You and Carol will need to share ideas! I've also done water drops in the past, but just straight, single drops, using coloured water.

Now you mention the light, of course I look at that, and indeed immediately suspect a composite as it appears that the light for the spout is from the left. In fact, the highlights and shadows look odd as they are not consistent. I would have expected the rim in the centre on the right side to be in light, whereas it appears to be in shadow.

But whatever, light can do strange things. Perhaps you could flip the spout left to right (and the two droplets above it).

These type of photos are always interesting. I like the sharpness and general composition. I don't think I've seen one in mono before, but why not, it's fine. Well done!

I would however clone out that tiny dropletabove and to the right of the spout.

  Posted: 01/06/2025 08:39:23

Thanks. I struggled with whether to leave that tiny drop in or not. It's not sharp so probably better left out. The light is all from one flash and I took all the photos te same way so it must be reflected off the left rim of the glass.   Posted: 01/06/2025 13:17:04

wonderful, I want in on this project. tried a differnt version of water when I first got my macro but knew I had to devote time - which I have not had yet. anyways wonderful - is this the first attempt at fluid / drop photos. I am just interested in the drops right now [not light yet]. I love that you have a column of differnt drops. this seems to need an assistant? I would get rid of speck of white - it looks like an imperfection rather than one of the drops. making the column of drops a bit whiter might be considered. I would like to know how you administer the drops or if you had help etc. was this your favorite, did you do a run thru f stops and/or shutters? I would not mind seeing your mistakes. feel free to email me also.   Posted: 01/24/2025 19:46:57

I didn't have to try a lot of different settings. I used a remote so I was faster at shooting. I hung a baggie with water tinged with milk from a clamp on the stand I usually put my big reflector on. I had one flash on the right side, and a device on my camera to trigger the flash with each shot. However I got a lot of black photos because the flash couldn't recycle as fast as I was shooting. I poked a tiny hole in the bag with a needle and it dripped constantly so I was able to time it after a few tries. I put the cup you see in the photo in an empty large glass bowl it caught the overflow. Hope that helps. I would like to know if there is something I can do to make my flash work faster? If anyone knows.   Posted: 01/24/2025 21:10:36