Plop! - the sequel
A new session of water drop shots, this time closer to the subject and from a more flat angle in an attempt to make the effect itself the important part. I had food colours in the water in the MIOPS container. Also, In the bowl below I had a spot of milk to make the water more opaque - and some food colours as well. The backgrounds were simply different coloured plastic binders which are semi-clear with a frosted quality to it, which I like. Because of the issues below I never did try to add the Xanthan gum thickened water I prepared - I just didn't have the strength to add another variable to the shoot ;)
I used a recently purchased Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro lens for the session. To be quite honest, this was a frustrating shoot. I couldn't get the DOF perfect although I tried varying the F-stop and moving the camera around. I need some help to maximise the DOF so please let me know if you have suggestions to the range to the drop from the lens - or any other suggestions for that matter. Focus also caused me issues for some reason. I placed a pen in the water in some Tac-All so it was stable and fired the MIOPS to find the exact spot to set focus on. How do you achieve perfect focus? I let the the drop hit the center of the pen but should it perhaps be slightly in front or the back?
I used 2 Speedlights off-camera on 1/32 power, one illuminating the back and another, with a softbox mounted, illuminating the drop. 1/250 shutter speed and varying f-stops.
Please let me know if you have experience using 3+ drops with the MIOPS; I just can't seem to get a third drop to actually have an effect. Help! :)
Plop! - the sequel
A new session of water drop shots, this time closer to the subject and from a more flat angle in an attempt to make the effect itself the important part. I had food colours in the water in the MIOPS container. Also, In the bowl below I had a spot of milk to make the water more opaque - and some food colours as well. The backgrounds were simply different coloured plastic binders which are semi-clear with a frosted quality to it, which I like. Because of the issues below I never did try to add the Xanthan gum thickened water I prepared - I just didn't have the strength to add another variable to the shoot ;)
I used a recently purchased Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro lens for the session. To be quite honest, this was a frustrating shoot. I couldn't get the DOF perfect although I tried varying the F-stop and moving the camera around. I need some help to maximise the DOF so please let me know if you have suggestions to the range to the drop from the lens - or any other suggestions for that matter. Focus also caused me issues for some reason. I placed a pen in the water in some Tac-All so it was stable and fired the MIOPS to find the exact spot to set focus on. How do you achieve perfect focus? I let the the drop hit the center of the pen but should it perhaps be slightly in front or the back?
I used 2 Speedlights off-camera on 1/32 power, one illuminating the back and another, with a softbox mounted, illuminating the drop. 1/250 shutter speed and varying f-stops.
Please let me know if you have experience using 3+ drops with the MIOPS; I just can't seem to get a third drop to actually have an effect. Help! :)