timsdd aka Tim's Digital Darkroom » Water Drops

I got the hops with the water drops!

timsdd — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:42:15 +0000

That is to say, my water drops bottle don’t DEW what it suppota DEW no moh!

I have not shot any water drops pictures in several to many months now. I figured I could just pick up where I left off right? Wrong!

I am still struggling with the background and the lighting, still not quite what I envisioned. Don’t get me wrong, it’s decent, just not what I had in mind – too much “clutter” still. Plus, I’d really like more control over the lighting which is probably the hardest part about this to date for me.

So I shot these and had to squeeze my water bottle by hand most of the time (normally it’s supposed to release a steady flow of drops on it’s own).

I got some decent shots but not istock worthy, not by a long shot. BUT, this was mostly just a chance for me to have some fun :)

Water Drops out the Ying-Yang. Don’t EVEN click on this unless you have > = 6MBps download speed :D

timsdd — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:45:25 +0000

Ok I warned you but no, you had to click anyway! {And actually I think the load time drag will be photrade fault ;) }

This is basically my entire collection of water drops to date. AND a picture or two of the basic setup that I use. I am really looking fwd to my next attempt as I feel like it will be a lot better than my previous 2 attempts. I’ve down it about 8 time snow and little by little, drop by drop I think I’ve getting closer to where I envision wanting to be.

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7th time trying to capture water drops Volume 9

timsdd — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:25:48 +0000

This is it! We have made it to the end of my 7th time trying to catch water drops.

I have learned many things having done this, and I hope you had some fun along the way.

Of curse be sure to notice the setup pictures I have included with this final set in this series…hopefully I did a good enough job labeling that you get the idea!

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7th time trying to capture water drops Volume 8

timsdd — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:57:01 +0000

This is the next to last volume from the “7th time”.

I think many from this set represent very unique formations. I’m not sure why it happened like that. Maybe since the water level in my bottle was a lot lower than when I first started, maybe I was getting a different flow of drops.

Enjoy! And stayed tuned for the finale, I’ll have a couple of picture of the setup I used.

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7th time trying to capture water drops Volume 7

timsdd — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:36:32 +0000

This next set of 8 (well most of them) are a new camera angle relative to the water. I think I made about 3-4 adjustments throughout the time I shot these drops. These are the closest I am to being perpendicular to the drops as they hit the water.

The only problem I encounter is getting too much reflection from the front and back edges of the dish. The good thing is, it really shows you some good height from the columns of water…pretty neat IMO

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