water drop photography.. let me know what you think of them. any comments or tips appreciated
shot with a Sony 6400 and a Tamron 90mm
lit with a external flash at 1/200 f/10 iso 400
Waterdrop photography
water drop photography.. let me know what you think of them. any comments or tips appreciated
shot with a Sony 6400 and a Tamron 90mm
lit with a external flash at 1/200 f/10 iso 400
Love them all, Jeremy! Especially the second, for its purity, I think. But the leaf's pretty cool, too. Your images are getting more sophisticated! That second one is so understated - not enough of that around here for my taste, with all due respect to fellow Fstoppers.
thanks Chris.
Hey Jeremey, nice droplets. What was your flash power and have you used a diffuser?
My recommandations are:
- Manual flash (start 1/8 power)
- Drop your shutter speed to 1/100s or 1/80s
- Flash towards to the camera. That should give you a nice white background
when you are using the flash at low power, the short flash burst is freezing the droplet. So there is no need to use a high shutter speed. If you flash from behind the droplet towards the camera, you will get a nice white background. But you need to diffuse the flash for that. There are really good videos on that topic on Youtube from Daniel Nimmervoll. The videos are in German, but you'll get the idea of the setup.
Hope it helps.
Almost exactly what I would've said :-)
Edit: This is a video in English containing some tips and tricks...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQm-lizptL0
This is awesome! Thank you for the link!
thanks Lan
il give it a go
thanks Gion. my flash power was 1/64 or 1/32. I didn't defuse the light but I bounced it of the wall which was next to me. thanks for the tips... it do it again and put them to use.
thanks Jeremy
Ah good flash power. It's perfect for freezing the droplets. The bouncing is working too. In this case, if you lower the shutter, you can reduce the ISO.
ok thanks. =]
Love these Jeremy!!!
thanks ruth
I had a slide show of saved Fstoppers' images running a while ago, and your second image here leapt out. I reckon it's your best yet (Without the intrusive watermark, Mr M! Kills the feel.), and that' s saying something as you have posted some great images. This one just has a soft, mysterious, liquid, glistening, sensuous quality that evokes all sorts of imagery from film and elsewhere to me.
Your first posts were B&W abstracts, and I was knocked out by these. I think the more you abstract, the better you tend to be; it's something you have a knack for, whether it's imagery that's hard to "read" like that cutlery, or faces and other recognisable subjects.
Just an observation about what seems to be a special talent of yours which I'd hone if I were you. Keep it up, Jeremy! Love your work and attitude.
But this one's a real corker! And I love the jade tones and dark background - it shows off the beauty of the droplets.
Thankyou Chris. il keep going and il try some other flash photos out too. =]