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Waterworld
Waterworld
Mick


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Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Studio
Date: May 12, 2004
Aperture: 32
ISO: 100
Shutter: 20 seconds
Galleries: Abstract, Water
Date Uploaded: May 14, 2004

Viewed: 998
Comments: 6
Favorites: 3 (view)

 Waterworld
This is my second attempt at the infamous ‘water-drops-on-glass’ technique. My first attempt, “Home”, was an entry in the Something New II challenge. I used a photo of the Earth, downloaded from the internet, as the background. A sheet of glass was treated with Rain-X, and then suspended several inches over the background photo. I sprinkled water droplets randomly onto the glass, then made a few of the drops larger using a syringe. I set the camera up on a tripod that was positioned directly over the glass, then placed a directional 50w halogen lamp next to the glass, then covered the entire works with a black bed sheet to block out all ambient light. I used an LC-4 wireless remote to trigger the shutter for the 20 second exposure.

EXIF Data:
File Name: CRW_2534.CRW
Camera Model Name: Canon EOS 10D
Shooting Date/Time: 5/12/2004 3:33:00 PM
Tv(Shutter Speed): 20 seconds
Av(Aperture Value): 32
ISO Speed: 100
Lens: 100.0 mm
Focal Length: 100.0 mm

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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 01/10/2006 05:16:12 PM
This is really interesting to me. The vivid colors and clarity are great. Like you are looking at through the world through a window after a rain. I like the abstract quality of it. Nicely done.
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Sony DSLR-A550
Sony E 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 01/10/2006 04:43:19 PM
Why was it necessary to have 20 sec ecposure time?
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 01/10/2006 12:20:14 PM
Beautifully engineered. The whole image just pops out.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM III
 05/19/2004 12:49:57 PM
Hi! It is true, great minds think alike. The water drop thing is so addictive, its hard to stay away from it. I wonder why mine didn't pop up when you searched, i better check my keywords..hmmm.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 05/19/2004 11:13:30 AM
Hi Wendy!
No, I hadn't seen yours (honest) until just now. And I searched all over dpchallenge trying to find all of the water-drops-on-glass photos. I'm surprised that I didn't find yours. Your cosmic drops is really a nice photo. I'm a bit amazed that we both had such similar ideas--even to the placement of the background shapes! I guess it's true that great minds think alike, eh? :)

--Mick
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM III
 05/18/2004 10:36:08 PM
Have you ever seen mine?
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