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setup for droplets
Setup photo for the "droplets" photo.
Water ~50mm deep in clear pyrex bowl with blue food colouring (i think i had emptied it before i took this setup shot). bowl sits on a piece of frosted glass (from the door of our buffet unit), raised by 4 large drinking glases.
eyedropper (from kids panadol packet) held in light stand boom, topped up with clear water (take the water to the dropper in a glass so the dropper location remains constant).
YN560II strobes (x2).
one directly below the bowl, diffused through some folded over tracing paper, set to the minimum power. secondary difusion provided by the glass, then the food colouring.
one placed behind, shooting thru some pink tissue paper that i had found lying around the house. also difused thru the glass.
camera is aimed so the top of frame is just below the edge of the glass,
Focus is done manually: put a tooth pick on a blob of bluetack directly under the dropper (release some drops to ensure correct location). focus manually, set camera to MF and dont touch anything.
Camera is triggered by hand remotely as dropper is squeezed.
setup for droplets
Setup photo for the "droplets" photo.
Water ~50mm deep in clear pyrex bowl with blue food colouring (i think i had emptied it before i took this setup shot). bowl sits on a piece of frosted glass (from the door of our buffet unit), raised by 4 large drinking glases.
eyedropper (from kids panadol packet) held in light stand boom, topped up with clear water (take the water to the dropper in a glass so the dropper location remains constant).
YN560II strobes (x2).
one directly below the bowl, diffused through some folded over tracing paper, set to the minimum power. secondary difusion provided by the glass, then the food colouring.
one placed behind, shooting thru some pink tissue paper that i had found lying around the house. also difused thru the glass.
camera is aimed so the top of frame is just below the edge of the glass,
Focus is done manually: put a tooth pick on a blob of bluetack directly under the dropper (release some drops to ensure correct location). focus manually, set camera to MF and dont touch anything.
Camera is triggered by hand remotely as dropper is squeezed.