Water drops, Macro lens and Flash (yes, pple dun it 1000 times) I havent :)

[ClaudioG]

Giving my new flash a go and saw this in magazine so here i go, all comments welcome.

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I have quite a few more but these are some of my favourites, might post more later..hope ya enjoyed them as much as i enjoyed making them

[gregj1763]

All very nice Claudio, the last three especially.
Something I haven't tried as yet. What was your setup and camera settings

[ClaudioG]

Hi Greg..thank you, i setup nikon d5100 on tripod, ISO 200, Played between F8 and F 11... flash sync speed ie 1/200s. Off camera flash pointing at background (which was reflecting in water) Flash set to Manual at 1/16, also played around with this.) Just used oven tray full of water. Put something in spot where water drops to focus..go to manual..and shoot...ALOOOOOOOT!!

[Sergio M.]

Great series, Claudio, and thanks for explaining your setup. How did you manage the color?

Sergio

[ClaudioG]

Hi Sergio... thank you... its all about the background.. i used alot of my wifes materials.. the purple one is shiny gift wrapping paper, the orange one.. i think is callled a serong????? that thing the girls put on over the bikini like silky stuff? its just anything bright basically.. what happens is the off camera flash is pointed at it..so .. if u make sure the reflection is in spot where you focus..then when flash goes off..it brightens up background which intern, shows up in the water.

[deetheturk]

Hi Claudio,these are great,another thing i must try one day lol,well done!

Cheers David

[ajsmith]

Claudio,

These are great shots. Love the reflected color and thank you for posting your setup. I want to try this too.

[Bobobird]

Very nice set. Actually look better than many I have seen.

[ClaudioG]

Thank you very much David, Ali and Bobo. If i could, i'd tell everyone to really give this a try..its ALOT of fun.. especially trying to press remote at right time and then looking on camera to see what resulted.. i want to try putting some reflective material in the water and try have a flash on that as well... maybe even try bubles somehow....,hmmmm

It took me 10 min to set this up. You should all set up , Click away..and POST!!!!

[AndrewMcD]

Wonderful images. Thanks for posting how you did this as it fits right in with some of the things I plan to try as winter evenings become longer. Guess I'm going to have to start to understand the proper use of a flash.

Andrew