Refraction in a Droplet
I'm doing a Picture a Week via the View 52: A Year in pictures Group.
For my View 52 I have decided to do a different theme every four week For Weeks 5-8 I am concentrating on “water”. For my Week 6 shot I decided to have another go at water droplets but concentrating on refraction. I think I can take a reasonable water droplet shot now, but with refraction other things come into play like how big to you make the items you want refracted, where should this be placed on the backdrop, where does your water have to drip and what angle to you have your camera at to pick up the refracted item. I had some success, but with using on camera flash, I quite often over-exposed on the water droplet which of course obliterated some of the detail I was actually trying to capture. So, whilst this was not necessary my best overall shot from my session, it is the best one in terms of showing the refraction quite well, and as that’s what I set out to do, this is the one I’m posting.
Shot at night in the kitchen with a gorilla lamp for ambient light and so I could see what I was doing. On camera flashgun used. Used a black baking tin for my water tank, with water dropping from plastic bag above hanging of 2nd tripod.
ISO 200: f/8: SS 250: Evaluative Metering: White Balance: Flash.
The rest of my set for View 52 here: www.flickr.com/photos/janflicks/sets/72157628699611025/
Refraction in a Droplet
I'm doing a Picture a Week via the View 52: A Year in pictures Group.
For my View 52 I have decided to do a different theme every four week For Weeks 5-8 I am concentrating on “water”. For my Week 6 shot I decided to have another go at water droplets but concentrating on refraction. I think I can take a reasonable water droplet shot now, but with refraction other things come into play like how big to you make the items you want refracted, where should this be placed on the backdrop, where does your water have to drip and what angle to you have your camera at to pick up the refracted item. I had some success, but with using on camera flash, I quite often over-exposed on the water droplet which of course obliterated some of the detail I was actually trying to capture. So, whilst this was not necessary my best overall shot from my session, it is the best one in terms of showing the refraction quite well, and as that’s what I set out to do, this is the one I’m posting.
Shot at night in the kitchen with a gorilla lamp for ambient light and so I could see what I was doing. On camera flashgun used. Used a black baking tin for my water tank, with water dropping from plastic bag above hanging of 2nd tripod.
ISO 200: f/8: SS 250: Evaluative Metering: White Balance: Flash.
The rest of my set for View 52 here: www.flickr.com/photos/janflicks/sets/72157628699611025/