getting there!

[Leon]

still trying but with a bit of milk added in it;s getting better :)

[Heather]

now thats good !

[Leon]

still not pin sharp though ...but thanks :)

[geodar]

hi mrwall,

well after spending a hour and a half with a fuji s2500hd (my daughters camera), i found the time spent very very frustrating at trying to get the water drops to good effect.

out of 278 shots i reckon there was around 20 that were presentable and around 7-10 that i thought were decent. not many drop shots came out pin sharp.

on the whole i ended up with lots and lots of still water, lots of ripples/water rings and quite a few out of focus shots.

once or twice i thought i had cracked it with the style of droping the drop and pressing the shutter as a few came out, the rest didn't.

using different settings and focal lengths i eventualy came up with using 'P' mode, zooming in/out to around 2ft from the dish, used flash, two desk lamps, one along side, there other shining up under the dish. the drops were droped around 1.5 - 2 feet, also used different colours to see the effect.

i discovered the biggest problem apart from the focus was the shutter lag, by the time the drop hit the water and was gor the shutter and flash went off, pressing the shutter half way to focus (listen for the beep) helped but still wasn't great on all shots.

so, to sum up on my experiment is, you can get decent drop shots, on rare occasions they might be pin sharp but you have to take hundreds of images and filter out the worst to be left with the best. they will all need some work done to them in software, i cropped and used levels, some sharpening and contrast to create a more interesting image.

good luck, keep trying and you will see some good results, lots of light and persistence will be needed tho.

i have added 4 of the better images that have been adjusted.

geoff

[Leon]

I spent two hours onn this, hundreds of pictures!!...but the results were pretty good with a mix of milk and water, what do you reckon?

(all straight from the camera, no PP, otherwise I'd make the black black instead of grey)

[Black Pearl]

Baring in mind the equipment they're excellent which means your technique is very good.

The first of the second bunch is my fav.

[geodar]

it's amazing where the time goes to when doing these type of shots and so rewarding when you get some good ones. like the flat milk one as it is something different.

geoff

[Heather]

wooooooooohooooooooooooo Leon, i do believe youve done it old boy !! well done :)

[Kobione]

Yes, well done, Leon. The one with the flat milk is a bit of a novely but I just love the symmetry in the last shot :)

[Leon]

please sir...Can i post more?...bought some food colouring, the images are miles better than the milky ones!!!

[Heather]

well get on and post them then !

[Leon]

well get on and post them then !

I don't want to bore you all!

[Leon]

here we go then, last 2 ..

[geodar]

the more the merrier, the more you do the more experience you get and the satisfaction when you get the gud un's.

geoff