water drop
Water drop frozen right before the fall.
Water drop frozen right before the fall.
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Location
I took the photo on a hike through a nearby vineyard. The water itself is coming out of a spring which was shaded by a couple of trees.Time
It was early afternoon on a bright summer day, this helped me in capturing the shot because it allowed for a faster shutter speed.Lighting
The lighting was nothing out of the ordinary, it was a sunny summer day without much could coverage and area was situated in a shaded area.Equipment
For this shot I used a Canon 70D and a Tamron 90mm f/2.8 1:1 macro. I was carrying neither flash nor tripod because I only planned for a light hike and forgot to switch the macro lens for something more versatile.Inspiration
There was no real inspiration for this kind of image. At the time I was kind of curios if it was possible to completely freeze water without the help of a flash.Editing
Regarding post processing I only applied some noise reduction and added a litte bit of clarity (+10) in Lightroom.In my camera bag
My go to lens these days is the Tamron SP 35mm f/1.8 it's a well made high quality lens and usable in most situations. Aside from that I normally carry a Manfrotto tripod, a YN560 III speedlite. Because I like to do a lot of macro photography my Tamron 90mm f/2.8 is one of my most used lenses. It's a very sharp lens and allows for nice renders of the smaller things in life.Feedback
If you want to freeze water like that you need two things a fast shutterspeed and patience. A fast shutter speed because of the speed at which fluids like water flow. As far as I know you need to have at least 1/500 to freeze fluids similar to water. In this case I set my camera to a shutter speed of 1/2000 which requires for a lot of light to hit the sensor in such a short time, but allowed me to completely freeze the water and the falling waterdrop. Due to the bright sun on that day, I got all the light I needed for this shot, even though the spring itself was in a shaded area. In most cases you don't have that much light and you have to use a flash which helps further in freezing the motion. Using a flash allows for a lower shutter speed which makes things a bit easier. The second and in my opinion the most important thing aside from light in photography in general is patience, I wanted to capture a waterdrop during its fall, which required a lot of patience. Because pressing the shutter just at the right moment to capture the falling waterdrop, which takes just a few hundred milliseconds to fall out of frame, proved to be more difficult than expected. And the 7 frames per second burst mode of the 70D wasn't as helpful as one might think. Timing the shot just right allowed me to take the picture in the end.
