Drops collision

DeVil

Nikon D7000, Sigma 150 macro, SB900, SB600

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Rob Pauza

Really nice. I love the first 3. I'm using the Sigma 150 also and love it.

What ISO are you shooting at if I may ask? You seem to be getting much better depth of field. I was having trouble keeping focus when going above about f10 at 1/320 & ISO 400. (due to the longer flash output) Yes, I can up my ISO and crank it to f22, but I'm getting more noise than I'd like.

Question 2 for you... how the heck are you setting up the drops for collisions?

Anyway, incredible job.

-Rob

dixonduke

VERY NICE. I have tried and tried and tried and I have yet to be able to catch the collisions like this.
All of my collision shots end up "blobs / mushroom" type. Please share your technique, if you don't mind.

#3 is my favorite!

DeVil

Thanks Rob, Duke

I wrote here about setup http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=176297
It is very difficult to catch the right moment of collision without Triger for High speed photography http://www.cognisys-inc.com/stopshot/stopshot.php but it is possible with a lot of effort.

Other settings ISO 400, f/11, 1/30. Better depth of field is achieved by distancing lens from droplets (but then you lose blur background).

Rob Pauza

DeVil wrote: »

Better depth of field is achieved by distancing lens from droplets (but then you lose blur background).

Ah... makes sense. I hate to crop that much, but these things do upscale nicely in Photoshop if needed.

Thanks so much for the explanation. I may have a go at collisions one of these days. That requires a little more effort than my simple dripping faucet, and even more patience.

Thanks again, and great work.

DeVil

The collision splash is larger than splash made by ordinary drops so you don't have to make big crop.

Thanks again

GOLDENORFE

great shots, prefer the single colour images

DeVil

Thanks Phil