Tuesday, November 15, 2011
I'd picked up a macro lens and was eager to use it on something unique. In the past, I'd played around with water droplet photography a bit but without the macro and hi-speed strobe, I couldn't really achieve what I was looking for. Now, with some of the proper equipment, I could give it a go and see what happens.I created a setup using a couple speedlights and a fixed, braced eyedropper. Then with some painstaking focusing and depth of field work I was ready to take the first exposure. Holy cow! It worked!!! Here's the result of my first hour of shooting: Here's a second droplet splashing off the top of the first droplet: Odd and intriguing shapes took ...