Splash! - Still Life in Motion - Ice cube dropping into a glass of water

[Manfred M]

I've picked up a MIOPS trigger and have been testing its optical triggering properties (breaking the beam of a laser pointer) when I dropped a plastic ice cube into a glass of water.

The concept has merit, but I have more work to do with the technique to refine it...,

[Chataignier]

Splendid lighting as usual Manfred - but there is a brown line following the stem of the glass on the left, something not quite right there ?

[Manfred M]

Fixed. I noticed that too after I uploaded.

As this was primarily a test / proof of concept image, it is not 100% finished and print ready. There is still a lot of dust that needs to be cleaned up as well. You can see that if you view in Lightbox mode.

Partial processing is an approach I often use when I try out new ideas.

[mugge]

I think there is too much going on in this image. The middle glass in the bottom has a part of the base of the glass behind it showing. The glasses are bouncing off each other so that meaningful separation becomes impossible.

I hope you can pull this off. Very difficult to get the colours right in my view given the glasses are overlapping each other.
Cheers Ole

[billtils]

I think there is too much going on in this image. The middle glass in the bottom has a part of the base of the glass behind it showing. The glasses are bouncing off each other so that meaningful separation becomes impossible.

I hope you can pull this off. Very difficult to get the colours right in my view given the glasses are overlapping each other.
Cheers Ole

+1 to what Ole says. However it's the first we've seen from the new toy and I look forward to more once you become more familiar with the rig.

[DanK]

I also agree with Ole. It’s not clear where the eye should go, and mine keeps going to the top circle rather than he ice cube. But an interesting exercise, and I look forward to what you do with the new tool.


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[Manfred M]

Thanks for the comments. You were all reading the image much the way I was. I find that the setup is too busy and it detracts from the "splash".

My testing is now moving in this direction... I think this is more on the track I need to be going, but I'm not there yet.

This type of photography is time consuming and messy!

[mugge]

Love the direction here.

[billtils]

As expected, much better!

The reflection at the bottom looks strange (and a personal remark, not a critique, the colours don't work for me).