I've tried! I really have. But no matter how many hours I spend taking shots and pressing the dropper somewhat simultaneously, I continue to have NO luck! So I am here, begging for your help. How do you take water splashes? How do you time it right?
Are you using a tripod and remote to take the shots? I find it works for me that way - yeah I still miss them and end up taking lots and lots of photos ... but with the remote, I set the shot us and get the focus, then I watch the water drops in real life not through the viewfinder ... I find this gives me more control over getting the timing right ...
I choose some sort of dish or bowl or whatever, and put it in the sink or bathtub under a dripping faucet. Then I put my camera in continuous shooting mode, and snap away! Eventually, I get lucky.
Ok, so the ones I've just taken (my first attempt) are not perfect, but I was getting there! I set up on a tripod, and set the tap dripping on a constant beat (like a second apart). I don't have a remote so have to suffer with manual release.
Once the drips get into a rhythm you kind of feel the point at which the coordination of trigger against drip noise is going to happen. I found I got many more successes than burst shooting doing it by coordinating against the rhythm!!
Wolfe suggested on my shots I use a flash rather than external lighting, which I will try next time, but for these shots I just had an angle-poise lamp shining into the sink at a low angle.
Maybe I struck lucky on my first attempt! I do want to get the images sharper next time so will have to ay with settings to get there! Don't know if this helps?! I'm nowhere near a pro!
I did something similar with my day 6 photo. I had my sister drop the fruit over and over while I tried to get the picture. It took forever. Persistence is the key!
I was going to suggest exactly what Juliette did. You also need to wash this image in light or increase your iso to achieve a fast shutter speed. You're looking for 1/2000 sec or somewhere around that; shoot in shutter priority, because your objective is to stop time. Great album, by the way.
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Once the drips get into a rhythm you kind of feel the point at which the coordination of trigger against drip noise is going to happen. I found I got many more successes than burst shooting doing it by coordinating against the rhythm!!
Wolfe suggested on my shots I use a flash rather than external lighting, which I will try next time, but for these shots I just had an angle-poise lamp shining into the sink at a low angle.
Maybe I struck lucky on my first attempt! I do want to get the images sharper next time so will have to ay with settings to get there! Don't know if this helps?! I'm nowhere near a pro!
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