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Flower Splash

Flower Splash

It looks like some kind of crazy flower. Just two drops of water released at exactly the right moment create an amazing scene.

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It looks like some kind of crazy flower. Just two drops of water released at exactly the right moment create an amazing scene.

This image is frozen using a flash only, shutter speed is too slow. Using a flash at lowest possible power you can freeze the image in around 1-40,000th of a second.
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Canon EOS 450D

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Aperture f/16 ISO 100 Shutter 2/1 Focal Length 105/1

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May, 2016

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