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The link is to Martin Waugh's web site just to give you some idea's of what can be achieved with lots of practice. He does provide a tutorial.  Don't worry if you don't have his fancy equipment.  A tripod, a bowl and jug works fine.

Most of all just have some fun! 

Here is a link to one I did just using a tripod a shallow tray a jug and some food colouring.

Twins
by Fred255

That's not as easy as it sounds or looks... I 've been playing in the kitchen and my shots are all out of focus.  But of course, I am still trying to figure out the manual settings ;-) and the basics of this stuff... lol.  Try, try again.

OK I will come clean it took me a couple of days and about 500 shots to get my sample.  Don't worry it's just a bit of fun.  No prizes just some fun and learning experience.  

One tip I can give you, is prefocus on a predefined point where the drops are going to be.

Yes! cool, this is what we are looking for!

Beauty Akpe...

**mrmadmikie - That's incredible! Here's my humble offering. I haven't actually tried this before so here's a novice's try at catching a drop....

"Green Drop"**

Cool stuff so far gang. I've never really done drop shots so I 'll have to give it a go. To those intimidated by the idea, just give it a try. Otherwise, the theme is "liquid sculptures" so perhaps you could conceive some other form of it? ;']

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Yes that's right we are not looking for master pieces.  Just have some fun eg place some water on some tin foil etc and photograph that it does not really matter.

Neat oil drop G. I guess the diffraction of the oil caused it to cast such a shadow. Is that a cymbal you are dripping on? :o)

Thanks for your comments!
Kort, it's not a cymbal, believe it or not it's an old stainless steel frying pan,(full of scratches) ... that's quite domestic...  LOL . At PSP I used a gradient layer. It looks better with some colour.
Sorry I forgot writing my name before..., I'm Elizabeth ;O)

Thanks for the updated info Elizabeth. :o) Cooking oil or baby? ;'P

Quote - ....To those intimidated by the idea, just give it a try. Otherwise, the theme is "liquid sculptures" so perhaps you could conceive some other form of it? ;']

I was and still am quite intimidated- My camera is not an SLR, just a run of the mill digital but thought I'd give it a go anyway :)
I kid you not, out of at least 100 shots I got only 2 that were any good.
Just stick with it and you'd be suprised at what you can acheive :)

Good Luck everyone :)

P.S. A tip. I found using a flash can make the clarity and sharpness so much better. :)

Used my new external flash in wireless mode for added lighting.

*No postwork or adjustments except  for cropping, resize and frame.

J:woot:E

Show off! ;^P Good one Joe, thank you (and Ra3vyn) for sharing your process.

There no such thing as just a drop!  These take a lot of practice and setting up!  Well done!

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Quote - This is a few hundred shots later.  A little better, but still needs improvement.

You can see Pyrex printed on the glassware in this shot.  Great.

Quote - This is a few hundred shots later.  A little better, but still needs improvement.

Oh wow- amazing shot! I don't think it needs much improvement at all :)
Love the classic "Crown" effect, would love to get a shot like this! Well done :D

Maple syrup..that was the drop, encased in uprisen water.

Here's another of mine...cropped and colorized..just because.

JE

If you want another Tom, go for it!

Tom, both those above are sweet! And I do see the dude in the second one. Excellent shots.
-B

Oh geez all these shots are awesome. Ive never done drop shots but Ive always wanted to, this is my chance! Lets see... new camera Im going to have to read the manual to figure out this darn focus!
Great shots everyone!

I find if you put a card with a barcode on it (or something easy to focus on) to exactly where the drop will be in the water - focus the cam on the barcode and then set it to manual focus you should be fine :)

Oooo! Like that last one, with the "stream of sunlight" below.

WOW!!! Very cool!

Good job to all. gotta say I like the oil drop best with that awesome shadow.  But I'm a simple girl at heart. :-) I have thought of trying this stuff but frankly, I can hardly keep my camera in focus and still for a flower shot! But maybe I'll give it a go.

The shots from above the drop facinate me.  I see side views and the upper views add a lot to what is happening. Thanks all for a very fine forum challenge.       TomD'art

It was a slow drip to start but ended up with a big splash of entries from people who have never had a go before. It was fun and a learing experience for all.

I like it.      Tom.

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You settings are embedded in the image (EXIF data) I used Opanda iexif to read the information.

You can download this program for free (IE and Firefox) see link.

Joe

Thank you.  I will have to explore this further.
~Melinda~