How to Photograph Water Drops
One fun digital photography challenge for those with a little time on their hands (particularly on a lazy long weekend as I know many of you are on) is photographing Water Drops.
OK - so there are thousands of these on Flickr and some might say they are a little cliche - but I think they are a fun subject but also present photographers with enough of a challenge that they’ll learn something while photographing them. They are also an ideal subject for those photographers stuck inside on a cold rainy day.
I was planning on writing a full tutorial on the topic of photographing water drops but there are some good examples of this type of photography accompanied by some instructions on how the shots were taken in our forums.
Start with this thread by member snapdragon (who took the image to the left with the technique that she describes) but also check out Aperthetic’s description of their technique.
Lastly - check out this discussion forum at Flickr for lots more advice on photographing water drops.
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January 22nd, 2008 at 4:30 am
Thank you! I was waiting for an article on water droplet photography ^_^!
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:28 am
i agree! :) hopefully i can capture some shots following these tuts.
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:42 am
Is it just me or the title on this a little awkward?
“How to Photography Water Drops”? I would think it would rather be “How to Photograph Water Drops”.
Just a note! :D
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:20 am
great topic
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:00 am
I did some of milk droplets:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72252840@N00/sets/72157594505341041/
It was a lot of fun and I did learn a lot doing it.
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:56 am
Wow! I’ve never tried water drops before. Great idea to add to my “tickler” file when I need to jumb-start my creativity.
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January 22nd, 2008 at 12:26 pm
I’ve seen shots like this and thought they must be folks who had a lot more camera than I did. I really appreciate the insight into how this was done - especially using everyday objects. Thanks for posting it.
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:25 pm
here is a portrait head shot in the shower which uses some external strobes to freeze the water droplets.
http://www.penguinfoto.com/p383335169/?photo=856271189
one of my favorites unfortunately is 18+ but for those interested you can view it from my web page.
January 22nd, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Thanks very much. Advice like this, with a simple setup requiring minimum specialist gear, is much appreciated. I’d like to see more of it.
January 22nd, 2008 at 8:21 pm
cliche! learning a new technique is never cliche :D
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:55 pm
I did it and put a complete of “Water Drops” photo gallery on
http://picasaweb.google.com/farshadplus/860919WaterDrops
Let’s share our experience … :-)
January 23rd, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Thanks for the advice, and I took one earlier on when I bought the macro lens fir the first night:-)
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1951565227&size=l
January 23rd, 2008 at 9:30 pm
great idea. I like this theme, you can make some really cool photos. Thanks.
Denis
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:08 pm
great ideas I’ve got here thanks to share with us, I’ll take some photos and be posting soon
January 24th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Thanks for the inspiration! I’ve shot some water shots at http://www.flickr.com/photos/sybrenstuvel/sets/72157603783500973/
January 24th, 2008 at 8:27 am
Thank you so much for the inspiration!!!
It was so much fun playing with the stuff :-)
http://flickr.com/photos/el_floz/2214651125/in/set-72157600139820305/
January 24th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
here’s one of the most interesting of FlickR shots (Dec 11 2007)
http://flickr.com/explore/interesting/2007/12/11/page7
the direct link on FlickR:
http://flickr.com/photos/97958986@N00/2104117368
January 25th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
this is a great idea . Thanks for sharing.
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January 31st, 2008 at 1:46 am
I’ve read another tutorial where the food coloring was added to the water to make it green. Thanks for posting. I’m excited to try this!
March 28th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
This shot is nice u can improve the image much more dramatic with changing the light