Water drops

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Permalink Reply by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on June 21, 2012 at 3:55pm

They're wonderful...I absolutely love that first one!  Any tips for those of us who would like to give it a try?

Permalink Reply by Moe on June 21, 2012 at 4:18pm

I read a tutorial on it a few years ago I can't remember where it went. Here is what I posted for my photo meetup. Really you won't believe how easy it is! Post your shots if you try it.

What you will need:

DSLR camera with flash
Clear glass bowl or plate
Something colored to place under the bowl, it could be a colored plate or a piece of paper
A colored piece of paper to use as a background

Camera Settings: these are just a starting point.
Manual
Auto  and Manual focus
Shutter 1/250
Aperture f/5.6
Focal length 55mm
ISO 100
On-camera flash

Directions:

• Put the colored object (paper or plate) under your glass bowl.
• Fill the bowl to the brim with water
• Prop up the background paper behind the glass bowl
• Prefocus the camera on the center of the glass bowl, I used a pen held in the center. Once you have used autofocus to get it in focus switch the camera to manual focus. If you keep it on autofucus the camera will keep hunting for something to focus on and you will miss the drops.
• I put a pinhole in a sandwich bag, taped it to a kitchen cabinet and let it drip. You can also use the faucet and do the entire thing in the sink if you can prop the glass bowl near the top, you don't want to be shooting down into the sink.
• I had the camera taking 4 frames per second and shot a ton of photos or if you have really good timing just shoot single shots
• Play around with the settings and see what works best. I also tried cream into black coffee.

Permalink Reply by Jane, Guinness and Murphy on June 21, 2012 at 4:32pm

Thanks so much....I definitely want to give this a try.

Permalink Reply by Camilla and Darwin on June 21, 2012 at 4:42pm

The pinhole in a ziploc is a really good idea!

Permalink Reply by F, Calla & Luca on June 21, 2012 at 4:01pm

These are great simply! We have a fantastic water drop/reflection shot in the reflection discussion.

http://www.doodlekisses.com/group/Photographygroup/forum/topics/ref...

And I remember one involving daisies.

Permalink Reply by Moe on June 21, 2012 at 4:09pm

I had been looking at similar photos earlier today. I tried it but it totally did not work out. The daisy one gave me an idea though. May get back to it tomorrow.

That thread was amazing, some great shots. I need to hang out in the photography group more often, it seems the place to come to get inspired. Do you know if there has been a - how to shoot a black or dark brown dog thread? They are so hard to shoot.

Permalink Reply by F, Calla & Luca on June 21, 2012 at 8:49pm

 Thanks and please do. We think we are an inspiration at times : ) As to dark doodles, there is a group Black Doodles, and they have a little on that. There have been discussions elsewhere maybe too.

Permalink Reply by Carla (& Bonne Bouche) on June 21, 2012 at 9:39pm

Beautiful photos.. I also have a black doodle and participate in the (much less active). Black doodle group. The there is a thread there with a few tips, and and like f said elsewhere too.. Nothing recent that ive seen, and but I could have missed anything easily.. I shoot in raw and use light room in Post processing, usually decrease the shadows and increase clarity and its the only way I can draw out enough to see details in his fur.

Permalink Reply by Jean, Rylee and Cooper on June 21, 2012 at 4:03pm

These are beautiful!  Love the first one.

Permalink Reply by Laurie, Wally & Charlotte on June 21, 2012 at 4:15pm

All I can say is, "Wow, How did you do that?!"  It's supposed to rain here over the weekend; I'm going to give it a try.

Permalink Reply by Moe on June 21, 2012 at 4:34pm

The second one is a water drop hitting a CD. The third one is water drops on a piece of glass ( I took it out of a frame) you can sprinkle water all over it in drops. I propped the glass on two boxes about 6 inches away from the floor. Put a red piece of cloth down on the floor and placed a flower on it. I had the camera on a tripod shooting straight down. You have to focus on the drops being careful not to focus on the flower underneath them. The flower is reflected in every drop. Fun.

Permalink Reply by F, Calla & Luca on June 21, 2012 at 8:49pm

Very inventive and neat.

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