Little photography project anyone can try...

[theduck]

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....?

actually yes you will, with a small amount of surface water and a drop its far easier to get a crown then a drop into a large volume of water.

 

[capturedbyjames]

i finally tried it:

 

[conneh]

What sort of Camera would i need to buy to get shots that sharp and cool? May treat myself.

 

[planetx]

Nikon D3s

http://www.calumetphoto.co.uk/item/...n%20d3S%20uk&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc

 

[adele_90]

Nikon D3s

http://www.calumetphoto.co.uk/item/...n%20d3S%20uk&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc

thats alot of money!

 

[theduck]

Could do it with an Olympus E1 to

 

[planetx]

me being silly!!!
You can do it with any camera, its the flash that captures the droplets.
Off camera flash will work better and one that allows manual adjustment.

 

[K1NGY]

3K for a camera ! :O

 

[conneh]

Are Phase Ones better than that?! Looking into either or...

Don't be silly, i don't want to spend that much on my first DSLR!

 

[Marky_]

Bump!

Remembered this thread recently after realising I don't use my cameras enough. So decided to give it another go after 5 years!

Yellow Crown by Marcustang, on Flickr

Point of impact by Marcustang, on Flickr

My best timed one (below) was done on a compact so would have had to have been cropped to hell unfortunately. There's a couple more on my photostream.

[IMGo]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/MarkyDotCom/SDC11055_zps4833ebd6.jpg[/IMGo]

 

[Habitual]

Great writeup man and results. This is a winter project for me - much like my Lego stuff. It's ideal for when the sun and warmth is nowhere to be seen.

Bookmarked!

 

[Šįk]

Just seen this thread, I'm gona try this when I get home Friday!

I took this a few weeks ago which is a similar theme.

Untitled by ŠįK, on Flickr

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Really is a good thing for those dark cold nights!

I have tried a few of them but concentrated more on the reverse! Making paint dance and getting the shot when the paint rises off the speaker.

Paint party-5 by A_Cro, on Flickr

Paint party-4 by A_Cro, on Flickr

Will be trying more this year. Think I'll need a higher F stop though to keep everything sharp (shot with a 105mm Macro lens). Or I might try with the 50mm.

 

[Jonnio]

Paint shots look awesome!

 

[Scrooge]

I did these about a week after I first got my camera, going to try again this afternoon

IMG_8254 by scrooge89, on Flickr

IMG_8261 by scrooge89, on Flickr

IMG_8520 by scrooge89, on Flickr

 

[Pint]

Like those Scrooge. Nice lighting. Can you remember the setup?

 

[dajones]

What sort of settings are people using to take these?

 

[l33th3tr33]

I know what I'm doing this weekend!

 

[Scrooge]

Like those Scrooge. Nice lighting. Can you remember the setup?

I failed doing this afternoons as I didn't go and get the paint I wanted

As I don't have a flash gun I used a warm white GU10 LED, a frying pan placed in front of a white shoe box and also an orange shoe box lid to make the darker shots at the top. For the drop I used a broom handle suspenped over the top of the pan that held a bag full of milk with a single hole so the milk dropped in the exact same place everytime. I focused the camera with my finger where the drops were landing whilst it was on the tripod. I had the camera set to continuous shooting. Was good fun!