Xavier
01-07-2009, 11:06 PM
Firstly here's a list of the things required
The mandatory requirements :
A Camera (DSLR or a bridge camera)
A bowl (preferably a non transparent one since flash is involved)
Some water
A dropper (I used a syringe and a piece of sponge :p)
Loadsssssssss of Patience
The not so important things :
An external flashlite
A tripod
An apprentice (My cousin, in my case ;))
I set the shutter speed at 1/200 in Tv (Shutter Priority) mode and used the built in flash of the 1000D. I pre focused (manually) on the point where I estimated the drops would fall. Asked my cousin to begin dropping water using the syringe and started clicking. After almost 20 shots and a sprain in my cousin's arm (He is 10 years old), I almost gave up. Checked the shots on the LCD display and found that only one pic was decent. It was he who egged me on and I went on to capture 10 decent shots out of 50 attempts. Here are a few of them.
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/xvrdsouza/IMG_22531.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/xvrdsouza/IMG_228511.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/xvrdsouza/IMG_22681121.jpg
A different patterned one ;)
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/xvrdsouza/IMG_221311.jpg
We also experimented with a piece of sponge which resulted in bigger drops.
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/xvrdsouza/IMG_230111.jpg
I know that these aren't the best shots in this type of photography, but I was really happy with whatever I could achieve that night. Will surely give it a try again (Have got a few different ideas this time ;))
Hope a few of you try out the same with different patterned bowls and camera angles and post your pics here. :)
Hope this silly little article was of some help
The mandatory requirements :
A Camera (DSLR or a bridge camera)
A bowl (preferably a non transparent one since flash is involved)
Some water
A dropper (I used a syringe and a piece of sponge :p)
Loadsssssssss of Patience
The not so important things :
An external flashlite
A tripod
An apprentice (My cousin, in my case ;))
I set the shutter speed at 1/200 in Tv (Shutter Priority) mode and used the built in flash of the 1000D. I pre focused (manually) on the point where I estimated the drops would fall. Asked my cousin to begin dropping water using the syringe and started clicking. After almost 20 shots and a sprain in my cousin's arm (He is 10 years old), I almost gave up. Checked the shots on the LCD display and found that only one pic was decent. It was he who egged me on and I went on to capture 10 decent shots out of 50 attempts. Here are a few of them.
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/xvrdsouza/IMG_22531.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/xvrdsouza/IMG_228511.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/xvrdsouza/IMG_22681121.jpg
A different patterned one ;)
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/xvrdsouza/IMG_221311.jpg
We also experimented with a piece of sponge which resulted in bigger drops.
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p160/xvrdsouza/IMG_230111.jpg
I know that these aren't the best shots in this type of photography, but I was really happy with whatever I could achieve that night. Will surely give it a try again (Have got a few different ideas this time ;))
Hope a few of you try out the same with different patterned bowls and camera angles and post your pics here. :)
Hope this silly little article was of some help