Experiment Water Droplets. One Of My Sons Jokingly Quipped That This Could Be Done With Paint, Milk,
Experiment Water droplets. One of my sons jokingly quipped that this could be done with paint, milk, or pigs blood. I used water and a glass pyrex dish that I could slide paper under (which accounts for the pyrex logo in every shot…sigh…should've used an unbranded dish or a plastic container).
I also used colored paper as flash reflectors, and an off-camera YN560II flash aimed at the paper. Used another reflector opposite (almost camera-left) angled a bit. Had some ambient daylight as well.
You need to manually focus on the point where your water droplets fall (AF won't lock in on it otherwise) and use a tripod. I shot at sync speed (1/200 for Canon consumer-end) manual flash, 1/4 to 1/2 for most shots.
You'll get the feel for your flash and camera on this exercise. It is ALL timing. The coveted "crown splash" shot (top) was literally in 3–4 out of over 170 shots.
Want to try again sometime with constants (my LED hardware store light and a few Fluorescent clip lamps).
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CHEAP MACRO REVISITED
Earlier I posted some experimental shots I did with the PHOTODIOX aluminum MACRO TUBES. They were a cheap, serviceable way to shoot macro, and while it will not be able to come anywhere near the quality of a macro lens, it offered cheap result– with a few limitations. You have NO DOF unless you do the "aperture lock" trick (see the web for aperture using macro tubes). Even then, you will get a bit of the image that is vignetted, and you need to have good light and a motionless tripod.
I decided to try out he AGFA macro lens filters on an 18-55 kit lens. For about 15 bucks, you do have slightly more DOF, but (dependent on the filter quality and light conditions) may have blurred vignette edges. It seems to be greater on the +10 filter. I shot mostly yard flowers on this test (more to come perhaps), but fairly happy for the price.
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Experiment Photos of small tin toy robots (spontaneous decision around 11pm). Trying out a very inexpensive LED work floodlight from the hardware store. Used wax paper for a slight diffusion, and a piece of letter-sized, white typing paper for the backdrop. No tripod–just laying on my stomach on the ground shooting. The super closeups are using the macro tubes. The rest are kit lens and nifty fifty using only the LED in the room with little ambient.
Experimenting with "Lightpainting" product shots. Shot on a wooden stool in a basement using some flashlights (both LED and regular).
Bgnd (for the beer) an iPad.
red led used on the V8 can (composited 3 shots)
LED light only on the persimmon, and a smooth plastic wall sheet from ikea on the stoool
a bit of post on all.
Bottom photo is the "studio" where they were shot (a basement ;-) and the ‘high-tech' ;-) lighting tools (led flashlight, krypton bulb flashlight, iPad).
Just playing at this point. Still getting the hang of it all.
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