Water Drops

Trblmkr · Mar 18, 2013

This is my first attempt at water drops. I must say it's easy to set up, but a PITA to do it right. I've been reading a lot today and plan to attempt some better shots next weekend.
One of my biggest issues I thin was my water was only 6" from the source, I need to get 2-3' above it to get those really big splashes.

This was only edited with minor adjustments in LR as my computer crashed on Sat and I've not had a chance to load PS for clean up, or I would have cloned out the bubble on the bottom right.

Thanks for looking..

Blue as Blue by trbl_2, on Flickr

Ballistics · Mar 18, 2013

Water drop shots are obligatory as a new shooter lol. You're off to a good start. Try changing your perspective to get more interesting shots, clear shots.

These are some of mine when I first started out.

mishele · Mar 18, 2013

Learn what this guy does then make it your own!!

runnah · Mar 18, 2013

While I appreciate the technical achievement I must say I've never been overly excited about these types of shots.

Judobreaker · Mar 19, 2013

Ballistics said:
Water drop shots are obligatory as a new shooter lol.

Darn, I knew I skipped a lesson somewhere... I still haven't tried this yet (although I plan to do it eventually... xD).

Trblmkr · Mar 19, 2013

Thanks for taking a look..
Mishele.. thanks for the video. Although I could use most of his info to improve, I don't have an off camera flash yet, so all I have is what comes with the D5100. I did notice though, that during his shooting the water drops for the video, I never saw his flash go off. Even with the output lowered, you should still see a bright light correct ??

kundalini · Mar 19, 2013

Have to agree with Charlie, change your camera position to get more unique images of the drops. Also, adding a multi-colored background makes for interesting results.

It will be difficult to achieve good results without OCF.