Water Drop

[origionaldirk]

This is one of my first attempts at water drops. Using a white bowl, food coloring, eye dropper and natural light. Shot with Nikon D5100 mounted on tripod, 18-105mm at 105mm, f/ 5.6, 1/1000 of a second, ISO 400. I would wait for a few seconds after adding the food coloring, then I would try to time my shot with the drop. It took a few attempts, but I figured out the timing pretty quickly. I plan on doing some more, with better props to make for a more interesting composition. Thanks for looking!

[MojoJojoM]

The shot looks good but but it seems to be you have only focused on the center of the drop and the rest is on out of focus.

[Drummond]

I think it is an excellent effort -- and a very good result.

[origionaldirk]

Thank you for your input! I was using natural light, non-macro lens, and had to open the f stop all the way to get the picture (sun was setting fast). I will be experimenting with diffused light and direct light in the future, and perhaps try a flash as well. That way i can use the light to freeze the action and perhaps go to f/8 for better DOF.

[vincenttabor]

This is one of my first attempts at water drops. Using a white bowl, food coloring, eye dropper and natural light. Shot with Nikon D5100 mounted on tripod, 18-105mm at 105mm, f/ 5.6, 1/1000 of a second, ISO 400. I would wait for a few seconds after adding the food coloring, then I would try to time my shot with the drop. It took a few attempts, but I figured out the timing pretty quickly. I plan on doing some more, with better props to make for a more interesting composition. Thanks for looking!

Thank you so much for sharing, it cant wait to try my own water drop shot :-)

[Delos Angeles Photography]

Wow nice shot I once tried the the rain drop from my window but it was kinda dark even with a flash or indoor house lighting, any suggestion how to solve that?

[johnleee]

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