Fulfilling my get-pushed challenge from @jorlam who suggested a high speed water splash shot. This was more difficult than I expected. I shot it on shutter priority, but it was difficult to get the depth of field that I wanted. Shoot, it was difficult just to get it in focus! This is one of the few that ended up somewhat in focus. A worthy challenge for sure. I did find it interesting how the different shades of the colored, sorry - coloured, water appeared as a result of the splash. The shapes that are created are also fascinating.
What I learned in taking this photo: 1) having a lens with a wide depth of field would be useful, 2) have plenty of towels available when taking splash photos, 3) remember to remove the marble from the glass when you pour the water into the sink, otherwise you will scare the bejeezus out of the cat when you turn on the garbage disposal.
Well it looks like you nailed this challenge Ron, its a great image full of detail and colour, lovely shapes you can't see with the naked eye, thanks for the technical information may give it at try, question did you use flash in this shot to add the detail and light:)
Poor cat. Mine was bugging me for supper while I was playing. I have a Nikon and one of the things I have been reading about is to get the focus you want and then take it off auto focus, Don't know if it would work here or not.
You caught droplets too! This is terrific. I've had trouble doing these and have yet to have a successful one in a glass -- only when throwing stones into the lake did it work!
@pcoulson Thanks for the comments Peter. As for your question, I did not use a flash, but I did have an external LED concentrated on the top of the glass. I was shooting on continuous, which maxes out at 5 fps on my Nikon and wasn't sure my flash could sync properly. That, and with the numerous shots necessary to catch the splash I was afraid I would just kill the battery. It's kind of fun to see the photos other than those that create the splash. You sure do go through a bunch of shots trying to capture one at just the right moment - and properly focused.
@tigerdreamer Yeah, I know what you mean about shying away. It was only because of the get pushed challenge that I attempted this, and that's really what that's for!
@joansmor Thanks Joan. Yeah, I actually had it on manual focus, but because the light was so low I was forced to open up the aperture, resulting in a shallow depth of field. Of course, my presbyopia doesn't help either. Damn that aging thing.
@kurtl525 Thanks Kurtis. You might want to give splashing a try when you're stuck for ideas. It's not really hard to do and the results can be very interesting. You never know what you're going to get.
@Weezilou Thanks Louise, but sadly the planet lost a wonderful sweet kitty and heaven gained one. Charmin suddenly was stricken with cancer of the mouth this past summer. I took it very hard as I was very attached to her. On the other hand I now have two new residents who keep me very busy and very entertained. I'm sure they'll make their appearances on here as they're quite photogenic. I have one photo of Tater that I posted in December, the 4th I think.
@taffy Ha, I know what you mean Taffy. Even shooting at 5 fps it's really hard to catch just the right moment. Might we coerce you into trying such a shot? ;-)
@scotthouston Thanks Scott, patience indeed required (thought I didn't persist for an entire year) ;-) Yeah, I'm pretty sure that was supposed to be deal. Damn that autocorrect, huh?
...so so sorry to read that, Ron. I *did* see Tater "back when" (or read the name...) With so many in need of love, we take them in and they give back ten-fold.
Unique shapes in this dancing, gyrating water. I've not tried a splash shot like this but did attempt a water crown pic. It came out okay, not perfect. I was happy to have digital at my disposal; I'd have gone through a pallet of film before getting a decent crown shot. The same would probably be true of a splash attempt.
@pickerandagrinner I did not use a flash, but had an LED illuminator off to the side as it was indoors and I was using a 1/1000 shutter speed and burst shooting. Given the quantity of photos I fired off I probably would have killed about 16 batteries had I tried a flash.
@lyndemc LOL, yeah, I was thinking the same thing when I was firing off ten shots at a time in burst mode. I remember your water crown shot - that was pretty good IMO. I've never been able to get a good crown....unless you're talking about the Royal kind in the purple sack.
My cats almost left just from me reading about it.
sad for you that Tater passed on but, always, there are others needing our love and protection - it is what keeps many of us sane.