Water Drops

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About Water Drops

Take some nice super macro's of your water droplets. Create colors using colored paper on the bottom of you sink or whatever you feel is necessary to get the perfect shot. Just keep it flowing.

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Advice on how to take good water drop snapshots:

Using a Point and Shoot Digital Camera:
*Use the "Macro Mode" -- this is the 'flower icon' on your camera's shooting modes. Most, if not all cameras have this mode.
(Sunwukong1 recommends using the shutter priority mode and setting the fastest flash sync possible)
*Set a Background if you feel it is necessary. If you are shooting in your sink you might consider a towel or something basic to cover up the faucet. Some people also use colored paper on the bottom of their sinks which creates a great colored reflection on each drop.
*Use light! turn on the lights to eliminate dark, and shadowed rooms
*Play with white balance settings to make the water "blue"
*Use your Flash!
*Try and synchronize the water dropping with your reflex on the shutter button
*Take the shot!
*Don't get discouraged! It can take over 200 shots on your first time to get it right the first time. Many people have said that only after a week of practice they were able to take excellent shots.
*Don't delete shots on the scene. Once uploaded to your computer the snapshots look much better, and you will find a couple nice surprises.


User Success Story - Mojamalonkost
"last week i was total beginner at taking water shots (and every other for that matter) but i was playing with my camera and you can see what i came up with in my water set. now i have to take only few of them (not 400 anymore :))just keep trying, don't be disappointed if it won't go great at first but when you get into it, you'll make better and better pics."

User Success Story - Ablichter
"My first attempts have been made right out "of the belly" and like oatmeal and others, I took tons of shoots. But soon I thought I should treat my shutter with more care ;-) and I went for Bryan Mumfords Time Machine
Now I can catch a falling drop exactly where I want "