The Sweet Spot
by MinsoPhoto

Comment:
Very nice timing! You even got a great composition. Congrats!

Frozen flight
by megapics

Comment:
So poetic :-) Very nice shot.

Landing
by andrewt

Comment:
Very nice shot! I love how the feathers bend, and how focused are his eyes. Great timing, congrats.

Tabasco- made with peppers
by kellmak10

Comment:
Very creative, great idea! This deserves a ribbon as far as I can tell :-)

Dead But Not Gone
by vlado

Comment:
Fantastic shapes, great light also. Great shot, congratulations.

Kilmarnock Willow
by wingyisleeds

Comment:
Very nice colours and composition, I love it.

Boom boom
by gyaban

Comment:
@Debbi: The cup is brown, standing on a shiny red paper. As for the lights, you got it all right: there is one flash from the right side, and several bounce white papers all around the left side. There is also a diffusing sheet just under the flash, so that the cup does not get harsh light while the droplets do. This helped me having the milk as white as possible without overexposing the cup. Sorry I didn't take any setup shot. As for the equipment's price, it was around $600, without counting the photo equipment itself. I hope my wife will not read this post :o)

@citymars: Oops! done :)

Message edited by author 2010-03-09 14:40:02.

Food for thought
by DanDare

Comment:
I just love the colours and light. Very vibrant!

Boom boom
by gyaban

Comment:
@manavg:
The module was controlling:
- the solenoid valve positioned above the cup (and connected to a tank containing milk)
- an infrared motion detector, positioned below the valve, on the droplets' way
- the DSLR
- the flash

Most of the technical work consisted in programming the module, so that it would allow for 2 consecutive droplets to fall within about 80ms, trigger the DSRL just after that, detect the droplets falling next to the motion detector, and fire the flash bursts accordingly.

At first I tried all of this manually, but it was a real nightmare, especially without the solenoid valve to launch 2 droplets at will... you should have seen my tries using a perforated yogurt pot in a dark room :-)

Overall, it took me about 2.000 tries, distributed over 4 week-ends, but I'm a slow guy!

Message edited by author 2010-03-08 11:06:08.

Digital Signature
by bryanbrazil

Comment:
Very nice composition, I love this shot. My personal favorite of the challenge!