Planetary
When I first got my new camera, an Olympus E-410 I had to try out lots of things, particularly shots inspired by out artists here on RB. So I had to try out water drops, I was pretty happy with my first attempt using food colouring. As I was lucky enough to get 2 different colour drops. I never thought to put it up, but when I saw the Homepage pic, thought ah why not. So here is my first attempt. Not tried it since. But I am sure I will some day.
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fzinggl
cool good shot!!
simplylovely183
i love seeing pictures like this
im not fast enough to do them though:(
very good
Mar Silva
WOW- This is really an AWESOME shot!
Nala
What a wonderful pic so cool and so neat well done . . . i know i will try now . . so any tips?
betha replied
Take lots of frames, take hundreds of pics and you will be amazed what you will come up with. Just experiment with different shutter speeds and keep the shots going while one of you kids keeps dropping water!. Oh, next time I will definately use a tripod, am I sure I would have had an even better result with one.
MaddyPaddy
Amazing capture….the 2 different colour drops look awesome :) well done!
Eyeleen
Great waterdrop!!
Mel Brackstone
Fabulous capture, looks great!!!
Marilyn Harris
Wow Betha!! This is stunning!! Great work!!
Joanne Bradley
This is excellent! Great first attempt!
Nala
Thank you it will be something i will try over the next few days thank you
Yool
Wonderful shot Betha
mikrin
Pretty cool Betha!! Awesome shot
Sensiworld
Wow, cool shot Betha !!
Jeremy Harrington
fantastic shot
jlynn
Excellent:)
Marilyn Harris
Congratulations on having Planetary featured!!!
ElYPares
Wow!!! Great Shot!!! Awesome.
Debbie Sanders...
Great shot. Love the two colors.
Elva
Such beauty in the small everyday things around us. Inspirational shot.
MrSmithers
What a beautiful tranquil moment you have captured.
Kimberley Davitt
This is fab, have you seen richallen work its fab
well done
betha replied
I have, he is inspirational! I still have a way to go to master this type of shot, thanks for the comments.
Woodyk2
Well done Betha
JRobin Whitley
Oh wow! This is an amazing shot!
DiEtte Henderson
This is REALLY great, I love it and how creative on the food coloring. I’m inspired, gotta try it myself sometime. A favorite.
muckypup
I keep on telling myself I’ll do this one day. Great shot :D
denise romano
i havent’ had the courage to try this yet, congrats on the great capture : )
amanda Rae
brill….....
LindaR
excellent ~ I hope someday I’ll be able to do the same ~ yours is just perfect ~ bravo!! xx
shalayne
amazing photo, which my cheap little kodak could take pics like that haha
jenniferd
Wow! What an awesome shot. I’m not sure I could be quick enough to capture that, but you got it. Way to go!
Nix76
Excellent Shot ! i love water drops they r quite fascinating … well done !
jesika
Super shot
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Samantha Lewan...
I’ve just got to try this one! You have captured a brillant shot … CONGRAT”S !!!
madpussy
clever!
SparkieBlues
Two Thumps up!!
Nick Hunt
Good one, you’ve inspired thousands of us, all that time wasted…..
Carol-Anne Kozik
Awesome – you should be proud of yourself. Amazing capture!!!
Lesley S
Terrific shot! You’ve inspired me!
James Iorfida
I too have done this.
Yours looks particularly awesome! Congrats!
Iain Phillips
What a fantastic shot! When I saw this last week, I though ‘I’ve got to have a go at that!’. Well, I did, and failed. I spent a good couple of hours at the weekend trying to do this with my son patiently dripping water off his hands into a bowl of water. Just couldn’t catch that ‘right’ moment.
Any tips? lol.
betha replied
Other than what I mentioned above in response to Nala, here is the Camera settings for this particular image:
Shutter Speed: 1/180 second
F Number: F/5.6
Focal Length: 86 mm
ISO Speed: 400
The image is cropped and I probably sharpened in Photoshop.
I was lucky, and it is far from perfect. I do not have indoor lighting so waited for a bright day and set it up near the window and used natural light, and even then the image is a little grainy. I have only tried once since, and I think only one worked out, out of probably 200-300 shots and then it was not good enough to post. Tried milk and food colouring actually.
There is info in the forums of the Macro Water group, I have not been through them myself(must have another go myself – but Winter and dull dull light) link to Group: Good luck!
irresolutedream
ah all water drop pictures are beautiful but this one is peculiar
and I love it.
Wonderful work
Trudi Stievano
Thanks for the inspiration Betha. I am just getting used to a new camera and I am very much in the experimental stage. All your little tips above are very helpful and lets just say I can’t wait for the kids to get home from school ! Thanks Again.
vaquera
Great shot
rodeorose
Magic.
Jared Bloom
Awesome Shot
Khollen Orion ...
excellent shot, but have you though of using diffirent coloured gels rather than fod colouring :) might give you bit more flexibility, in fact i might give this a go myself, what was the settings that you used?
joybliss
This is so cool! Congrats on a great shot