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Mary Brown
{K:71879} 10/17/2006
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This is amazing! I see you went to a lot of work and I'm surethis kind of shot takes an incredible amout of time. But, such success you had. Awesome!
MAry
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rebecca claassen
{K:12904} 9/10/2006
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Toshi, thanks for your comment on my 'iris' shot. I had to come and have another look at your portfolio and this I absoloutley love:) Also enjoyed reading how you achieved this great shot and could picture your frustration then joy at finally getting the shot, BRILLIANT! a 7+++ from me.
Cheers, R
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Caterina Berimballi
{K:27299} 9/4/2006
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Remarkable, a handheld no less! Well if this isn't inspiration for me to have a go, I don't know what is. Excellent work Toshi.
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Saeed Al Shamsi
{K:47735} 7/25/2006
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High quality control over exposure, wonderful result.
Saeed
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Linda Imagefree
{K:72276} 7/24/2006
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A nice one Toshi, I like the clarity and sharpness of the droplet and the well, it really does have the look of a volcano erupting, good choice of tones too, well done!!
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AJ Miller
{K:49168} 7/17/2006
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A fabulous first drop! I particularly like the angle from which you have captured it, giving a soft velvety feel to the liquid. The colours are great and the drop is sharp. I find the bright spots in the background and the reflections in the drop a little distracting, but this has to be one of the most difficult subjects...
John
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Toshi
{K:11924} 7/15/2006
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Hey Marcus, I lost count deleting all the failed attempts LOL. This drop should be the second one about to hit the water. There's actually a couple more drops at the top which I cropped out so that it would be a bit simpler. Thanks for the comments!
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Marcus Armani
{K:36599} 7/15/2006
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Wow how many tries :) I have never tried this but it is amazing, I like the refection in the drop, so this would have to be the second drop being the water is already displace? whatever the case I would have to say accomplished beautifully!
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Toshi
{K:11924} 7/15/2006
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Thanks Rob! Since you're brother was curious on how the shot was taken, I explained it as best as I could in my reply to him - just a couple posts up :)
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Toshi
{K:11924} 7/15/2006
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Hi Laurie, thanks so much for the comments. Good to see you're still around :)
Toshi
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Toshi
{K:11924} 7/15/2006
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Thanks so much Sam! I'm sure there are others who have more experience with these type of water drop shots, but I'll do a quick explanation of how I achieved this shot.
For setup, I didn't do anything fancy. I had a blue wine glass laying around so I filled it up with water to the brim and placed it in my kitchen sink right under the faucet. For lighting, it was just normal room lighting along with my built-in flash. However, I'm sure that using an external flash at different angles could provide even better illumination. You could even use different colored backgrounds to have it reflect off the drop and water. For my shot, I set my white balance to tungsten to achieve the blue hues.
As for the lens, I used my kit lens which is a 18-55mm and it allowed me to really get up close - about 2 inches (at 55mm focal length), which is great since I could get nice clarity and size from the drop and water reaction.
Focusing was a bit trickier. I don't have a tripod so I had to do the shot handheld. I barely turned on the faucet so that I would get just drops of water. At first, I tried manually focusing where the drops where landing, then I tried focusing as the drops were falling. Unfortunately I couldn't get a clean focus either way on the drops. So while holding the camera in one hand, I adjusted the faucet so that a small stream of water would come out and I focused on that. Then I slowly made the faucet drip again and fired off as many shots as I could (with flash) to try and catch the drops.
I'm sure there might be an easier way, but this is how I got this shot. Also, the distance from the faucet to the wine glass was about 1-2 inches so the reaction from the water wasn't as turbulent. If you vary the height, you can get a lot more different reactions. Anyways, hope that gives you a slight idea of what I did LOL.
Thanks again for the comments and I will take a peek at your wife's portfolio after I get done with some more comments.
Toshi
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Rob Graziano
{K:6678} 7/14/2006
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Wow Toshi...this is absolutely BRILLIANT!!! How did you do it?
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Laurie Gould
{K:11942} 7/14/2006
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These are really tough to get, but you have done very well here. Nice isolation on the drop and I really like the blue hue. :)
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Sam Graziano III
{K:14064} 7/14/2006
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WOW, this is fantastic Toshi.
I have never tried this type shot and would love to know how to do it. I think you could try for years and years and never get a shot of a water drop as good as this. Well done my friend.
My very best Regards
Sam III
PS
My wife Kim Graziano is finally posting photos. If you get a minute please take a look at her portfolio and see how she is doing.
It took me over 2 years to get her to try Photography and I think she is going to be good.
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Mohsen Bayramnejad
{K:21377} 7/14/2006
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WoW!...This is truly FANTASTIC!
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Toshi
{K:11924} 7/14/2006
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Thanks so much Petal! I think I can consider the dozens and dozens of shots I took to get this decent one practicing :)
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Toshi
{K:11924} 7/14/2006
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Hi Jinggoy, thanks for the comments!
You're right on the mark about the number of shots you end up taking while trying to capture one of these water drop shots - it took a while to sort through all the failed attempts haha. I did end up getting a couple more decent shots but none as in-focus as this one. I attempted these shots handheld, so it was pretty difficult manually focusing, trying to determine where the drop would be. I'm sure with a tripod and external flash (used the built-in flash for this one) the results would be better. It's definately satisfying once you do capture it though!
As for the 18-55 lens, I positioned the lens (very carefully) about 1-2 inches away from the surface of the water to get the shot - as close it would let me focus. I didn't think it would focus that close, but fortunately it did. Not bad for a kit lens :)
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Toshi
{K:11924} 7/14/2006
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Thank you very much for the comments Majid, appreciate it!
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Toshi
{K:11924} 7/14/2006
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Thanks Greg! Timing definately is the key - as well as a little luck since each drop creates different water effects. I took plenty of shots and was happy to get one that was even decent.
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Jeanette Hägglund
{K:59855} 7/14/2006
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Like a water bed for the drop
Jeanette
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Paolo Corradini
{K:59552} 7/13/2006
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wow drops and water like blue velvet! excellent my friend
PAOLO
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Petal Wijnen
{K:50989} 7/13/2006
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Fabulous first!! I wouldn't know how to get a better result, and by the looks of it you can skip practicing... ;-D The blue is gorgeous, the 'bouncing' drop is tack sharp, the crop perfect and so is the composition... well done!!
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Jinggoy Montenejo
{K:7736} 7/13/2006
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Hi Toshi,
Thanks for your comments! Really appreciated.
I've played around with this and I can't believe the number of shots that needed to get the perfect drop!
I think for this one you've captured the elusive droplet, at just the right time where the droplet bounces back at it hits the water, creating that ripple.
I like the lighting you have on this image as well. Love that crystal clear reflection on the droplet!
Excellent work.
PS. that 18-55mm sure focuses really close huh?
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Gökhan KARAMAN
{K:8878} 7/13/2006
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wonderfull macro shot very nice blue...
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majid masood
{K:6931} 7/13/2006
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Fantastic, GREAT, I cannot believe you did that, This very very difficult work, You are a champ!
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greg collins
{K:12273} 7/13/2006
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Great capture. Must be all in the timing. Love the clarity in the water droplet.
Greg
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Toshi
{K:11924} 7/13/2006
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Thank you Daniele, I appreciate your comments.
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Toshi
{K:11924} 7/13/2006
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Thank you for the comments Galal, appreciate it.
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daniele tolu
{K:395} 7/13/2006
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what a shot!!!! well done
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Galal El Missary
{K:84569} 7/13/2006
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Nice composition & tones , well taken .
Galal
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