Oh my gosh, I worked on this all night tonight and gave up. I got so frustrated so I ended up posting a picture I did in desperation. I’m glad you posted this. I can’t wait to see the responses.
I haven't attempted the falling water refraction, but i got a pretty good one the other day on my car window :)
From the look of the ones you posted, the background image that is refracted into the droplets is substantially larger than the drops are.
the artist with the clovers posted this in her thread:
"I used the kitchen sink. Opened a tiny bit the faucet and I installed the "flower" (a dishcloth) upside down, just hanging in the sink. And I got as close as I could of the falling water (macro lens), manually focusing. I used my pop up flash with a "puffer" (small pop up flash diffuser) as lighting."
I used the kitchen sink. Opened a tiny bit the faucet and I installed the "flower" (a dishcloth) upside down, just hanging in the sink. And I got as close as I could of the falling water (macro lens), manually focusing. I used my pop up flash with a "puffer" (small pop up flash diffuser) as lighting. Took a LOT of pics to get a few good ones :) In post-processing, I cropped and sharpened the drops.
Also not tried falling water drops but like @sdpace I have photographed the drops on a window.
I like the tip about turning the background upside down so the image through the drops will be the right way up. With drops on the window I could rotate the photo 180 degrees, which I had not thought about before.
@maola This may sound stupid but what did you use to focus on? It is pretty hard to focus on the drops them selves. Did you have a stream of water? Sorry to be so annoying but I just can't get the results I want.
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Not stupid at all :) Yes, on the pic you see drops, but in real it was a small stream, so I focused on the stream. An other option is to have the camera on a tripod and place an object (ex: pencil) where you want your focus to be. Let the camera focus, then switch to manual focus so the camera won't try to refocus every time. To use this technique you would also need your drops to be falling at the exact same place every time (from a faucet or a hanging bag with a tiny hole in it). I agree, focusing on drops would be pretty much impossible. Good luck :)
@sdpace I think it's the first time someone calls me an artist :) Smiling at my computer like a kid right now lol.
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From the look of the ones you posted, the background image that is refracted into the droplets is substantially larger than the drops are.
the artist with the clovers posted this in her thread:
"I used the kitchen sink. Opened a tiny bit the faucet and I installed the "flower" (a dishcloth) upside down, just hanging in the sink. And I got as close as I could of the falling water (macro lens), manually focusing. I used my pop up flash with a "puffer" (small pop up flash diffuser) as lighting."
waht you need..
water
camera
AND LOT OF PATIENCE!!!! o gosh this took me forever! hahahha
I like the tip about turning the background upside down so the image through the drops will be the right way up. With drops on the window I could rotate the photo 180 degrees, which I had not thought about before.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikichelle4/5434544529/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikichelle4/5435154606/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikichelle4/5435154460/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikichelle4/5434543511/in/photostream/
Not stupid at all :) Yes, on the pic you see drops, but in real it was a small stream, so I focused on the stream. An other option is to have the camera on a tripod and place an object (ex: pencil) where you want your focus to be. Let the camera focus, then switch to manual focus so the camera won't try to refocus every time. To use this technique you would also need your drops to be falling at the exact same place every time (from a faucet or a hanging bag with a tiny hole in it). I agree, focusing on drops would be pretty much impossible. Good luck :)
@sdpace I think it's the first time someone calls me an artist :) Smiling at my computer like a kid right now lol.
This took me ages to capture!
I am going to give it another go soon!
I used close up filters and got really close to the drip.