Glass and Water

[tinsnow]

Tried taking a picture of a water drop falling in a glass. got inspired by the 2nd picture that is here.

I see that the total execution has gone wrong. please suggest what i should do to get the shot. i think i would have done atleast 10 things wrong. the reason i used flash is because it was dark and slow shutter would not have taken the splash.

somehow i see that the 2nd picture was taken in dark but it looks good and not like mine without flash.

Nikon D90, 18-105mm lens, ISO640, f5/7, manual exposure, shutter 1/200, flash fired, focal length 105mm, auto WB.

[KansaiGreenie]

Hi Tinsnow,

Taking pictures of water drops is really, really hard and I think your first effort is good. There are lots, and lots of ways to do it and there are lots of websites/blogs about it. You might want to check out the links here at DPS on this page:

How to Photograph Water Drops

I won't go into too much detail, but I think that you must use a flash for shots like this and the photographer of the second shot certainly used a flash. To get a black background, use something black behind the water glass, like a black piece of foam core or a black piece of cloth. Also, make sure that you have some distance between the background and your water glass so that the background is out of focus.

Hope that helps!

KG