For those who wanted to see the rig i'm currently using
The water bottle is setup as a
Mariotte Siphon which helps to get a contstant drip output and i have fitted a valve to the bottle (yellow / red thing in the photo) which allows me to control the speed of the drips.
The infra-red transmitter sends a beam of light to the receiver (mounted opposite to itself) , when this beam is broken a signal is sent to a flash trigger which has a delay timer built into it, once the delay has been reached a signal is sent to flash to fire.
So to get it all to work i use manual setting on the camera
Aperture F20 ish
Shutter BULB
ISO as low as i can get away with useually 200
Flash Fully Manual
Focus Manual
Lens Sigma 105mm or 150mm macro
then i pre focus the camera on the point of impact of the drip (can be a pain)
Adjust the flash delay timer to catch the water drop in the position i want to capture it (will be a pain) then once i have got this set-up . switch all the lights off open the shutter on the camera, switch on the infra-red detector and the next drop will trigger the flash which provides enough light to take the image, close the shutter , switch on the lights and check the image on the PC which will be out of focus and taken at the wrong time :bang: go through the process above untill you get it right or give up :bonk:
This is the MKII version with MKIII currently being built to give electronic control over the drops