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Ben M

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Hi guys, I have been looking on a photography forum about how to take pics of water droplets. I have given it a go, and here are my results:

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I am quite pleased with them, and I am going to start experimenting with different colours etc. to see what I can achieve. Obviously these aren't brilliant, as they are my first attempt, but what do you think?

They were taken with my canon EOS 1000D with a tamron 90mm 1:1 macro lens.

cheers :good:
 
those are incredible! id pay for those printed and framed in my house, not even bigging you up :D
 
cool shots , i like water droplet photography , when you start using colour you get some cool effects , i did some experementing using green dye which was quite cool. you can get some nice catchlights/reflections using flash
 
these are excellent photos!!

well done. :good:
 
Hope you dont mind me posting a few of mine:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/gazgunman/DSC_7829.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/gazgunman/DSC_7909.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/gazgunman/DSC_6291.jpg

Heres the set-up I used:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/gazgunman/set-up.jpg

I just use a standard lens (for maximum DOF) and shoot at 5fps
 
i may as well include my most recent efforts as well

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and using green dye , shame i didnt get it all in frame .
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Thanks for posting your pics guys. I really like the use of dye/food colouring to get cool colours. Thanks for posting your setup GGM, I might try to make a similar set up, as I always struggle with the edges of containers when I use the tap. The only lenses that I have are the kit lens (18-55mm) and the tamron 90mm 1:1 macro. Which do you think would be best? I love the one with the green dye Mark, it looks great. Do you have any pics of the setup?

cheers,
Ben :good:
 
i prefer to use the macro lens as its a lot sharper than a kit lens . my setup was basicly me seeing what i could throw together when i was bored . basicly camera/macro lens on tripod a dish of water and the cameras built in flash with a homemade diffuser made from an old camera film case and a sheet of tinfoil off to the side of the shot to reflect light. technical stuff eh lol
 
Excellent pics!! :good: :good: :good: B-) B-)
 
Thanks for posting your pics guys. I really like the use of dye/food colouring to get cool colours. Thanks for posting your setup GGM, I might try to make a similar set up, as I always struggle with the edges of containers when I use the tap. The only lenses that I have are the kit lens (18-55mm) and the tamron 90mm 1:1 macro. Which do you think would be best? I love the one with the green dye Mark, it looks great. Do you have any pics of the setup?

cheers,
Ben :good:


well it wont hurt to try with your kit lens, though I expect the results from the macro lens would be better. Only reason I used my standard lens over a macro (apart from the DOF thing) is because its optically superior to the Tamron 90mm (recently sold that anyway)
 
to get more dof with the macro lens , stop it down a bit and dont shoot at 1:1 magnification :good:
 
Wow I can see these pics being used in professional settings! I love watching clear pictures of water in the middle of dropping.
 

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