Berry takes a Dive #3 (final!)
close up of strawberry dive bombing into a glass of water from a really really tall height…. :-)
Thank you everyone for your kind comments with regards to these 3 images. I have been requested to supply so more technical information on how I took these….
Tall vase about half filled with water.
Lighting – just the unshaded Aussie direct sunlight (no reflectors)
Good sturdy tripod.
Cable Remote shutter release.
Set the manual focus with the berry floating on the surface of the water.
Then just drop the berry into the water (from about head height) and try to sync pressing the remote button, having the camera on Continuous Shooting seemed to help…....
Camera Model Name
Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Shooting Date/Time
15/03/2008 13:34:26
Tv(Shutter Speed)
1/4000Sec.
Av(Aperture Value)
F5.6
Metering Modes
Evaluative metering
Exposure Compensation
+2
ISO Speed
400
Lens
EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Focal Length
54.0 mm
Image size
3888×2592
Image Quality
RAW
Flash
Off
White Balance
Auto
AF mode
Manual (MF)
Picture Style
Standard
Parameters
Tone Curve : Standard
Sharpness level : -
Pattern Sharpness : -
Contrast : 0
Sharpness : 3
Color saturation : 0
Color tone : 0
Highlight tone priority : -
Color matrix
-
Color Space
sRGB
File Size
8446 KB
Dust Delete Data
No
Drive Mode
Continuous Shooting
Berry takes a Dive #3 (final!) belongs to the following groups:
Berries, Fruits & Seeds - 3/day, Mysteries of the Common and Rain Drops & Water Art - Fresh Water Only! Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints
salsbells69
Superb timing! No distortion..looks yummy too. Fantastic Gerry! I can visualise you working out the time and all the bits of pieces to create this..would have been a little bit of a challenge!
Wendy Slee
wha an amazing piece of workmanship! Excellent quality shot and most fascinating to view!
richie fox
cool, really like the way you have done this
booboo
Superb series of shots Gerry, I would be interested in knowing how you captured the action in these shots, the timing is brilliant, the exposure and focusing is spot on the whole shot is simple superb. very, very well done
nikki75
fantastic shot and the other two great as well – really brilliant – well done you.
Miron Abramovici
Superb capture in this series! Can you share the technical details?
ECGardner
Great series, Gerry; all three shots are fantastic. Love the forms that the bubbles in the water take and the feeling of motion. Nicely done.
gothgirl
OOO this is spectacular I love the strawberry shape in the water just above the real strawberry
davidmilne
Excellent Gerry,wonderful execution!!
Antanas
perfect
longlegs
now this is awsome, really great.
tuffcookie
very cool shot. awsome timing :) love the use of water
Jeff Burns
very cool shot wonderfully done
Paul Henderso...
Definately the best of the three, balanced and well composed. Cool idea, well done.
booboo
Thank you for the description of how these shots were taken Gerry, to catch these images by operating the shutter manually makes them even more awe inspiring in my book Brilliant work Gerry well done
Heloisa Castro
Excellent!!!!
itsallgoodamanda
wow this is even better ,its in my favorites
berndt2
Excellent work – great capture
shakey
Superb Gerry.
Alison Edge
This is my favourite one – I love the bubbles and shapes in this one, wonderful!
Rosina Lamberti
beautifully captured,,, love the strawberry drop,, well done
silveraya
fantastic creative capture, it is almost mesmerising, you get a sense of movement int he moment suspended..lovely work
Anthony Comella
Wonderful – eye appealing and grabs the viewers attention!
roybarry
Gerry- this is Brilliant!
katphoto
How very creative – thanks for the info as well!
GerryMac
flowerindattic
Its very great capture Gerry… Well done.
Katja Fønss
Cool, that’s a wicked shot!
laurac
I love the crisp water shapes. excellent!
Kristal
nice shot! perfectly captured!
Terry Mooney
brilliant shot Gerry, nice piece of work.
steini
Wonderful capture!
jesika
Brilliant shot & thanks for the explanation.
j
Sharon Johnstone
Wow….I love this shot! Brilliant!
Ian Tilly
Wow, I see what you mean. Great minds think alike!:)
Vickie Emms
this is wonderful, stopped in motion
Merlotsoul
Wow! Awesome image.
poupoune
Has your strawberrry its PADI now ? ... fantastic shot!!
David DeWitt
You got it ALL right! the strawberry has a nice deep color balancing the silvery water bubbles. I especially like the lower water shape just above the berry. This shot makes all the preparation worth it!
Andrew Ness
This is simply brilliant and well thought out.
Béla Török
Oh,what a gorgeous image Gerry!
catherine walker
wow..love it.. how did you put the bigger pic of it in here..?I notice that some people have a biger version but I don’t know how they get it into the site..is it copy and paste
great photo anyway….
GerryMac replied
Hi Cathy thank you for all your kind comments! I have actually posted a journal on how to do this please see it here and thanks once again!
GerryMac replied
sorry try this one
franzi
brilliant shot, simply amazing!!!
Shelly Hiebert
AWESOME!
Stephen Denham
great Gerry….water like mercury, strawberry like wow
ldeiter78
Excellent photo!!! I love this shot!
Astrid Pardew
wow! cool capture!
Ellen
Very nicely done!
mrscboretti
WOW- great shot!
FelicityB
Wov – this is incredible – way above my capabilities. Stunning!
Pamela B
Excellent work!
amarica
Very clever, great shot Hun!!
linda858100
SPECTACLAR
Kevin Whiting
Perfect timing and a superb result.
Thanks also for the detailed description of how you achieved the shot. Great idea and very effective.
GerryMac replied
cheers Kevin!
Braedene
Just opened up your portfolio – this was so eye catching- Great and unusual shot. Liz
GerryMac replied
thanks Braedene I had a lot of fun catching it!!
Sharon Mau
It is beautiful and I especially enjoy your great sense of fun in your wonderful commentary!
OldBirch
Great shot and really appreciate you taking the time to detail the process.
Tracey Mac
Love how the bubbles appear to be mercury…..stunning concept with magical results….love this…
GerryMac replied
thank you Tracey and for the fav!
Richard G Witham
Nicely done. I love the abstract texture and design in the emplosion :)
GerryMac replied
many thanks Richard!