high speed photography
Splish Splash
05/26/2007 @ 06:41 PM Filed in:
Photography
Below are some more splash photos I
just took a few hours ago using the Canon 5D and a Vivitar 285HV
flash. Earlier I bought a Canon 430EX flash from a shop down the
road. I normally wouldn't have bought such a pricey piece of
equipment locally due to the markup and I told myself I wouldn't
buy this flash until after my honeymoon, but I went on an impulse
buy anyway.
Anyway, on to the splashes. Most of the splashes are of milk and the under side of a glass. I read somewhere recently that milk is better than water because water is too transparent. And I read that the flat surface or shallow liquid gives you larger, more dramatic splashes and after today's shoot I have to agree.
I really enjoy the splash within a splash. No idea how that happened, but I was able to get it occur a few times. My guess is the first splash was so large it launched a drop of milk that just happen to land in the center of the first splash.
Instead of milk I used orange juice (if this picture were larger you can actually see the pulp in the splash itself). I switched to OJ just to see if that made much difference. My conclusion is for me to see differences like that I have to have a better set up that would allow me to get consistent results. As of now I'm hand holding the syringe and I don't have a trigger (other than me). Maybe by the end of the year I'll get a delay and electric trigger. However, I'm still trying to see if I'll continue on with this high speed photography thing or if its just a quick phase of interest for me. We'll see.
Anyway, on to the splashes. Most of the splashes are of milk and the under side of a glass. I read somewhere recently that milk is better than water because water is too transparent. And I read that the flat surface or shallow liquid gives you larger, more dramatic splashes and after today's shoot I have to agree.
I really enjoy the splash within a splash. No idea how that happened, but I was able to get it occur a few times. My guess is the first splash was so large it launched a drop of milk that just happen to land in the center of the first splash.
Instead of milk I used orange juice (if this picture were larger you can actually see the pulp in the splash itself). I switched to OJ just to see if that made much difference. My conclusion is for me to see differences like that I have to have a better set up that would allow me to get consistent results. As of now I'm hand holding the syringe and I don't have a trigger (other than me). Maybe by the end of the year I'll get a delay and electric trigger. However, I'm still trying to see if I'll continue on with this high speed photography thing or if its just a quick phase of interest for me. We'll see.
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Water Splashes
05/25/2007 @ 10:31 PM Filed in:
Photography
A few times in March I borrowed a
flash from a coworker and shot water splashes. Which happens to be
alot of fun. Granted I really had no control over the splashes it
was exciting waiting to see what the camera captured. After about
an hour using a small eye dropper I decided to walk to the local
drug store to see what I could find that would give me larger
drops. After pacing the isles I found some sort of syringe you
normally use to feed medicine to small infants.
I just bought a used flash and I hope to explore more splashes this weekend. Here is some of the pictures I took in March.
I just bought a used flash and I hope to explore more splashes this weekend. Here is some of the pictures I took in March.