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10/25/2002 09:26:09 AM · #1 |
I've tried the droplet technique before with a spray bottle and i was wondering how you get just a few larger drops without individually placing them?
I just spray a squirt bottle and it goes all over the place... and that's appropriate for some subjects but it gets really distracting with all the little bubbles esp. when you have large deformed drops that just seem to take over.....
Any special technique you use?
carolle's flowery bubbles |
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10/25/2002 09:40:11 AM · #2 |
I think you are right on the money with what you have here... the TRICK is to crop out a section of the original... All of my water drop shots are cropped out of a larger photo... when you create the crop, your drops get larger... Give that a try and see what you come up with... Try to create a crop that is at least 1200-1300 pixels on the long side so when you sample back down to 640 (or whatever size you choose), your image detail will still be good... After sizing back down, play with the unsharp mask some as well :)
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10/25/2002 09:45:27 AM · #3 |
| I'll give that a try... wanna find some colourful subjects to photograph this afternoon... I have to go buy a piece of glass for this though. Plexi-glass scratches way too easily. |
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10/25/2002 10:55:16 AM · #4 |
Try taking a small paintbrush or sponge (or your fingers) and "flicking" some drops at the target object -- you should get larger drops than with the spray bottle.
I understand that for ads they shoot those "frosty cold" beer bottles using drops of glycerin placed with a toothpick or cotton swab -- the glycerin doesn't evaporate under the studio lights. |
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10/25/2002 01:29:43 PM · #5 |
THAT is a beautiful photo, just as it is...
Of course, crops of small areas of it may also be fabulous.
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