Here are a few water drop photos I took last winter. I built a small electronic circuit to automatically fire my off camera flash when a drop of water moved between the sensors of the trigger circuit. I could adjust the circuit slightly for travel time so I was able to take early versus late photos of the drop. To take the photos I turned out most of the lights and put my camera on long time exposure mode, opened the shutter, started the water drop and the flash automatically acted as the shutter speed giving me a VERY fast shutter speed and thus stopping action, I then closed the shutter. I demonstrated this technique at our camera club meeting and others (who had DSLR'S) also got some really good stop action photos. Got mixed reviews with non DSLR's although a few who really knew how to set up their cameras got some good results.
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Water drop photos
- Thread starter tominrom
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Nice results indeed! I played with that type of shot and got good results just tripping the shutter by remote but of course that meant a lot of useless shots due to bad timing. You can get some interesting results by shooting in the dark with a flash and using various colours of paper or cloth under a glass bowl of water to add colour to the shots as well.
Yes - I tried the various color techniques with mixed results. Xmas wrapping paper worked really well using a bounce flash or putting the paper (or colored cloth) under a clear dish. Using the trigger circuit I got close to 100% keepers once I got the travel time of the drop set up properly. One of these days I'm going to try stop action of a bullet (more likely a BB) right before, during and after hitting a target such as an egg. I've seen some interesting results on the Internet.
If you have some photos I would like to see them.
If you have some photos I would like to see them.
Kelley (Texas)
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and will be saving what you have posted for a later time. This coming winter or during a spell of bad weather when you have to remain indoors, this would be an excellent project to experiment with, It will keep you busy and out of trouble too! Thanks for sharing this information with the Forum, much appreciated. Kelley (Texas) 