comments please

[matt wilson]

cold out so been playing with off camera flash.Set up very basic Tripod mounted camera 50 d with canon 100 f 2.8 macro.remote release .

camera manual 1/200th .flash canon 580ex manual 1/4 power .

water dripped into a frying pan.lit by flash bounced off a very vividacrylic painting I did of irises.hence the water colouring

[matt wilson]

[pavman]

Well executed love the colours

[nickanderson]

Very nice - Good work!!!
Would this have worked in a wine glass (maybe with wine bottle being poured) or with a tap dripping? Just wonder if this would add to the shot/theme.

[chris-p]

Hi Matt

Good shots. The technique is good. Personally I'm not too keen on the colouring in the water but thats purely a personal thing. Otherwise they're brilliantly sharp and really well lit.

[matt wilson]

Thankyou ......I have been trying with wine too.Finding it very difficult to get crisp definition to the edges of the glass.

Any ideas on how to achieve it.?

[chris-p]

I would think this is a perfect subject for dark field. Its generally the best way to get definition in glass without reflection.

There is a useful blog post about it here about how the photographer got the shot below

[matt wilson]

Chris many thanks for that .Going to wait until it's darker and try with a black speaker grill I have and see what I can get.At least I get to drink the result !

[jinky]

Now there`s a man after my own heart

I found this little video useful when trying to get a shot against white background and found that using black card and natural light I could get defined edges after playing around a little while.

[nickanderson]

I am not sure how well it would work with this but how about trying to use HDR - I'm thinking, set up the exposure to shoot from -4 to +4 of the "correct" metered setting. then take the first four frames (-4 to -1) of the glass of wine - pour the wine capturing the droplets with the next frame (-/+0) then shoot the remaining four frames (+1 to +4) when the wine has settled

Not sure how it would work but there is loads of potential for making mistakes and drinking more wine all in the name of "creative" photography, if nothing else