Playing around with water – I’m surprised I haven’t tried this a little earlier than now. It’s a pretty simple technique and only a couple of things are required. I used the baking tray for my water to catch in, suspended the bag with water off my light stand and a sheet of paper to bounce the flash. I ended up going with my old 75-300 zoom with the full set of kenko extension tubes and got in close for the drop.
I did change the white balance setting to Tungsten which gives the blue look to the water.
I managed to pick up a slight reflection of myself with this drop.
There’s a few things I could try using this approach now. Different liquids, maybe Milk? Food colouring for the drops or a liquid paint even. I do know next time I try this I’ll make sure that my flash batteries are fully charged so I can get a faster recycle time with the flash. A lot of trial and error and luck involved with your timing of the drops. I ended up watching a Movie in another part of the house and used my shutter remote. Still would like to play with some fire, that might be coming soon.
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Love these Drec!!! Very beautiful series!!
I’ll try again with the drops, maybe substitute water with milk. Few other fun things to try and shoot coming up.
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