I did it!!!! Water Drop!!!

Buckster · Nov 25, 2011

Nicely done! Congrats!

I know how exciting it is to get your first shots of these! Water/liquid drops are always so much fun! Food coloring of the water or milk works great too, and with a careful setup and a couple of flashes, you can use a gridded snoot to selectively color the splash differently than the pool beneath it, so do lots of experiments! While experimenting, try different depths to the pool underneath as well. Shallow pools (or none - flat plate or dish) produces the crowns that are also very cool.

I did some drops myself yesterday. You can see them here: Splish Splash Here are some milk drops I did too: Milk Drops

IV drip is an interesting solution. I used to use a plastic baggie with a tiny pinhole in it to get a consistent drip timing, and it worked pretty well.

On the freezing of the action, yes, it's the flash that does the work. I usually shoot at around 4 seconds @ f/22 in a very dim room to give me more control on the timing, and let the flash(s) do all the work.

Again, congrats, and keep having fun with it!

MTVision · Nov 25, 2011

cgipson1 said:
Hint: Amazon Pet/Vet supplies..

Sweet. I'm taking a phlebotomy course at the local hospital so I was just going to ask my teacher - he shouldn't have a problem with it. If not, I'll have to check out amazon!