Thread: Water Splash's

Ed now they are incredible shots can you explain your set up and did you use the macro multi shot for clarity you know 60+ shots

I'm not a photographer at all, but this shots are amazingly good.
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Thanks, Ad. I'm still trying to get better focus...afraid the eyesight isn't as good as it used to be.

Ray, it's not the focus stacking thing, rather a technique I ran across in a YouTube vid.
Here's the link to it. This guy gives a really good description.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt0mTnqa-c8&feature=related"]Water Splash Photography. A Lyndon Johnson Tutorial. - YouTube[/ame]

Thanks for that Ed eyes not good hope they can sort that out or you Ed.

Hey Ed
Come on come clean......these are accidental shots from the camera after a long drunken session emptying the contents of those cans and trying to drink champagne from the shell

But really....they are great shots
My beef with digital photography is that compared to the old SLR cameras and a younger eye ball setting them up (focus wise) it is very hard to check the focus due to the small size of the screen. Failing/older eyesight takes the fun out of such exercises

Damn...knew I was doing it wrong...suppose to drink the beer first - not let it dilute in the water

Actually the hard part isn't getting the focus, it's getting down to floor level and looking thru the viewfinder that's at a 45 degree angle upward

Then comes the REALLY hard part...getting the hell up

Have been looking into tethered capture ~ that would make the process of focusing easier. Have Lightroom 3 which has the tethered feature, but it doesn't support the Nikon D3100

Any suggestions?

Doesn't the Nikon come with tethering software, there is software with the Canon that allows tethering .

John, I checked out Nikon's Capture Control 2 (free 30 day trial)...it has the tethered feature, but sadly not for the D3100 ~ only for the higher end DSLR's.

Also checked out Aperture (a Mac app) and it does have tethered and it does support the D3100.

Go figure ~ can't for the life of me figure out why Nikon wouldn't include their own brand camera in the mix

So, now I've got to ask myself if the $200 price tag their asking for Aperture is worth it.

Lover the water splash pictures Ed.
I gave it a try with my Canon 550 and this is the result. Lots to learn but I am having some fun with my new toy! Just used some food colouring and an old eye dropper.

Hey, I like that, Ruddy...good timing on the drops ...might I suggest trying the same with a piece of white, or other color, posterboard behind the glass. The way it is now the background kind of interferes with the main subject.

Originally Posted by Ruddy

Lover the water splash pictures Ed.
I gave it a try with my Canon 550 and this is the result. Lots to learn but I am having some fun with my new toy! Just used some food colouring and an old eye dropper.

Nicely done Ruddy, i keep meaning to try this but so far havent got round to it.

I second Ed's suggestion on the white BG

Interesting stuff guys. I explored this sort of stuff (mainly milk drops) with B&W film back in the 1970s when each shot was relatively expensive.

Meanwhile here is an accidental water splash shot I quite like from the most recent Calgary stampede parade.

Good catch, Bob!

Am impressed with the sharp focus you're getting.

Originally Posted by Ed Reiss

Good catch, Bob!

Am impressed with the sharp focus you're getting.

Cheers Ed, that's this baby.


BTW I guess most people know about the idea of "How to get good photos - take a lot and discard the bad ones and to get more good photos just take more shots".

Well I think I know what my top end limit is. At the 2010 Calgary stampede I took 452 photos (no burst shots) in 2 hours and got what I reckoned were about 50 good photos. This year I took 752 photos (also no bursts) in 2 hours and still only got about 50 good photos.