Throwdown: Water Drops – Light Stalking

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- March 4, 2015 at 5:18 am #183983
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  Show us your water drop (or other liquid drop) images!
  Worthington Jet:
  
  Collision:
  
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- March 4, 2015 at 9:38 am #184010
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  OK, game for a giggle! A tap, a bowl, a flash and reflector, a DSLR, lots of patience and lots and lots and LOTS of frames!! Not up to the specialists’ results, I fear.
  
  IMG_1856.jpg by Gordon James on Light Stalking
  
  IMG_1866.jpg by Gordon James on Light Stalking
  - February 11, 2016 at 8:14 am #220173
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    I saw this post and did not check the date. I got real hopeful you were back to posting. We miss you, Gordon!
- March 4, 2015 at 4:23 pm #184044
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  They’re great @gordonjames! I never managed to capture a collision in all my attempts using the tap.
  - March 4, 2015 at 5:24 pm #184063
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    Thank you David, although I’m not entirely sure this collision was ‘captured’ – more like ‘fleetingly snapped’! I must give it another go, now I’ve seen more of your work and also that of a friend of mine who has invested in all the timing gear. Given me a few ideas…
- March 4, 2015 at 4:49 pm #184048
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  Where I live, water can freeze mid-drop…
  
  Frozen Drops by NorthernVisionsMedia on Light Stalking
- March 4, 2015 at 11:07 pm #184088
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  Love these, @dchester1001! I so want to try this! Not sure when i will get to it, but Stay tuned. Meanwhile, here is a drip…LOL..
- March 4, 2015 at 11:53 pm #184094
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  Rain Drop Splash.jpg by David Sill on Light Stalking
  
  f/5, 1/250, 20mm, ISO 200. February 23, 2015. Rain drops were hitting the balcony railing. Shot using sports setting in bursts of seven frames. Caught two drops on the rail in this frame. Cropped to the best one. This was a found drop, not a setup. And it used natural light, not flash.
- March 5, 2015 at 2:41 am #184107
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  oops
- March 5, 2015 at 3:44 am #184110
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  Inside a bubble
  - March 5, 2015 at 2:02 pm #184145
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    This one is super, @dchester1001! Nice capture!
- March 5, 2015 at 3:40 pm #184153
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  Thanks @karamen.
- March 5, 2015 at 8:23 pm #184177
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  Awesome shots Dchester1001
  I like the inside the bubble one. How did you manage to achieve that? Care to share the info?
  
  one from me
  
  Waterdrop.jpg by yrfotos (idaybr) on Light Stalking
- March 6, 2015 at 2:27 am #184195
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  Sure @idaybr – it is simply bubble liquid as you would buy from any toy store. I have added a few drops of glycerine to strengthen the mix. I use a drinking straw to blow the bubbles and just drop the liquid through it. You’ll be amazed how many you can do before the bubble bursts…
  One with the slash going through the bubble:
  
  One where I caught the bubble just breaking:
- March 6, 2015 at 2:50 am #184199
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  Those are really interesting, @dchester1001! I’ll admit I don’t spend hours of my life searching the web for drop images, but all the same I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like these. Fascinating.
- March 6, 2015 at 9:18 am #184221
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  Wow some nice shots
- March 7, 2015 at 7:08 am #184356
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  Thanks @gordonjames – look up Corrie White on Flickr – the queen of water drops!
  Here’s a couple from today:
- March 9, 2015 at 6:55 pm #184725
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  Walk on water by yrfotos (idaybr) on Light Stalking
  
  What do you think about this one dchester1001?
  Tried the water drop with the ISO set at 100 this time.
  The shape is pretty interesting on this one too. Shape of a man/woman (definitely not Jesus) walking on water.
  
  Sony SLT A57
  F22
  ISO 100
  Focal length 135
  Exposure bias 0
- March 17, 2015 at 8:49 am #185644
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  Beautiful, interesting, fun photos…all of them. What a delight to look at them this morning!
- April 9, 2015 at 2:55 am #188433
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  Today I made a batch of “thick water”, using Xanthan gum to slow down the drop collisions a little:
- April 12, 2015 at 5:36 pm #188879
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  absolutely stunning @dchester1001
- April 12, 2015 at 10:39 pm #188941
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  Fascinating!
- April 13, 2015 at 4:04 am #188972
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  Thanks @yrfotos and @albirder
- December 22, 2015 at 7:49 am #215299
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- February 11, 2016 at 12:27 am #220131
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  I loved the excursion through it all. How in the world did you achieve that upward pulse completely inside a bubble. Amazing!
- February 11, 2016 at 8:11 am #220172
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  You guys are amazing!
- April 23, 2016 at 12:51 am #253636
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  Been at it again:
- April 23, 2016 at 7:39 am #253658
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  Lovely viewing this morning at breakfast.
- April 23, 2016 at 8:45 am #253664
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  I never get tired of these David. The reflections are really nice on these ones….intersting new angle.
- April 23, 2016 at 11:21 pm #253718
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  How do you do these? These are amazing !!!!!
- April 24, 2016 at 10:16 pm #253765
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  Thanks Cathy @cathyharper. There is a tutorial here:
  
  Water Drop Images – a short tutorial
- April 24, 2016 at 11:38 pm #253769
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  I first came across this forum because of this tutorial! Thank you David! Here are some of the pics I took, I even have a picture of the setting I used, trying to emulate yours with what I had. And let me tell you, there was a LOT of missed pictures! I used milk and dye for the colored ones
- April 25, 2016 at 12:24 am #253773
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  Nicely done @Nancyka – I really like the blue worthington jet.
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