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More water drops. This time I played around with the lighting a bit. I was able to get rid of the harsh reflections of the flash.

[Shawna Schroeder]

This is awesome! I can now get a near perfect crown but this that you have managed to capture is just beyond me lol

[Josh Sudweeks]

@shawnasays - Thanks, but if you saw my setup you wouldn't be nearly as impressed. I've got a little Arduino based microcontroller connected to a valve that drops the water at the precise time, then fires my flash for me right when the drops collide. So after dialing in the settings, I just turn out the lights, hit activate on the microcontroller and hit take a 1 second exposure, and I capture a collision on almost every frame.

What amazes me is people who can capture a collision without this kind of a setup.

[Shawna Schroeder]

@sudweeks that sounds complicated but if it works I would stick with it. You have some awesome water shots.

[Kathy A]

What an awesome shot.