Codiac2600 aka Chris the friendly neighborhood moderator...had a post on his blog a while ago about shooting water droplets. He produced some very cool shots using his techniqe, and I had some free time yesterday, and the weather sucked outside, so I started playing around with the same concept. So Chris, thanks for the inspiration.

My setup was a little different that what he showed because I don't really have all the gear he did. I put a long shelf across the sink and used a big translucent tupperware bowl. I used a 360fgz firing into the side of the bowl, lighting the water from "underneath". I don't have any gels to use so I just put food coloring in the water. I fiddled with the faucet until I got a steady drip and started shooting.

I don't have a dedicated macro lens, so this pictures aren't as sharp as I would have liked (in fact I think this little exercise has inspired me to get something truely macro). I used a Tamron 70-300 in macro mode, and the DA* 50-135 from a distance. I was using the wireless trigger on the 360, and sometimes holding it in different positions on the end of a monopod.

The colors and sharpness were tweaked in PP and images were cropped. Shot with the K20D.

The whole gallery is here: Water

But these are some of my favorites...

[Peter Zack]

Very good series. These all work very well. I like 2 and 4 the best. Best colours IMO and a little different than most of these types of shots.

[Buddha Jones]

Man that looks fun, great series. Too bad I just got comfy in my Lazyboy or I would go and give that a shot.

[OttawaPhotog]

great shots here! I think i need to get me some wireless triggers for my flashes!!!
#2 is my favorite!!

[Snowcat]

The first one seems the best for me, I like those small water drops around the big one, looks sooo beautiful!

[Duh_Vinci]

I enjoyed the series, somehow the second one really stands out for me!

Regards,
D

[Techiechick]

Great series, you did a fine job and thanks for describing your set up. I thing 5 and 6 are my favs.

[dbh]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing them here, as well as your set up.
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dbh

[maxwell1295]

Nice job! #2 is definitely a winner...

[m8o]

Thanx for sharing details & the images. #3 does it for me. What I find most surprising is shutter was 1/125. I would have thought it needed to be higher. That's great to know.

[hamidlmt]

These are great! I love that first shot, but they are all dandy!

I've got to try this sometime... all of these recent water drop shots are very inspiring...

um.... excuse me... I have to go make a tinkle...

[rmtagg]

I love these shots Very nicely done and creative set up Actually I have a fascination with these kinds of shots but have never given them a try. Enjoyed viewing them very much.

[bigben91682]

I appreciate everyone's kind words. It really was a fairly simple setup and a lot of fun to do, especially on a rainy day. I encourage everyone to give it a try.

Like hamidlmt says, the most difficult part was the frequent urges to hit the W/C.

[mwcfire]

8247 in your gallery is quite nice too!

[Gadget_Guy]

Freakin awesome!

I love the use of the dye in the water... that totally did it for me!

Well done.

D.