Espresso Explosion
by todbedy

Comment by dootiekay:
GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YAY!!!!!!
I CANT BELIEVE YOU GOT 1RST!!! =D

Espresso Explosion
by todbedy

Comment by Pierre81385:
Terrific shot! I loved it the moment I saw it, and suspected this would be the winner. Congratulations.

Espresso Explosion
by todbedy

Comment by kenskid:
After seeing many of IreneM's splash pics on dp shot at 1/500 I emailed her. I explained that if she wanted to use higher shutter speeds with her flash, it was possible.

Simply cover the two "flash" contacts on the top of the camera. I cover the two that are closest to the "eyehole". Use scotch tape.

Then put the flash on the camera. You can then shoot up to any speed...I've done' up to 1/6000 with my flash.

The only downfall is that covering the contacts makes the whole thing "manual". You have to adjust your flash manually according to the settings on your camera. Very easy to do.

The shot below was done with my flash at 1/2000.

Originally posted by fmalan: Firstly - great shot! I have a technical question: How did you light your subject? Flash? I'm asking because 1/1000 is faster than the D200's x-sync speed (unless using High-Speed Sync), but at ISO 125 at F7.1 you surely had too little light without flash. However, not using High-speed sync at a slower shutter speed (like 1/200) would also have frozen the splash, since the actual duration of the flash's light pulse is very quick. Regards F

Message edited by author 2008-06-18 08:54:59.

Espresso Explosion
by todbedy

Comment by Lydia:
Congratulations! This is amazing.

Espresso Explosion
by todbedy

Comment by fmalan:
Firstly - great shot!

I have a technical question:

How did you light your subject? Flash? I'm asking because 1/1000 is faster than the D200's x-sync speed (unless using High-Speed Sync), but at ISO 125 at F7.1 you surely had too little light without flash.

However, not using High-speed sync at a slower shutter speed (like 1/200) would also have frozen the splash, since the actual duration of the flash's light pulse is very quick.

Regards
F

Espresso Explosion
by todbedy

Comment by Jessicaaa:
Fantastic shot, great colors. Congratulations!

Espresso Explosion
by todbedy

Comment by pineapple:
Nice mess, mate. You did well. Congratulations.

Espresso Explosion
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Comment by suemack:
Fascinating and awesome!! Great shot Chris, congrats on the blue!!

Espresso Explosion
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Comment by tamatama:
What an amazing shot! The overflowing of the "coffee" really catches attention!!! Congratulations on your well deserved ribbon!

Espresso Explosion
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Comment by pix-al:
Great shot!

You can see by the way the fluid is bulging over the edge of the cup that it is something thicker than water.

What was the cup sitting on as I can't imagine old engine oil cleaning up very well! Large sheets of white paper would be my guess.

Congrats on the Blue and you new PB.

AL.