Water Droplet Macros

[Cathus]

Not sure where to posts these - where do macros come in on the specialist forums?

Anyway, I got a high speed photography setup this week & these are the very first efforts with it.

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Cool shots, the first really rocks for me; a nice contrast in the B&W. I like the third one too, it works well in the portrait frame.

[Cathus]

cheers Andy,

though the first shot isn't actually B&W, it's just that the other 3 had a blue gel on one of the two flashguns.

[silversnapper1]

For first efforts, these are very good Garry. I like them.

Something that I keep meaning to try for myself.

[Cathus]

been playing with the flashgun gels today...

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[Cathus]

some from this evening as I learn to control the timing better

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[SieSmith]

V. cool shots Cathus. Excellent.
Can you share the setup? When you say high speed, how high speed are we talking?

Cheers, Sie

[karenoliver]

These are brilliant shots :-) You have done a terrific job with these! I think there should be a new category in the special interest forums called Art/Experimental because these would fit there. I struggled with my pig mask shot so put it in portraits when really it wasnt a portrait but just an experiment.

Did you put water in a tank for the water drops?

Karen

[Eyeayen]

Fantastic shots ! Favs for me 1, 3, 6, 7 & 10, but they're all good.

They completely fascinate me, the fact rain does this every time it hits a puddle and most of us are too busy seeking shelter to marvel at it's beauty.

Perfect captures !

I saw some interesting ones done with Milk and Food Colouring, just in case you get bored of water any time soon...

[Cathus]

Thanks guys,

Sie,
between 1/9000 & 1/27,000 of a sec, which is the duration of the flash depending on what setting it is on. Basically, I have a timer system which drops a constant sized droplet of water through a beam, the beam triggers the flash. The camera shutter is open (until I familiarise myself with setting it up to be triggered by the timer also) & captures what is frozen by the flash.

Karen,
the water falls 2 feet into a cooking dish of water, maybe 2/3 inch deep

Eyeayen,
yep seen those too, stay tuned!