drops

Believe me, this shot is just a reminder to self.
Today is the day that I read the directions. Not on the shot - on how to put the tripod together.......The one that I had was pull the legs out and go. This light weight one is another animal. Took me forever to figure out how the fancy ball thing went on the tripod. I had to find the handy little "key" thing hidden in the bottom of the box and take out a screw. Why was the screw there? I'm keeping it until Tom gets home because maybe he can figure out what I need it for. Then I had to figure out how to put the bottom thingie on my camera - also different than the old one. Can you tell I don't do change very well. I am so in awe of all of you with your crown shots - will have to read how to do that (and what do I need to get that I don't have......), so I settled today for my first shot of water from the sink. Guess I should have gotten the Comet out before I took the shot but I was having too much fun playing with my toys.

[Paige Sydney Bolton]

Awesome!:) shooting water is pretty difficult to get in focus but you have done a great job!:) i love playing with water in photo's!:)

[Danny G.]

Cool water capture. I had a very frustrating time learning how to use my new tripod also. Now it is a piece of cake to use, so it gets better.

[Lyn]

Darn. . .I hate that about tripods. . .I really would prefer never to have to use one! Nice water drop shot. . .now on to the real thing, right??

[Junan Heath]

Wonderful water drops shot! Enjoy the new tripod!
A new tripod is on my Christmas list. :)

[Yvonne]

Way to go. Great job.

And you and I speak the same language--thingie and all ; )

[Sharon Lee]

Nicely captured, good luck with the new tripod

[Pat Knowles]

A good start Cathy...watch this space hey!!!!!!

[Lyn Todd]

:)) I relate to all of your caption!!

[Judith Greenwood]

Hahaa - glad it's not just me! I had a great easy to use tripod until my son lost a vital part of it. Now I have a very expensive one donated by my dad and it falls over - all the time. I have to hold it up - that's not the point of a tripod.

[Maggiemae]

Love your comments - sounds like me - when I can't figure something out I just hand it to hubby - makes him feel useful! Love my tripod!

[eva]

Very pretty capture of the droplets!

[8yearson]

I sympathise, both with the frustration of water crown shots and all thingies technical! Onwards Cathy, it can only improve!

[katy]

Impressive captrue of the water drops! Not easy but I admire your persistence with this and the tripod!

[elkehochban]

Had to smile at your comment about "the bottom thingie"! ;-)

[Colleen]

LOL I need to do more reading too!

[J. Voorberg]

lol..love your use of those technical terms like "thingie"

[Janet Shaffer]

Great capture.

[Sheila]

I like the separation between the drops! Nice. Good for you on reading directions!

[Humphrey Hippo]

Like a line of beads!
If you've never seen it, Gavin Hoey did a great little video about water shots. It's a very good introduction. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwExpFDUC9Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Kerri]

Cool shot

[Marilyn Wigen]

This is a great shot of water drops... the focus is fantastic!

[Fanny Brogden]

I'm so with you here, hate new stuff, everything takes so long to set up and a manual if you have one is like a paperback novel.............anyway brill drops of water, looking forward to seeing the crown!!!

[Michelle Blackford]

Great focus!

[Henri Russell]

Good capture of the water droplets. I'm with you on the tripod. I was about to go buy a new one so it I would have the piece that attaches to the camera when I discovered that I already had it...I just didn't know what to do with the piece.

[Lisa Pouncy]

Incredibly difficult to get a crown. Persistence is the key I think and getting your focus right. It took me ages and hundreds of shots. It's a long time since I've done one and I probably wouldn't be able to now! Good luck, this is a good start :o) xx