DPNow.com Picture of the Day, Monday, 6th August 2012

DPNow · #1 07-08-12

Here is a summary of today's DPNow Picture of the Day:

My water drop, by Geoff

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A water splash droplet photo with a bit of Nikon branding. It's the first DPNow Picture of the Day - of the week!

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Geoff · #2 07-08-12

Thanks Ian for picking my image for POTD, although I have to agree with you that this subject has been done to death, there are aprox 500,000 similar images on Flickr and lots on Youtube! There are photographers who specialise in photographing water drops who produce some stunning images.

For any one who has not done this before, I think it is worth trying it as it's a good practice of flash techniques. Plenty of tutorials on Youtube.

Regards,
Geoff.

Ian · #3 07-08-12

But as I said, Geoff, you have added something fresh and original to it - have you sent it to Nikon? There is no exif data on the image; presumably you used a Nikon?

Ian

Pol · #4 07-08-12

It's an excellent picture. Not so much a drop in the ocean as a drop in the Nikon.

AND - not only did it drop in the Nikon you actually managed to make it drop smack in the middle of the stripes!

Well done on so many of the features.

Pol

TheBull1875 · #5 07-08-12

I love it personally

Ian · #6 07-08-12

And salon winner too!

Ian

Pol · #7 07-08-12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ian

And salon winner too!

Ian

Yep, well deserved salon winner too.

It's actually a very 'classy' image imho and I agree with what you said to Geoff earlier about maybe sending a copy to Nikon.

Pol

Geoff · #8 07-08-12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ian

But as I said, Geoff, you have added something fresh and original to it - have you sent it to Nikon? There is no exif data on the image; presumably you used a Nikon?

Ian

Thanks Ian but I don't think it's good enough for Nikon, apart from that Nikon has changed the colour scheme on it's carrier bags

The picture was taken with a Nikon D700 and 28-200 f3.5-5.6 lens, which is a fairly cheap lightweight lens but very versatile. Reading from the original exif,
1/200s manual exposure at f18, focal length 100mm, ISO200. I used 2 SB600 flash guns off camera fired using the camera's CLS command mode. I've bought a 105mm macro lens since I took this picture, I may have another go if I can find time.

I just remembered that I put a slideshow on youtube of different water drop photos:-

Water drops 2 - YouTube

The different colours on the water surface is just the reflection of whatever the backgound is.

Geoff.