[Mr. Paul]

August 21, 2010 at 8:40 am

Thanks for the feedback guys,
not sure ll be hanging it on my wall anytime soon, although it might be a fun way to creep out unwanted guests :lol:

[Mr. Paul]

April 10, 2010 at 7:10 am

Well the flash gun makes things a lot easier but im not sure if i would say its essential. if you dont have one it would definitely be worth an experiment or two using a desk lamp pushed close to the drops while your shooting..

The lense I use is a canon 100mm 2.8, nice n sharp!!!

[Mr. Paul]

April 6, 2010 at 10:03 am

I like it, the blue brings just the right amount of attention to the eyes. The left side of the face seems a little bright (but maybe thats what you were going for) and i would definitely get rid of that finger…

[Mr. Paul]

April 5, 2010 at 6:30 pm

Dont worry Shutterbug, after that strobe goes off so close to my face im blind for a good 20 minutes…. plenty of time for you to get sneaky kick in and run away to safety…. :x
:lol:

[Mr. Paul]

April 5, 2010 at 2:12 pm

Thanks for the feedback,

Here is a (blurry) pic of the setup.. :P

The flash has a home made grid over it and is on a low setting but very close to the milk making the light fall away very quickly, fired the flash using a pc sync cord.. The drops were dropped from about 12 inches above the milk. To keep the colours interesting i swapped every second colour, blue, red, blue, red etc. which helped to keep the colours in the milk separated..

Thats all i can think of for now, if anyone has any more questions ill be happy to answer…

Here is a link to my full set of milk drops on flickr..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulcowhig/sets/72157622507791623/” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;

[Mr. Paul]

March 20, 2010 at 9:20 pm

ok just found these on my hard drive, some of these are taken from the dropper rather than bouncing out of the water.

[Mr. Paul]

March 20, 2010 at 8:50 pm

Thanks for all the positive feedback, i would encourage anyone who’s really interested in it to try it themselves as its a lot easier than you might think, hardest part is focusing because your not actually focusing on the water drop but through the water drop as it acts like a lense, once you get that right (like i said lots of trail and error) and sort out your timing (not too hard) every photo you take will look pretty cool.

I got a bunch from this shoot that i really like but this is my favorite, ill see if i can find some more and post them on this thread..

If anyone has any questions im more than happy to help out.