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Contest Finalist in Macro Water Drops Photo Contest
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Diane_Feeley_Photography
October 05, 2015
love love love this photo, if I could like it twice, I would :-) fabulous clarity
2MyEye
December 04, 2015
Excellent capture and reflections! Admired in Reflections in Water photo challenge.
dragonetch
March 17, 2016
Awesome picture.what did u use to drop in water because the shape is amazing
Basciano_Photography
March 17, 2016
I use a black cat litter tray from the dollar store. The water is just distilled water with food colouring. (distilled water gives less bubbles) The entire process is described in my "how to" of this image. :) thanks for the kind words.
chrisilett
March 31, 2016
Im new to photography and i dont understand how you capture this at exposure 1/8? i thought it would have to be super fast? what am i missing?? Amazing photo....
Basciano_Photography
April 02, 2016
Hi there. :) The exposure is 1/8 sec because it is the super short duration of the flash that exposes the photo. The room is fairly dim so the 1/8 sec at a small aperture does not have any effect on the exposure. :)
smith7441
April 14, 2016
Join the conversation. Add a comment or even better, a critique. Let's get better together!
glw20109
April 29, 2016
Great shot, I have tried some water drop shots, but yours is fantastic. Thanks for Sharing
Gary
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LabyrinthLover
July 09, 2016
Nice, it looks like a water mushroom. I didn't even know that was a thing.
BendtheLens
December 21, 2021
This is one of the best images I've looked at today. Congratulations on the various awards. Well deserved.
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Location
The photo was taken in my basement here in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.. I do all of my still life shots here at home.Time
It was part of a marathon photography session and this frame was shot at about 8pm. The photo is entirely lit by flash so the time of day has no relevence to the photo itself.Lighting
In this photo I was using 2 speedlight flash units bounced off of a white board. They were set to 1/64 of their power which gave me a flash duration (and effective shutter speed) of about 1/7,500 sec.Equipment
Nikon D700 on a Manfrotto tripod. Lens was an old Vivitar 90mm Macro. Flash units were one Yongnuo 560II, and one cheap Metz speedlight. I control the timing of the camera, flash, and my water drop with a timer unit and valve system I bought from a man in China. Next time I set up for water drop shots I will take a "pull back" photo to show the set up.Inspiration
I have always loved viewing water droplet photos, especially those by Martin Waugh. (google him) Several years ago I bought a much cheaper timing system for high speed flash and played with balloon bursts and things of that nature. My water drop photos at that point were ok, but the results totally inconsistent. This past year I decided to give it another shot and bought a better timing system and an electric water valve to time the drops as well. I am just starting out in this (water drop) area and hope to get back to it again soon.Editing
Post was just normal cleanup of a few tiny splashes, then mostly contrast adjustment, both done in Photoshop.In my camera bag
Nikon D700 and D7100. Nikon 50mm 1.8 lens, Nikon 70-200mm VRII lens, Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens.Feedback
It takes an extremely short exposure duration to stop the motion in a water drop. If I had to guess I would say about 1/5,000 sec or faster would be needed to freeze the drop using shutter speed. The way it is commonly done (and the way I did it) is by using a very short duration of flash to expose the drop. If you do so in a reasonably dark room you can then set your camera shutter speed to as long as you want to, as long as you are not picking up any ambient light source in the room. As long as your flash goes off during the exposure time, your flash duration becomes your effective shutter speed. At that point the challenge becomes timing your flash to go off exactly during the part of the drop/splash that you want it to. What you are seeing in my photo is the collision between a couple of water drops.