Comments on: Water Droplets

By: photosbykev

photosbykev — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:11:33 +0000

All of the acrylic sheets I use I’ve bought from ebay there are plenty of sources on there. I use a mixture of lighting techniques, sometimes the flash guns are covered with coloured gels or I add food colouring to the water.

By: Mickey Fountain

Mickey Fountain — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:06:10 +0000

Where can I find the reflective gloss acrylic sheets that you use in your water drop photograpgy? Are you bouncing color light downward onto the drop, or possibly shooting from above the drop inorder for the water drop to be a completely separate color? Thanks, Mickey

By: photosbykev

photosbykev — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:00:44 +0000

Interesting use of a radio for the lightning detector.

By: ThierryD

ThierryD — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:48:22 +0000

Very good picture of drop water !
I use a similar techniques (Infrared) for detecting water drop.
the cost of the water drop photography detector is very low and the achievement is easy.
i explain this with pictures and diagram on my website : rienquepourlesyeux.free.fr

By: photosbykev

photosbykev — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:44:40 +0000

I own and use the Cognisys Stopshot and Time machine triggering systems. Currently I prefer the Cognisys for droplet work however Brian Mumford has released a Droplet system kit for his Time machine which I believe is getting some excellent results but I don’t have first hand experience of it. Personally I think the Cognisys system is more flexible for all sorts of photography but both systems work very well.

I use the Canon 100mm macro lens for all of my droplet work and would highly recommend it. The Canon 180mm does give you a bigger working distance from the subject which is good for wildlife macro work but it is a heavy beast . The MP-E65 lens can’t be recommended for anything other than very specialised macro work. It is very restrictive with limited focussing distance and has been designed purely for true macro work and it does it very well but would be pretty useless for water droplet photography.

By: Oberstpac

Oberstpac — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:22:55 +0000

Hi; from sunny California,
I want to thank you for being willing to share your wealth of knowledge. Many artists wouldn’t do so. You should consider writing a book.
I too have a question. Do you have any experience or knowledge about The Mumford Time Machine. I have A bit of mony and am trying to decide between the two machines. Also, I own a canon 7D, and the Canon Speedlite 580EX II; which lens would be better add-on to make simmilar shots to yours: The Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM Lens, Canon Telephoto EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM Autofocus Lens, or the Canon Macro Photo MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Manual Focus Lens for EOS

Thanks again.
Oberstpac

By: Hobby Robotics » Photographing Splashing Droplets

Hobby Robotics » Photographing Splashing Droplets — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:11:52 +0000

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By: Double double water drops

Double double water drops — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:37:37 +0000

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By: photosbykev

photosbykev — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:31:05 +0000

you can link the flashguns in parallel by cutting the original cable and wire both of the guns together. They are triggered by shorting the contacts on the guns so no problem wiring them together.

By: max

max — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:17:24 +0000

I have a stopshot and two flashes, but only one flash cable. How do you synch the flashes so they fire together? Do you connect each flash using some sort of cable, or are they all connected to the stopshot? If you do use cables, can you send a link where I can find one? Thanks!