that?

tgates · Feb 15, 2006

That's pretty cool - I haven't tried this yet.

slickhare · Feb 15, 2006

i like the color! it has a interesting 3d vibe to it! like it alot :thumbup::thumbup:

MatthewKern · Feb 15, 2006

Close up that iris, ahhh! This has such potential, if you just would have shot this at at least f/10 and possibly even f/16 it would look so much better, the dof is just too shallow. Only the sides are in focus. But I can also see how with and f-stop that high you might have some lighting issues. Anyway, YOU CAN DO IT, I BELIEVE IN YOU!!!

woodsac · Feb 16, 2006

I like the pov! I've gotta remember to get lower with mine

hobbes28 · Feb 16, 2006

Thanks ya'll.

Jimee, it was about half a cm in diameter when it dropped (1/4 inch).

Matthew, I shot this at f11. I was trying to get the DOF wider but I was shooting with a 300mm macro on the D70 so it still didn't do much for the lighting or the DOF. It was in the machine while it was running and I was a good ways away from the drop when it came out. I've been itching to break out the big lights and take one or just use the smaller macro because I reaaaally want one that's clear all the way round. I know I'll keep breaking the cam out whenever I'm here because that coolant makes for good drops.

Thanks again.