Water Droplets - DPChallenge Forums

Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital

07/15/2006 08:39:51 AM · #3

would like to know how you get a 'burst' of water or a couple drips at a time .. i've only ever succeded at 1 at a time ...
very neat

ignite

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

07/15/2006 02:27:25 PM · #4

Originally posted by ralphnev:

would like to know how you get a 'burst' of water or a couple drips at a time .. i've only ever succeded at 1 at a time ...
very neat

I guess you can use what they attach to a drip to regulate the flow.

Bugzeye

07/15/2006 02:38:39 PM · #5

use an eye dropper that way you have a better chance of timing it right.

07/15/2006 02:48:38 PM · #6

Originally posted by Bugzeye:

use an eye dropper that way you have a better chance of timing it right.

He probably uses a directional microphone set to hear the splash and trigger the shutter release and flashes.

07/15/2006 02:53:14 PM · #7

Or do it This way which is probably a whole lot cheaper.

07/15/2006 02:58:10 PM · #8

nono / not the timing, I've got that covered here

but to get the second drip you would have to do something pretty fancy
if it is a continous steam you would have a lot of ripples in the background (his looks flat so it had lots of time to recover between drips )

to get them it hit like that would be either luck or method
i'm betting on method .. two drips ~10-100ms apart .... but how..

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

07/15/2006 03:06:43 PM · #9

Originally posted by ralphnev:

seriously, I've read somewheres that you can get special triggers that hook up to a directional mic, so all you have to do is open th shutter in a darkened room with a mid-high f/ and then the mic will trigger the flashes and freeze the drop as soon as it happens. no idea how much said setup would cost though. but that's the only way I can see that he gets those stripey milk-drops.

pcody

Canon PowerShot G6

07/15/2006 04:15:08 PM · #10

Maybe ask her to do a tutorial? She has notes on this picture that might help. She also mentions her pbase account.

07/15/2006 04:29:05 PM · #11

yes - she has a few...

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

07/15/2006 04:36:55 PM · #12

Ah, here you go. //www.woodselec.com/index.htm

IR/sound shutter release.

ignite

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

07/15/2006 05:06:14 PM · #13

You don't need to spend a fortune on triggers. Just go here. Really cheap kits, and instrustions on how to make your own triggers using parts from a tape-recorder.

HiViz

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

07/15/2006 06:08:14 PM · #14

Originally posted by ignite:

You don't need to spend a fortune on triggers. Just go here. Really cheap kits, and instrustions on how to make your own triggers using parts from a tape-recorder.

HiViz

That site's a great resaource -- thanks for the link!

dogz

Nikon D70

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D

07/15/2006 07:19:50 PM · #15

I stumbled upon this portfolio a while ago (liquid scuplture). His site was more basic and he went into a lot of detail about the process. I never got a chance to read all of it. Then he was featured in Rangefinder Magazine (and on the cover). It looks like he got a lot of traffic since then and updated everything.

Artan

Canon Digital IXUS v3

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

07/15/2006 07:55:28 PM · #16

I was playing last week...
just doing it manually

There is a great tutorial by hughletheren which describes here how he set up his water drop shot and shows how to make your own beam breaker

Blue Moon

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

07/16/2006 06:22:54 PM · #17

that's just spiffy.

UNCLEBRO

Canon EOS-30D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

07/16/2006 09:41:34 PM · #18

Originally posted by ralphnev:

nono / not the timing, I've got that covered here

Is this your page?
If so, then maybe you would like to know that the link at the bottom of the page doesn't work.