My God man, where are you?????? I need your advice oh mighty mentor of falling drops! #:oP I tried to shoot that falling waterdrop yesterday, but out of 200+ shots these were the only ones that actually contained some kind of drop or impact. It was alot harder than i thought it would be....not so good with multi-tasking, so trying to hold the shutter down while aiming those drops wasnt easy at all. And it turns out i cant take sequential (???) shots with my remote...sigh. What shutterspeed do you guys normally take these kinds of shots with? I managed to yank mine up to 1/1600 s with two 500W halogen lights lighting the "scene". I never bothered with the ISO though...hmmmm...come to think of it i might have had that set to either Auto or 50...no wonder some came out dark huh? And the heat radiating from those lights...OMG!!! Wasnt easy at all. Any pointers youd like to share? Thank God i was lucky enough to capture that icicle-drop that i uploaded yesterday though. It totally compensated this poor first attempt. #:oP

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hi! this shots are stunning! for the formation and the incredible light! cannot understand how have you did this with a lamp!!!! usually i go out of home and work with strong sunlight... (see my past droplets shot)... i've try this kind of shots with a shutter speed of 1/1000 (the minimum of the olympus c740) more little value are surely better... must to try it with eos350 :) btw... awesome reportage :)

Thank you May. #:O) If i were to try to shoot something like this outside at this temperature it would freeze before landing, lol.

mhm... you've reason... i've forgotten your lands... it's better not to do this outside :)

Hey these are really good - some very nice shots Andreas.
So your problem is with consistency not getting a great shot.

I have never tried to do it by lighting the whole scene and shooting I have always used flash. Thats what all the electronics was about - and I'll help you with that if you want to do it that way. So my camera shutter was open for 2 or 3 seconds which gave me time to aim and do the drop, the flash fired for the splash so that was all that was exposed.

You could try using your cameras built in flash, I have in the past used that and it work out quite well, but is still trial and error so you will get rejects.

When I used built in flash I set the camera on manual 1/60th, F8, ISO50, Flash -fire always, timer to 2 secs, focus manual to just in front of where the drop will fall. The room has to be dimly lit !

I then set off the camera with it's 2 sec delay which gave me just enough time listening to the bleeps to get ready to do the drop so it would splash for when they finished.

Good luck with it - these shots are superb Andreas just need that consistency [or a lot of patience].

MAS4eva

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Awww! Thank you Richard. #:O) I disabled the flash completely when i took these. Ill splash some more this weekend. It sure was alot of fun. #:o) MAS INDEEEEEED!!!!! LOL.

Need help? Hummm...beyond help since these shots look very fine to me! Sure, I don't know how many you shot to get these. : ) Did you get splashes on the lens? I must try such shots.

Stop shouting! I guess that is what happens when you have to drink all that whisky... ;P

ROFL!!! Ill be quiet Kort.....

LOL. Good shots by the way...better than what I could get I'm sure. What did you shoot it in, a pail of "liquid"?

I filled up a big pot that are used for boiling "spaghetti".....and it almost got boiling under those EXTREMELY hot lights as well! I just got an email from this magazine that recently published a photo of mine. They said they wanted to give me a "photo-book" with my collected work so to speak. So now i need to send them a DVD with 100 photos that they are gonna print and then bind the book and inscript it and everything. So now im busy busy busy finding 100 photos i want printed. Maybe i shall include these three as well?

Personally I'd be quite pleased with myself,Andreas.But I understand...you want consistent perfection... How come every time you explain something Richard,I FINALLY understand? You have such a great way of explaining things...I said it once before...I hope you're a teacher... :^)

That is great new Andreas! Just be sure it isn't a scam where they run off with your photos for their own use. If it is from a magazine then I am sure you are okay though. I like these there, but why not make them into one - 3 image photo? That way you get more of your other stuff too! ;] Pssst! Go look at the OT thread about 4 threads down...

LOL. Ill check out that thread later. OT huh? Guessing you started it, LOL. Its definitly not a scam, this is Swedens leading photo-magazine so i seriously doubt that they are gonna pull a number on me. Thanks Marlene by the way!!!!

Geez Andreas....these are friggin incredible.Me thinsk I might jump on this bandwagon too. Seeings how we are on day 25 of rain here now and makes my outside shooting a pain... What do you do...just let a tap drip in the pot... or use a container and hand drip it out. I gotta knowwwwwwwwwwwwww

LOL. I actually used a medicine-shot we used to force-feed Obi while he was still alive. But now when you mention it...had i let a tap drip i wouldnt have to multi-task like i did...i guess you learn something new every day, LOL. Thanks by the way. #:O) Edit...yeah Richard. What are you anyway? LOL. YOU GOTTA BE A TEACHER!!!! If not i shall officially appoint you my personal tutor, lol. #;O)...the one that stays in the kennel, lol.

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"15. Re: RICHAAAAAAAAAAARD!!! HEEEEEEEELP!!!! by TwoPynts on 1/12/06 09:32 That is great new Andreas!" New Andreas???????????????? What happened to the old one? ;^P

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Oh come now Kort - you must know that living in northern lattitudes affects the hearing surely you have seen this ad Andreas starred in :D

Ah..i remember that one. The perks were great!!!!! Hick

ROTFLMAO!!!! So THAT'S the new Andreas!LOL.I didn't know you were in an ad,Nanook! ;^)

Well they needed a fat hairy eskimoo that was great with dogs...sooooo....sigh.

Mush, mush my good man. You better drink up to say warm! ;] Luv that fridge, and your "fireplace" - LOL!

Damn, Andreas...these shots are freakin' AWESOME!!!!!! I love each one of them!!!!!!! i would be so embarrassed to post my droplet shots that i took yesterday (taken outdoors when kemal and i took a little walk). sigh Anyway, DO print each of these up huge, huge, huge!!!! and man...congrats on your photo-book!!!!!! I'm so happy for you!!!!!! You & Eija are gonna be so famous!!! :) Maybe she will even get her own TV show like Lassie!!! (well, you probably don't remember Lassie). Ok, maybe she will get an offer from Disney to star in their movie...Lady & the Tramp 2...uh...you probably don't remember that one either. sigh. oh well. better get an, agent, Andreas! once that cute pooch has her pictures all over Sweden and then the rest of the world, the phones are gonna be ringin'!!! Richard...totally LMAO over that ad!!! :)

LMAO!!! Awwwww.....Thank you Sheila!!!! #:O) Not sure how many shots of Eija will be in it though. Wouldnt want her head growing any bigger, lol. #:oP

maybe a wise decision, Andreas! :)

Ooooooo....those shots are superb, Andreas. Are the originals by any chance sharp enuf for print? big-puppy-eyes Meesa have da laptop back btw :D

LOL! Im not sure, but i could check if ya like. #;O)

Yezzz please :D

Sweet droplet shots Andreas!!! I gave up thinking about trying this after researching the original posts a few weeks ago...after I found out a person had to be "Mr. Science" to construct all the electronic gadgetry to get a decent set-up...lol Looks like you've shown it can be done with just hard work...congrats!

Ja de alla underbara Andreas, om en de ser mer lika brtwarts, droppande fotograferar! ;^D

ROFLMAO!!!! I can agree that the second two look like nipples...but not the first one....maybe a really pointy one, lol. Youre nuts!!!! #:oD

Well I didn't mean the drip one silly!!!!And they do!My kids had pacifiers and nipples for their bottles that looked just like that,when they were little. ;^)

Okay.So I'm a mutter too,huh?

Andreas..so how did the magazine get to see your work in the first event? That info might help some of us! Not that I have 100 mag quality photos or even 100 gallery ones or 100 I want hanging on walls, even if nicely matted and framed? And...the water...yikes, I spoke to myself today..get a life it said..I have a life..now it is to try get some water drop shots. The first try in the kitchen sink was a perfect drop just before impact but this will require some setup, me thinks. Best to you on the photo magazine! Tom.

How i got the magazine to view my photos in the first place? Well i just emailed them a few. They publish 10 amatour-photos each issue. And i just guess ive been lucky. Cause ive gotten 2 photos published each month since september, and they get thousands of photos sent to them every month. But this last issue one of my photos (The Gathering) got spread across two whole pages, so this "photobook" theyre giving me was some kind of payment/prize for that i guess. Wasnt easy picking out 100 shots for that book...but now im done...phew. Better mail that CD now. See ya! #:O)

I did not read all ... as the shouting became too loud :))) but I got to the part where you asked about adding one of these to your booklet - congrats on that, you deserve it - and I have to say, #2 should go in, IMHO ... where will we be able to purchase this beautiful booklet? will you have an online store? take care and have a wonderful weekend ... Ulf

Just one more to this thread....... Thanks for all the kind words folks!!!! #:o)

Jag visste inte att du hade inverterat brostvorta,(brostworts?),ocksSuh! ;^P

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ROFLMAO!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Thats what happens when you breastfeed for too long ive been told.

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And yes "nipple" translates into "brtvta" in swedish...which freely translated would be "breast-wart" in english...sigh.

Det ett gott ting som jag inte f f lgt, defter! ;^) Okay.Okay.No more swedish...sigh... :^(