Playing with water.

[Glen Roberts]

While I was bored at the weekend (after the Rusty Sockets) I had a go at some dripping water shots. The last time I tried it was a couple of years ago with my old Fuji S5600, so I thought it's time I tried with my Canon 450D and Tammy 90 Macro lens.

I started with a clear wine glass to drop the water into.

Then I quickly changed that to a larger coloured glass to get some colour in the water.

I like the way the droplet has what looks a bit like an upside down sunset in it.

I really wanted the "Crown splash" but I struggled to get the timing right. The closest I got was this one unfortunately I found if quite difficult to get the depth of field right so didn't get it all in focus.

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Wow!! Fantastic!!
I tried this myself a while ago, but a standard lens does not do it any justice! Lol
The 2nd one has got to be my fav!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Good call on the coloured glass - really adds a nice look to the shots

That splash is great - so much action in such a small space

 

[adrian jordin]

These look great...how did you manage the timing?
Was it just good reactions and bit of luck or something more technical?

 

[Pete Askew]

These are wonderful Glen. I quite like the narrow depth of field in the last one especially with the small droplets. I also like the areas of polarisation fringing on some of the others.

 

[Thomas brookes]

Brilliant glen. I love high speed captures like this. Very vell exicuted!!

 

[Brodie Jackson]

Ohh, awesome shots glen!

 

[Glen Roberts]

..how did you manage the timing?
Was it just good reactions and bit of luck or something more technical?

A bit of both really... I had a wired remote in my hand and I watched the wet cloth above the glass, then just as the drop separated from the cloth I hit the shutter and hoped for the best. Sometimes I was a bit early and got nothing and others I was a bit late and just got ripples. Thankfully some of them had some interesting results .