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Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di for Nikon
Location: Michigan, USA
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200 sec
Galleries: Macro, Water
Date Uploaded: Mar 3, 2008

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Comments: 11
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 Another day of experimenting with water drops. The advice from jdannels to check out this tutorial helped tremendously. I just bought my SB-600 a week ago and didn't realize the power is controled by the length of the flash, so lower flash power becomes tantemount to faster shutter speed. That's among the more useful DPC lessons I've learned so far.

The background is one of Escher's symmetry drawings.

Here's a close up of the drop.

***I uploaded a touched up version on 3/9/08

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 03/06/2008 07:57:04 PM
glad that tutorial helped you out. :) Everything is ncely frozen! :)
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 03/05/2008 07:28:23 AM
Both of these are terrific. Well done.
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 03/05/2008 03:32:48 AM
I love this with the colors and the drop and the ripples. WOW!!!!!
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 03/04/2008 03:05:19 PM
I love these water drop over background shots. I'd love to try them, but I don't have any partial flash equipment other than the on-camera one. A drop sensor trigger is really helpful here also. I love both shots. Maybe something in between the two would be best. I'm seeing a lot of good challenge contenders in this side challenge.
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 03/04/2008 12:27:22 PM
Originally posted by desertoddity:
that is really cool. i liked the ones with the musical notes, but this one is even better. you did a really great job and you pick interesting backgrounds. i'm amazed by the backgrounds. i don't see how you do that without getting the backgrounds wet and messed up.


The water is in a shallow glass plate that is on top of the backgrounds (being very careful not to spill on my Escher book or music). Also, I had to put a dark cloth behind the plate to remove unwanted reflections.
 03/04/2008 08:58:58 AM
that is really cool. i liked the ones with the musical notes, but this one is even better. you did a really great job and you pick interesting backgrounds. i'm amazed by the backgrounds. i don't see how you do that without getting the backgrounds wet and messed up.
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 03/04/2008 01:00:19 AM
I really like this - nice colors and crystal clear on the water drop.
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 03/03/2008 10:34:02 PM
You are becoming such a pro. I love the bright colors in this one. The square crop is nice but I like this composition the best.
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 03/03/2008 10:02:13 PM
:pve the colors and a very mice droplet here.....
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 03/03/2008 08:59:30 PM
Absolutely phenomenal! I was planning to spend some time trying this out for the first time and that tutorial has given me a great place to start. This is a ribbon winner!
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 03/03/2008 07:59:34 PM
This is very cool... your experimenting is coming along quite well I'd say!
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