capturing paint splashes/water droplets etc.

[Scho]

yo.

I've got this idea and i need to capture paint running from a tin, splashes of paint kind of like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Michael_Melgar_L...

Anyone got any good tips? Good tutorials on the web?

Am i right in thinking my monoblocks will have too long a flash duration? most people use speedlights?

Anyone done this sort of thing, if so : post it up!

Cheers,

Rick.

[crmcatee]

Yup - done some last year..





Quickest flash speed you can and keep the room dark seemed to work I recall.

[DIW35]

I've done a few. These were done at work when I got bored. Taken in normal daylight using ring flash off camera I think. I have had success with others that used just the built in pop up flash.

Edited by DIW35 on Thursday 23 April 22:31

[craig_s]

As others have said above really. Just keep clicking away as the droplets fall and you will soon get to know when to press the shutter release to capture the stage of the splash you want. I think it's great fun.
My attempt:

[Simpo Two]

Bloke at my school did this for an engineering project. Two ball bearings were dropped simultaneously from a short height. One hit water to make the splash; the other hit a lever connected to the shutter release. By adjusting the height of one ball bearing relative to the other, he could adjust the time of the shutter release relative to the splash. IIRC it worked very well, and I like the Galilean simplicty of it.

[Scho]

Simpo Two said:

Bloke at my school did this for an engineering project. Two ball bearings were dropped simultaneously from a short height. One hit water to make the splash; the other hit a lever connected to the shutter release. By adjusting the height of one ball bearing relative to the other, he could adjust the time of the shutter release relative to the splash. IIRC it worked very well, and I like the Galilean simplicty of it.

awesome!

some crazy stuff on the web, wiring diagrams to make your own sound triggers

thanks for the tips people, will keep you posted on the results. looking forward to spending the day chucking paint around!

[4hero]

A lot of trial and error! Get the focus set on a couple of drips first the keep pressing the shoot button until you get one



Good luck

[spydersingh]

(By accident) I found that using the high speed setting on the camera worked quite well. I'll dig out the pic!

[Scho]

here's where i'm up to so far:





c&c?

[furtive]

Nice!

[gjc10212]

Looks nice - I'd quite like that on a black background though

Edited by gjc10212 on Friday 24th April 13:12

[cottonfoo]

I'm a bit inspired by these. I hope nobody ended up with paint on the lense

[S. Gonzales Esq.]

Have a look at this guy - he knows a thing or two about paint splashes.

[Scho]

S. Gonzales Esq. said:

Have a look at this guy - he knows a thing or two about paint splashes.

holly crap!

that image of the rose is stunning!

was looking at this stuff: http://www.dnewton.com/fashion-and-beauty/

[Scho]

think i'l clean up next week!

[Bernie-the-bolt]

Scho said:

think i'l clean up next week!

What a great series