My first floater

TristanP

First time I tried to "float" anything. Shot this for another forum's current challenge. It's not quite as easy as it looks.

Skippy

Float ???

TristanP wrote:

First time I tried to "float" anything. Shot this for another forum's current challenge. It's not quite as easy as it looks.

Float? as in float on water or does the term "Float" mean something else??
Nice shot..... I'm failing to understand what you mean by float though

Can you enlighten my little Ozzie Brain please Skippy (Australia)

gus

Took me a min or 2 also skip....the camera appears to be floating. I was thinking of a 'pie floater' at first & then even a bondi floater

The language barriers we face.

Nicely done though Tristan

Skippy

And Ya Know Gus..........

Humungus wrote:

Took me a min or 2 also skip....the camera appears to be floating. I was thinking of a 'pie floater' at first & then even a bondi floater

The language barriers we face.

Nicely done though Tristan

I always thought you and I spoke perfectly clear English
The only time I have heard the term Floater it meant a body in the water.
So this is what threw me ..... Skippy

TristanP

Hope this link makes it a bit less cryptic. Ignore the Manfrotto bent - the technique is what I was going for.

http://www.manfrotto.com/page3704.html

Thanks for looking.

JimM

Let me get this straight, you put this camera in a tub of water???? You feelin' okay? Cool effect, but I don't know about putting the camera in the water.

DoctorIt

JimM wrote:

Let me get this straight, you put this camera in a tub of water???? You feelin' okay? Cool effect, but I don't know about putting the camera in the water.

That's the trick. I'm guessing its just a very thin layer of water over a flat surface. Making it look like a tub is the hard part.

TristanP

*ding* Correct - there was maybe 1/8" of water in the pan. The hard part was getting the reflection and stray light under control. I'm not too worried about the camera anyway. Rarely gets used and the batteries don't hold a charge anymore.

JimM

TristanP wrote:

*ding* Correct - there was maybe 1/8" of water in the pan. The hard part was getting the reflection and stray light under control. I'm not too worried about the camera anyway. Rarely gets used and the batteries don't hold a charge anymore.

Looks like it would still make a good point and shoot... I still use my 2mp Canon S200 all the time. And it took a dive in a lake, but it didn't float... but I dried it out and it still works great!

herion

Skippy wrote:

I always thought you and I spoke perfectly clear English
The only time I have heard the term Floater it meant a body in the water.
So this is what threw me ..... Skippy

If I didn't see the picture, I would have thought the OP was referring to this:

Link

dragon300zx

herion wrote:

If I didn't see the picture, I would have thought the OP was referring to this:

Link

I keep thinking he is reffering to a dead body floating in the water.