Experimenting with water droplets

[hopeg]

A shot I got while experimenting with capturing water droplets falling in the bathtub. Just wanted to share, any input appreciated : )

[Clive Kirby]

I've never tried dripping droplets. It looks like you have the basic technique right to capture the image. What lighting did you use?
Clive

[hopeg]

I just used the ambient light from both light fixtures in the bathroom and then I edited the photo to brighten it a little. Thanks for looking

[mknittle]

Drops can be fun. What I do sometimes Is to take a hand pump mister bottle outside and find a nice leaf or twig.

Merry Christmas

[mknittle]

I just used the ambient light from both light fixtures in the bathroom and then I edited the photo to brighten it a little. Thanks for looking

Maybe you could experiment with some colored backgrounds to disguise the bath tub. Just a thought

Keep up the good work!



Mark,

[hopeg]

Maybe you could experiment with some colored backgrounds to disguise the bath tub.

That's a good idea, thanks : )

[chauncey]

As an FYI thingy...Glycerin works great in place of water and if tends to give somewhat larger droplets.
Use it with a mister, as described above, or, for a more directed droplet, use a syringe with a 30 gauge needle attached. A flower makes a good backdrop with a dramatic scene in the droplet!

[AndrewMcD]

I just used the ambient light from both light fixtures in the bathroom and then I edited the photo to brighten it a little. Thanks for looking

Is this to say you did not use a flash? How did you time releasing the shutter; just watch and hope for luck as you squeezed the shutter release? What sort of shutter speed? I'm asking all these questions because this looks like fun and I want to have a go at it.

Andrew

[FrankMi]

Hi Hope! If you are interested in water drop photography, there is a (several actually) kit you can get to help you set up to take a wide range of interesting drip patterns. You may want to take a look at the following link for more information. Last time I looked, it was just a tad too expensive for such a limited range of photographs but you might be fascinated by some of the images they show as examples if you haven't already seen them.

http://www.bmumford.com/photo/waterdrops/

[chauncey]

Yes, that gizmo is kinda costly but, not overly so...considering what ya get for your $.

[hopeg]

I've never tried dripping droplets. It looks like you have the basic technique right to capture the image. What lighting did you use?
Clive

My mistake....I did use a flash for this one. I took a whole lot of shots and I thought this was one that I didn't use a flash, I used the pop up flash on my camera, plus the bathroom lights.

Is this to say you did not use a flash? How did you time releasing the shutter; just watch and hope for luck as you squeezed the shutter release? What sort of shutter speed? I'm asking all these questions because this looks like fun and I want to have a go at it.

Andrew

I thought this shot was without the flash, but I now realize it was one of the shots that I had used the flash. My settings were as follows: 55 mm, 5.6 aperture, 1/60 exposure time, ISO 800. Honestly, it was just luck I think that I caught some of these. It was probably my second or third time ever even using my DSLR! My tub faucet is a little leaky sometimes and I just thought I'd try to capture some drops.

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