Little photography project anyone can try...

[ukaskew]

I took the BluePete Budweiser crown challenge, I failed but got some pretty cool shots anyway, this was messy!

 

[BenWall]

lol love the true. what typeface is that?

 

[ukaskew]

lol love the true. what typeface is that?

Just standard Arial, but I put a space between each letter. Was the closest I could find to the normal one.

 

[Marky_]

Must have made a nice mess then

 

[Andy.]

Good effort!

 

[bully]

Defo going to try this when i get time.

Great pics.

 

[Mostro]

I took the BluePete Budweiser crown challenge, I failed but got some pretty cool shots anyway, this was messy!

Cool....., but you ain't gonna get a crown-shaped rebound off a hard top are you? What if you take the top off the bottle, brim it and then drop in....?

 

[daviebroon]

Welcome to a year old post lol

 

[LaurenF]

Well I don't mind the bump, I'd never seen this before...really interesting. Don't think the camera in this household is good enough to have a go though

 

[Soph]

Cool....., but you ain't gonna get a crown-shaped rebound off a hard top are you? What if you take the top off the bottle, brim it and then drop in....?

Or get as much water sat on there as you can beforehand.

 

[extremeinferno]

had a quick go with my d60 and standard lens, had to crop quite a bith though

 

[Revels]

Looks more like mercury than water. Good skills.

 

[Chris n nic]

This looks great....might have a go when I get home....

 

[Naith]

brilliant, thanks for the post as always, will get Mr Bailey.. i mean r riad to look later

 

[Pint]

oooooooooooooooooooooooh i know im going to be trying this!

 

[ukaskew]

Well I don't mind the bump, I'd never seen this before...really interesting. Don't think the camera in this household is good enough to have a go though

Compact cameras are generally much better at macro straight out of the box than most DSLRs, worth a try, anyhow.

 

[Chris n nic]

Here are a few of mine...didn't spend much time setting it up or trying different methods but these don't look too bad apart from the focus could have been set up better

Cheers

Chris

 

[Fletcher]

Nice pics.

I will have to give this a go soon.

 

[Pint]

HELP!

Trying to give this a go as we speak and the only way i can get the camera to focus on the brim of the glass is if im miles away from the actually glass. Ive tried from 18-200mm, manual and auto focus.

What am i doing wrong.

 

[JJ!]

Minimum focus distance of 18-200 probably means you need to have the lens quite far back - what lens you using??

 

[Pint]

Camera is D60. Ive tried with the kit 18-55 and also my new 55-200. Only way i could get any focus was to be about 6ft away at 200mm and even then it was crap. Cant see what im doing wrong. Ive tried nearly every mm and been dancing round the room with the tripod to find the right distance.

Looking at extremeinferno's pics he's using the same kit yet i cant even get the damn thing in focus, let alone get decent pics.

 

[Rhino172]

don't forget that a fair few of these pics would have been cropped, i know mine were...so zoom out a bit to aid in focusing then just crop the pic down after...

 

[Andy.]

Just use the kit lens close up and crop the photos afterwards. That is what I had to do with mine.

 

[Pint]

Just use the kit lens close up and crop the photos afterwards. That is what I had to do with mine.

I would if anything would get into focus.

meh, gunna go have another play with it.

 

[Andy.]

Using a tripod, stick your finger in the middle of the glass, find the focal point and then stick the lens in manual focus.

 

[Chris n nic]

I used the std lens with my pics...stats are here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14901831@N06/3196752806/meta/

Chris

 

[Pint]

Using a tripod, stick your finger in the middle of the glass, find the focal point and then stick the lens in manual focus.

Cheers for the tip. Just uploading my results

 

[Rhino172]

I just had another go, being off sick and day time tv = try anything to keep entertained lol will post up in a bit....

 

[Rhino172]

After about 90 shots, here's my fav 3..

if someone has photoshop and wants to blank out all the extra droplets/reflections in the orange background for me that would be dandy

 

[Pint]

Well i soon found out you take alot of pics just to get a decent few.

Heres the best of the bunch.

water in a stone pessel (Sp?)

Orange Juice:

Orange juice + milk:

Water in glass:

My personal fav

Bar the few crops, they're straight off the camera.

 

[Ian]

Great shots dude, especially like the two pestle shots

 

[Andy.]

A closer crop of this one would be good. It looks really sharp and the reflection of the crown in the water helps make it.

 

[Rhino172]

unfortunately it's not sharp enough for a closer crop, starts to get a little grainey...

 

[mace¬]

I tried some ages ago, this was about the only half decent one I got.

 

[Andy.]

^^ Really like that one!

What were you using, paint?

 

[GaryS]

I've never done drip shots before, here's two efforts... I was trying to get the water in the centre of the shadow of the spoon in the first one but failed

 

[mace¬]

^^ Really like that one!

What were you using, paint?

Sure was, just some poster paint mixed with water.

 

[Revels]

Im going to try this again.. I had an awful attempt last time but ive progressed since then!

 

[mace¬]

Think I might try again this weekend, is sure one that needs patience and a whole lot of luck!!

 

[Naith]

me n riad tried the shot last night, we failed badly, and soaked the kitchen, back to the drawing bored