Macro water drop/ splash

[Skylar]

I struggled getting things in focus on this one.

 

[Deleted member 34016]

I can help you there -

Place a pencil in the bowl where the drop lands, focus on the pencil ( manual focus is best) and have your camera on a tripod, remove the pencil and hey presto you are focused on where the drop will land- using an off camera flash and a pastel coloured background and food colouring in the dropper can produce some stunning images, have a play with positioning of the flash too

Like these I did during lockdown - have fun

Mono conversion for a print for a client's office

Flash under the glass bowl

Flash shot from the front of subject

Les

 

[Skylar]

I can help you there -

Place a pencil in the bowl where the drop lands, focus on the pencil ( manual focus is best) and have your camera on a tripod, remove the pencil and hey presto you are focused on where the drop will land- using an off camera flash and a pastel coloured background and food colouring in the dropper can produce some stunning images, have a play with positioning of the flash too

Like these I did during lockdown - have fun

Mono conversion for a print for a client's office

Flash under the glass bowl

Flash shot from the front of subject

Les

Thank you!

 

[Skylar]

I can help you there -

Place a pencil in the bowl where the drop lands, focus on the pencil ( manual focus is best) and have your camera on a tripod, remove the pencil and hey presto you are focused on where the drop will land- using an off camera flash and a pastel coloured background and food colouring in the dropper can produce some stunning images, have a play with positioning of the flash too

Like these I did during lockdown - have fun

Mono conversion for a print for a client's office

Flash under the glass bowl

Flash shot from the front of subject

Les

I can't seem to make things in focus with my Raynox snap on macro. I've tried again with more lights this time, but i can't catch the splashes because the focal point is so small that it hardly takes anything in.

 

[Leroy4bz]

Using a Raynox will give you a very shallow depth of field, plus depending on which one( 250 or 150) you have to get really close. What lens do you have the Raynox on? If you have a standard lens at it’s closest focus, that’ll do the job. Then crop in post. You’ll get more keepers and a better working distance.

 

[Deleted member 34016]

I can't seem to make things in focus with my Raynox snap on macro. I've tried again with more lights this time, but i can't catch the splashes because the focal point is so small that it hardly takes anything in.

I should have said- I used a dedicated macro lens for the above images- for me it's the only way to go

Les

 

[Skylar]

Using a Raynox will give you a very shallow depth of field, plus depending on which one( 250 or 150) you have to get really close. What lens do you have the Raynox on? If you have a standard lens at it’s closest focus, that’ll do the job. Then crop in post. You’ll get more keepers and a better working distance.

Regular 70-300mm lens will work?

 

[Deleted member 34016]

Regular 70-300mm lens will work?

Yes at 300mm on a tripod I would say yes, give it a go