attempt at water droplets

[joelk490]

so i got a little bored last night and thought i would give water droplets a go




677 by joelk490, on Flickr


679 by joelk490, on Flickr


682 by joelk490, on Flickr


686 by joelk490, on Flickr

any advice more than welcome

 

[duttytd]

I aint no expert at droplets but i have had a few attempts. I would get the framing of your shots a little better as no one wants to see the rim of the bowl you used. What lens did you use too?

 

[ecniv]

Nice try.. A bit closer (if you can) and I've been told a little lower down is better.

You might want to try with milk or yoghurt (thicker liquid).
Also put a colourful background behind and under the bowl of water... Give some weird effects

 

[joelk490]

was using a 50mm 1.8, ok then ill give it another go tonight so lower down and closer. ill try a few different lenses tonight. and ill give the milk a go aswell.
thanks for the help guys

 

[duttytd]

If you have a macro lens that will be great.

 

[joelk490]

Unfortunately I don't, I have extension tubes and those magnifying lens things so guess I could try one of those.

 

[duttytd]

yeah try extension tubes, What other lenses do you have?

As Vince said if you get a little lower you can get better views and food colouring to get the colours you desire... Here are a few of my attempts.



Blue Droplet by Duttytd, on Flickr


Red Droplet by Duttytd, on Flickr

 

[joelk490]

i have an 18-55, 28-105 and an old sigma 70-210.

 

[duttytd]

all of them should work with extension tubes attached

 

[joelk490]

what about aperture wont it automatically set it to the widest aperture?

 

[duttytd]

erm for the red one i used a 100mm macro f2.8L and i did use wide open but try a few diff ones

 

[joelk490]

aah ok then, i just though the dof might be a bit too narrow, but i will definitely experiment with a few differetnt things, thanks for the help

 

[jay1601]

i really like shots like this. i think no 2 is the better photo of them

 

[duttytd]

No worries.

If you was referring to my shots jay then thanks

 

[MWHCVT]

Not bad effects but as has been said get closer and lower as to using your tubes I'm guessing they as manual tubes from you comment about aperture, if you want to use the lens as something other than wide open, select the aperture that you desire, then hold down the DoF preview button on the lower left hand side of the camera lens mount, keep this depressed and take your lens off that will lock your aperture at what ever you've set

Matt
MWHCVT