My bro dropping in from a ladder

CSX O033 is seen dropping ties along the Fitchburg Secondary Branchline in Leominster, MA.

I spent my free time today experimenting with what I could do with water drops, and these were my results (though they are just a few successes of the many mistrials).

Sandy Run Park

Oreland, PA

This goldfinch dropped in the other day to see what all the excitement was about over at our place...the pine siskins have been swarming the feeder for weeks now. He only stayed long enough for a couple of pictures and I haven't seen him since.

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The owl appears poised to scoop up what appears to be an insect

However, it's probably more likely that the owl dropped it

Wish you an excellent start into the week!

Great morning light, no need to post-processing.

With extension tube (6.8cm) and a canon 35mm.

I sent this in as my entry for tech blog Gizmodo's weekly shooting challenge, which for this week is "Water Drop" (Shooting Challenge: A Water Drop). Was looking for a tech theme and this is what I could manage in half an hour (you gotta knock these things out quick or you end up wasting hours!).

♫ Dredg - Whoa Is Me

This drought is leaving me

With cracked soil and brown leaves

Floating on a dry lake bed

With a dry mouth and foggy head

Waiting for the snow

When the water comes

I will overflow

I will overflow

When the water comes

I will overflow...

View On Black

...yes, I am waterdrop obsessed! The background here is a photograph of a sunset which I placed behind the dish of water as I photographed the drops.

Beautiful moulting red and black male cardinal feeding in the grass. He is dropping a seed. Madera canyon, Arizona, USA. 11 March 2018.

HMM!

Macro Mondays - 8/23/21 - "Leading Lines"

This beautiful Canvasback was part of the feeding frenzy that goes on at Lake Merritt!

Going on the annual Benicia bird count this morning...brrrr!..will catch up when I get back...thanks for visiting, have a lovely Monday!

moo drop at the glyndon

Another session of water drop shots, this time experimenting with 3 drops, which I found to be very tricky. Getting the timing just right so that the third drop hits short enough after the second AND before the whole thing collapses is, well...yeah, I think you get the idea. By using my phone to record in 240 fps I managed to get a rough idea of the timing but still, the tolerances are miniscule, so getting it right is not easy. I managed to get a few shots where you can actually see the third drop creating an effect, but not exactly what I was aiming/hoping for. Drop size, timing between them and the delay before the camera fires are all factor that influence the result and I still haven't quite understood the relationship between them. I use the Mirror Up function in the camera to avoid having to deal with shutter lag as well.

I used milk for opacity control and I went crazy and added many different food colours to the mix as well as yellow colour in the drop. No thickening yet; I still don't have the strength for that!

I used 2 Godox speedlights off-camera on 1/32 power. One had a red gel mounted and illuminated the background and another, with a softbox mounted, illuminated the drop. The background was simply semi-transparent plastic binders in front of a white background. ISO 100, 1/200 or 1/250 shutter speed and varying f-stops.

Focus was achieved by standing a pen attached to a bunch of Blu Tac in the bowl so it was completely stable. With the camera switched off I fired the MIOPS Splash to see where the drop landed and then positioned the pen accordingly, with the drop landing slightly off-center towards the side facing the camera. Then I focused on the pen using autofocus to get perfect focus. I use back button focus so the camera doesn't try to focus with each shot :)

"Disclaimer": I totally forgot to clean the filter (good thing that was on so it didn't get to the lens) and background regularly so there might be some slight spots here and there. Sorry about that! :D

Again, please get in contact with me if you have any advise and/or experience you'd like to share. I am aiming for shots with 3 drops, crisp sharpness overall and even a soap bubble bursting. Maybe even the liquid going through the top of that from the bowl below. Perhaps in a year or so? Heh!

In the next drop-session I might use some opaque liquid in the bowl below and hopefully get a "plastic'y"/CGI look. I might also vary the camera angle and lighting to get some reflections and/or shadows as well BUT! Next photo shoot will NOT be drop related. ---> Need. To. Do. Something. Else. Next! <---

Never get enough of water drops :-)

Editing by Adobe Lightroom 5

Thanks, Brittany for teaching me this cool trick ^.~

And, they landed on a hard tile floor, precisely on the sharp point.

Thrill seekers riding the "Drop Tower" at the Ocean County Fair.

Oaks Bottom,always has some kind of Wild Life,like this Scrub Jay.

Canon G1-X with +10 closeup filter

really better in large size View On Black

water drop works

First foray into drop collision photography.

Two Yongnuo YN560III's on either side of subject, aimed at sheet of white paper behind subject. Triggered by Yongnuo RF603c.

After rain

Water drop collision shot.

Flash info:

4 x Yongnou 560 III's @1/64

1 x left front @ 45 deg

1 x right front @ 45 deg

1 x left rear @ 45 deg

1 x right rear @ 45 deg

Barn Owl_0143

water drop collision