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safety shot

Today I was inspired by the excellent efforts of other DIC participants to have a go at creating some splash in a glass. First time I've tried this. As it was late in the afternoon I used some Laphroaig whisky for colour and to make it easier to clean up spillage .



Single exposure K1 + DFA 15-30/2.8 Cropped from the sides only to make the square.

And then another experiment. I took my first ever video with the same rig mounted on a tripod. Extracted three single frames which were subsequently extracted using iMovie and then cropped to square for pasting into a triptych using Photoshop Elements. A bit noisy - it was poor daylight coming into the lounge-room by the time I got around to this - but that forced slower shutter speeds to catch a sense of movement. Ice block falling in the left frame, then some splash. Cheers!

Feeling a lot better today, but decided against leaving the house as there's still the odd wave of dizzyness and light nausea coming. So, working from home as best I can - and took a break to at least get a shot today.

It's a bit of a stretch, but one could see this as splashes of ink Taken with the little Olympus TG-4 in "microscope" mode and with the accompanying ring led light.

Also decided to try some splash at the sink today, about 300 photo's later , I've concluded I need more practice. The light was poor so much too slow shutter speed, handheld as it is too awkward for a tripod. Still I tried Drip drip onto a bit of foil. Maybe I'll try it in the afternoon when the sun comes into the kitchen from the west.


And the other attempt with a pea like succulent.

Another sloppy day in the splash studio. K30/DA 50mm

Day14
K3II with HD Pentax-DA f/4-5.8 55-300mm

Got down to a pond.
Very cold with wind chill....
Got a few better splash shots. Not the best but better : )
All cropped



i really like Tim's B&W water shots so i converted these:
Small breakers, the wind was a bit active


This one is the best for active splash

What happens when I get bored marking exam papers... The most fun I've had with a red pen in ages!

Pentax K200d reverse Hoya 28mm

I finally got on the theme bandwagon :-)

Shot with the K-1 & Lensbaby Sweet 35 and some bounced manual flash at the kitchen sink

Landscape tests with lens began with an earlier shot in the Single In. This one mid day so lots of light.


K-3ii with Pentax-M 40-80mm F2.8-4.0.

Fujifilm X-E1 and Tamron SP Adaptall-2 35-80mm f2.8/3.8 (01A)

Quick street candid shot. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. K-3 + DA* 200.

for Pi Day




K-3 with Sigma 28mm f1.8 EX DG