Another water/milk splash inspiration!

[2jamesl]

i was inspired but somebody who was inspired by the "splash" photos. so heres my attempt

C&C please



cheers

[Dogsey]

It's worth keeping trying with milk as it does something that water doesn't - form a crown if you get it right.



(Not my picture but a very good example)

[gingerpaul]

Is there a particular technique to getting shots like this? There've been a few threads with shots like these in over the last week and I get the feeling I missed a tutorial or something.

[stigmundfreud]

gingerpaul said:

Is there a particular technique to getting shots like this? There've been a few threads with shots like these in over the last week and I get the feeling I missed a tutorial or something.

take billions of shots at 10000000th of a second exposure

[DIW35]

Mine were taken at 1/250th sec (flash sync on my particular camera) with the flash sitting on the hotshoe of the camera.

I used extension tubes to allow me to get closer and get a decent sized image in the viewfinder. The rest of it was just setting up something to photograph i.e. a glass of water with a source of constant drips to make the splashes.

It was then just a matter of luck to press the shutter button at the right time to capture the resulting splash, which is one of the beauties of digital; you can keep pressing the button until you get a few half decent shots.

p.s. nice shot of the milk, nicely lit and captured.

Edited by DIW35 on Thursday 31st January 13:45

[gingerpaul]

I see. Thanks for the instructions. I might have an experiment one evening and see what my G9 can come up with.

[2jamesl]

Dogsey said:

It's worth keeping trying with milk as it does something that water doesn't - form a crown if you get it right.



(Not my picture but a very good example)

Ok cheers! i will.

[bramley]

I've had a go at this too recently. I taped a pipette to a piece of wood and rested it across the rungs on a stepladder to keep it in the same place each time!

1) I emailed this to a few mates asking them to guess what it was - no-one got it right!


2) I'll probably clone a couple of the more wayward splashes out.


I need a faster flash duration to get them sharper so I'll have another go soon.
Those with flashguns will find they can get a faster flash sync speed if the flash is set to manual and powered down (in theory anyway - that's the next step for me to have a go at!

[2jamesl]

bramley said:

I've had a go at this too recently. I taped a pipette to a piece of wood and rested it across the rungs on a stepladder to keep it in the same place each time!

1) I emailed this to a few mates asking them to guess what it was - no-one got it right!


2) I'll probably clone a couple of the more wayward splashes out.


I need a faster flash duration to get them sharper so I'll have another go soon.
Those with flashguns will find they can get a faster flash sync speed if the flash is set to manual and powered down (in theory anyway - that's the next step for me to have a go at!

Really nice, shame about the shadow on the second though!

[bramley]

Cheers. You've lit yours very well, I'm gonna try using a second flash when i have another go, and be a bit more creative with the lighting.

[superlightr]

2jamesl said:

i was inspired but somebody who was inspired by the "splash" photos. so heres my attempt

C&C please



cheers

love it. Great reflection.

[2jamesl]

superlightr said:

2jamesl said:

i was inspired but somebody who was inspired by the "splash" photos. so heres my attempt

C&C please



cheers

love it. Great reflection.

Cheers mate :]

[crmcatee]

I like the look of Milk..

A word of warning.. don't try it with oil.. The slightest drop into the bath leaves a nice layer that when you decide you'ld like a bath on a Saturday afternoon you'll end up stinking of EP90.


Now if only I'ld chosen milk and acted like Cleopatra...

[V-spec]

2jamesl said:

i was inspired but somebody who was inspired by the "splash" photos. so heres my attempt

C&C please



cheers

C&C - that is superb! How did you do it? Especially the lighting!

After being inspired by this thread the GF & I spent a couple of hours dropping objects into milk and so far this is our best effort, despite the obvious problems. Had fun doing it though, and learnt a lot

[bramley]

I picked up a pipette for 99p at the local chemist and some food colouring for 55p a bottle at the supermarket. Very cheap ways of expanding your opportunites at this kind of shot I think.

(not that I've had time to try shooting it again!)

[2jamesl]

V-spec said:

2jamesl said:

i was inspired but somebody who was inspired by the "splash" photos. so heres my attempt

C&C please



cheers

C&C - that is superb! How did you do it? Especially the lighting!

After being inspired by this thread the GF & I spent a couple of hours dropping objects into milk and so far this is our best effort, despite the obvious problems. Had fun doing it though, and learnt a lot

ahh that as just a hot shoe my friend and thank you!