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Old 17th January 2002   #1
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Default How to shoot a water droplet

Hi,

As requested by Simon.



Taken by : Coolpix 950.

Recipe:
1. 1 Coolpix 9xx
2. 1 tap

Instrutions:
1. Adjust tap until a very tiny stream of water falls, then further finetune till it's just about to form individual drips, but still more or less a continuous stream. Somewhere in between.
2. Put camera in macro mode, then lock AF. Set shutter speed to 1/500, flash on.
3. Move camera towards/away from the water till it's in focus in the LCD.

Do
4. Press shutter.
5. Review shot

Until shot is good

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Old 17th January 2002   #2
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Nice. Thanks for the instructions.

How about some alternatives - like water drops hitting the surface - actually use milk is best cos white color, will have 3D definition.

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Old 17th January 2002   #3
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Nice. Thanks for the instructions.

How about some alternatives - like water drops hitting the surface - actually use milk is best cos white color, will have 3D definition.

Another time, another day.

Actually I am kinda interested to shoot a balloon bursting. During my Ngee Ann days, I've built a sound activated switch, can probably use that to trigger a flash.....

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you from ngee ann poly?
can a g2 canon if with addons do that kind of shots too?
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Old 18th January 2002   #5
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kaoz....nice photo, i like it.
 
Old 18th January 2002   #6
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you from ngee ann poly?
can a g2 canon if with addons do that kind of shots too?
I am pretty sure. After this post (inspired by another one actually) in www.dpreview.com, a lot of people have been shooting variations of it. G1 users have also successfully done it, so G2 should be able to too. Takes patience.

Yup, I was from Ngee Ann Poly, Electronics & Computer Engineering.

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I am pretty sure. After this post (inspired by another one actually) in www.dpreview.com, a lot of people have been shooting variations of it. G1 users have also successfully done it, so G2 should be able to too. Takes patience.

Yup, I was from Ngee Ann Poly, Electronics & Computer Engineering.

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I am from IT dept =)
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Old 18th January 2002   #8
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k sweet you are my senior i am from the IT dep. too
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I also have IT (Image Tank) .. also graduated at Ngee Ann Poly, Electronics & Computer Engineering in 1991.

ckiang, great shot ...
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k sweet you are my senior i am from the IT dep. too
You still in the sch? I'm yr1 this yr
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I also have IT (Image Tank) .. also graduated at Ngee Ann Poly, Electronics & Computer Engineering in 1991.

ckiang, great shot ...
wah....ya my super super senior man......i also graduated from there in 1996!!!
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I feel minute
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Old 18th January 2002   #13
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Sigh, the water drops always fall faster than my finger (click). :mad:
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Old 18th January 2002   #14
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Sigh, the water drops always fall faster than my finger (click). :mad:
Patience is a must in this. And always, always prefocus and lock focus. Otherwise, there will be a very big shutter lag and you'll always miss it.

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I also have IT (Image Tank) .. also graduated at Ngee Ann Poly, Electronics & Computer Engineering in 1991.

ckiang, great shot ...
I'm also from ECE, grad in 1997.
We can form old sch boys liao....
 
Old 19th January 2002   #16
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Hi,

For those interested, the original post on dpreview which inspired me to do my own. Original instructions inside too, unfortunately, original photo is no longer there.

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read....message=105193

After this, it has become one of the "must shoot" photos in the dpreview Nikon Talk forum.

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Old 23rd January 2002   #17
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Me also from Ngee Ann Poly. ECE graduated 1994.

Been many years since I last went back.....
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Old 24th January 2002   #18
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Argh..... I seriously like this pic very much ckiang....if only my camera has closer macro range

20cm....think maybe take snowball still can
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Argh..... I seriously like this pic very much ckiang....if only my camera has closer macro range

20cm....think maybe take snowball still can
Get a closeup filter lor.

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Quote:
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Get a closeup filter lor.

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With it I can obtain such results too? (I mean with practise heh heh, not overnight issue I know )
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