Strawberrrrry Diving Story. Bllloooppp...

[marcwang]

Now that I got your attention....

[RiStaR]

Bro... your PM box is full... nice shot, too

[marcwang]

thanks. Its cleared

[Stoned]

hmm i would have preferred it if the entire strawberry was caught. Vertical composition perhaps?

[Lensman]

can you share on how this shot was taken ?

[kelster]

heh...same here...wld prefer to see the entire strawberry...prefer to have some space below the fruit as it sinks down...but a great capture nevertheless...

[marcwang]

How the shot was taken ?

The exposure was made completely out of flash power in order to freeze the motion. So, set to your x-sync speed which is 1/180s in my case, and a reasonably small aperture. As long as the frame is completely dark if not flash was used, it would be fine.

And then set up a tripod, mount the camera, focus, my flash set to manual pointing directly. I tripped the shutter as I drop the berry at the same time.
The white background was a white wall. Pretty simple.

[wainism]

perhaps the full strawberry would be nice?

[Lensman]

Sounds like a project that I can do at home, when it thunderstormed....

er, you have a photo to the entire setup ? It would be helpful....

Only thing is the sync between the "right moment". too soon, no berry, too later, game over liao.

how many shots you take before selecting this ?

Oh - IMHO, I think the partial glass & Sberry really adds to the splash drama... really....

Originally Posted by marcwang How the shot was taken ? The exposure was made completely out of flash power in order to freeze the motion. So, set to your x-sync speed which is 1/180s in my case, and a reasonably small aperture. As long as the frame is completely dark if not flash was used, it would be fine. And then set up a tripod, mount the camera, focus, my flash set to manual pointing directly. I tripped the shutter as I drop the berry at the same time. The white background was a white wall. Pretty simple.

[fuzzy]

did you use jelly instead of water? haha

[marcwang]

I used water, but u can use baby oil if you have slower reflexes.
For me, I'm young and quick.

Just kidding. I think some pros use baby oil.

[geoyip]

Nice! I prefer it as it is instead of full ... more unique feel.

Had tried something similar but did't work out ... hope u don't mind sharing, were u using flash mounted onboard or off camera

[fuzzy]

interesting shot.

[Paul_Yeo]

i like this type of watery watery shots

[slacker123]

wow! almost looks like an advertisement for strawberries! refreshingly stunning picture!

[Bigleon]

I can even sense the motion. Nice shot!

[ST_sg]

Impressive shot!

[authmn]

this is really cool..

[marcwang]

Thanks everyone for their kind words.

Its different, but I'll take no credit for creativity. I've seen such shots before, just different subjects.

Shall we let this thread go.... ? Enough posts in this thread.... let the new threads up. Thanks.