Waterdrop for C&C

[photonewbie86]

Hey guys I know these waterdrop shots are taken often but I took my first today just thought I'd get some feedback and see where I can improve thanks as always!!

 

[mishele]

It's soft......tells us your settings and light setup. Keep working on it!! Water drop shots are a lot of fun. If you are just playing around it can take awhile to get good ones!!!

 

[photonewbie86]

Well it's a ghetto setup lol as my funds don't run as fluidly as I'd like lol. I had my clear container of water with the bag suspended by one of my tripods. I had the shutter speed at 1/200 and f8 I had a table lamp to the side lighting the water and a white billboard at the back of the container. I also used manual focus instead of auto focus. I tries af but it just kept going in and out and pissing me off. And I used my 18-55mm, the only other lens I have is my 75-300 I thought the 18-55mm would be a better choice. Thanks for the c&c!!

 

[enzodm]

Did you shoot by hand, or with a remote? and Live view or not?

 

[photonewbie86]

I shot handheld and through the viewfinder.

 

[Chriss]

I shot handheld and through the viewfinder.

Try a tripod
I could never get them doing handheld.

Keep working at it, it takes a while, but you should be able to get it.
For mine, I just put my camera on a tripod, set it to like 1/1000 or something, and shot about 60 shots continuous while the drops were falling. Your bound to get one good one.

 

[chito beach]

shoot on a tripod, more parallel rather than down to the splash and use your flash to capture the action. take off of AF and use MF to a set position that you know the splash will happen

 

[mishele]

 

[photonewbie86]

Will try it on my tripod thanks!! I think I'm gonna try it with live view as well. Thanks for the video mishele I've had it as a favorite on my YouTube account for awhile it's a great tutorial!! I really need to get me a flash lol do you guys think I should try it with my 75-300mm? I just think I'd have to be quite far away and wouldn't get the shot I desire for

 

[PerfectlyFlawed]

YouTube - How to photograph a splash of water - Week 52

++1 Great video... i took a try at this myself.. alot of great suggestions given here, just keep on trying. Tripod is very important!

 

[photonewbie86]

Ok guys I tried a few more tonight and here's another one with a little editing in lightroom

 

[chito beach]

Ok guys I tried a few more tonight and here's another one with a little editing in lightroom

Still a little soft on the focus, did you take it off of AF and do it manually?

 

[photonewbie86]

Yes I did and I had at f8 maybe f9 or f10 would be better?

 

[mishele]

If you are using the bag to drip the water.......try using something else. I put a pencil point hole in the bottom of a cup. It helped the water come out at the exact same spot each time. It looks like your focus point was in front and to the left of your drop.

 

[chito beach]

It just has too shallow a DOF. the base if the spout is in focus just not the drop at the top. which lens are you using at what focal length?