High Speed Water Punch

SimpsonBrothers · March 21, 2012

I've gotten a few requests to explain how this was shot, so here goes:

I setup a 10 gallon fish tank 3/4" filled with water
taped a piece of blue construction paper to one end
taped a piece of plain white paper on either side
placed the 580EXii on the left of the tank about 1' from the whtie paper connected via 6' ettl cord set at 1/64 on manual zoomed to 105mm with a ziplock bag over it
placed the 550EX on the right side of the tank about 1' from the white paper slaved at 1/64 at 105mm
from what i remember the camera was somewhere around ISO100 1/250 f11 WB flash RAW
SOOC you could still see some of the background, but most was blacked out.
Processed in Topaz labs (simplify) and then color touchups and some bubble removal done in CS3
Oh, and the obvious CW rotation.
Thats about it. Hope this helps everyone else!

Richard · March 21, 2012

Very cool shot. Thanks for the explanation

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Cowboydoug · March 21, 2012

yeah... what he said... thanks for sharing... i'd like to do that with a head/face or body...

SimpsonBrothers · March 21, 2012

The only problem with doing a body is that more light is required so you won't get the still frame that 1/64th or 1/128th will give you, but you may be able to shoot high speed and still freeze it, just means more power.