Thanks everyone for the cool comments on yesterday's chilled photo. Of course, had to continue the wet photos today due to it being close to 90°F in LA. Capturing the water took so many attempts to get right, but at least it was refreshing. :)
Big thank you for all your feedback on this image. Actually didn't expect you all to like it this much! A few of you asked how I did it and I'm more than happy to share.
First off, this photo was taken outside (didn’t want to use flash). The background was one of my patterned shirts hanging on a chair. My camera was on a tripod. Placed the marbles in a glass with a bit of water. You can’t see it in the image, but I had a bowl at the bottom for catching the water. I manually focused then used burst mode while pouring the marbles & water into the bowl.
In my first attempts, the marbles moved so fast that it was just a blurry mess. So decided to take a break and clear my head for a bit.
Came back later and decided to pump up my ISO a bit further than I normally would (800), which allowed me to use a faster shutter speed with a smaller aperture (f/13). I also manually made my shutter speed faster than my camera wanted it to be (1/5000 sec). Yes, it came out a bit darker but that was nothing a little post-production couldn't fix. (As a side-note: Brightening a RAW image may retain much more detail than a JPEG does.)
With these settings, was able to shoot at faster speeds which made this a lot easier. All together, it still took about 110 photos before getting this one.
Sorry if I went too technical. Hope it made sense. :)
Big thank you for all your feedback on this image. Actually didn't expect you all to like it this much! A few of you asked how I did it and I'm more than happy to share.
First off, this photo was taken outside (didn’t want to use flash). The background was one of my patterned shirts hanging on a chair. My camera was on a tripod. Placed the marbles in a glass with a bit of water. You can’t see it in the image, but I had a bowl at the bottom for catching the water. I manually focused then used burst mode while pouring the marbles & water into the bowl.
In my first attempts, the marbles moved so fast that it was just a blurry mess. So decided to take a break and clear my head for a bit.
Came back later and decided to pump up my ISO a bit further than I normally would (800), which allowed me to use a faster shutter speed with a smaller aperture (f/13). I also manually made my shutter speed faster than my camera wanted it to be (1/5000 sec). Yes, it came out a bit darker but that was nothing a little post-production couldn't fix. (As a side-note: Brightening a RAW image may retain much more detail than a JPEG does.)
With these settings, was able to shoot at faster speeds which made this a lot easier. All together, it still took about 110 photos before getting this one.
Sorry if I went too technical. Hope it made sense. :)