OT: Water Drops

[swjim]

I was experimenting over the weekend with taking macro shots of water drops, here are a few that I was pretty happy with.

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[klepto]

Beautiful images Jim. The green and purple one is my favorite. How are you changing the colors?

 

[Brett9917]

Absolutely ridiculous!! I can't pick a favorite!!

 

[swjim]

Thanks klepto and Brett9917.

Klepto, the colors are changed by shooting the flash at different colored paper and/or plastic.

 

[RVANANO]

Love these!! Especially the green one

 

[Brett9917]

Would you mind sharing your EXIF?

 

[swjim]

Love these!! Especially the green one

Thanks!

Would you mind sharing your EXIF?

Most of them were shot at ISO 800, 1/200, F/11 with the flash around 1/32 power.

The full gallery is here: http://jimpr4.com/Nature/Water-Drops/14276403_zDYai, the EXIF should be viewable there but it gets lost when I embedded the links here.

 

[Brett9917]

Wow, I am surprised at ISO 800. I guess you have a really nice camera... lol

With my D40 noise starts to become apparent at 800 lol.

 

[swjim]

I'm shooting a Canon 5D Mark II, its ISO performance is really good. The setup was kind of rushed, if I would have spent a little more time I could have gotten the flash closer and used a lower ISO.

 

[5380]

I like the pictures I wanna see your slow mo video skills
http://gizmodo.com/5663604/what-happens-when-water-is-dropped-onto-water+repelling-carbon-nanotubes

 

[brent ward]

The 5d ll is no phantom high speed camera.

Have you played with any other high speed shots besides water drops?

 

[swjim]

That video is really cool, I especially liked the last one with the two droplets starting at opposite sides of the "half pipe", but like Brent pointed out the phantom is in a whole different league.


Brent, I just got the macro lens a couple weeks ago so this was my first time doing any stop motion work with it. I've done other things non-macro related with using flashes to freeze motion, here is a link to a thread I posted last summer: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1655535

 

[brent ward]

High speed photography is one of the funnest things I get to shoot.

 

[swjim]

What types of things do you like to shoot, Brent?

 

[Recty]

He was the guy who filmed Baywatch...

 

[Misled]

He was the guy who filmed Baywatch...

Hehe!!!!!

Very nice Jim!!!

 

[brent ward]

What types of things do you like to shoot, Brent?

I shoot a varied range of stuff, but mostly I get hired to shoot people, product, and liquid / beverage photography.

http://splashpour.com/

 

[brent ward]

He was the guy who filmed Baywatch...

Don't I wish! LOL!

 

[swjim]

He was the guy who filmed Baywatch...

Brent's my idol!

Hehe!!!!!

Very nice Jim!!!

Thanks Jesse!

I shoot a varied range of stuff, but mostly I get hired to shoot people, product, and liquid / beverage photography.

http://splashpour.com/

You have some incredible work there, Brent! They're all great, but the green apple, airplane cockpit, strawberry in the milk and liquid flowing from left to right were my favorites.

Don't I wish! LOL!

Bummer, Recty had me going!

 

[Recty]

Hah, I was just thinking of famous slo mo films and Baywatch ranks right up there.