Water drop set up shot

Most important part. Beer to keep frustration level to a minimum.

Just a background i quickly made and printed out to shoot the flash into

Water tray

bag of water to drip down

Canon 5D with 50mm 1.4 and extension tube. Extension tubes also from Linkdelight at ebay

550ex Speedlight fired right into that dodgy looking background to give nice colour to the water.

Blazzeo radio receiver. Super cheap alternative to Pocket Wizards but work just fine. Find them at Linkdelight on ebay.

Blazzeo trigger. cheap off ebay. but work great!!

Water drop set up shot by Shenanigans in Japan.

Heres what it looked like shooting the water drops.

Was shooting pretty much in the dark with flash set to 1/125th power to give an apparent very fast shutter speed

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jonbradbury says:

Nice setup shot, I've always imagined these to be done into a lot more water for some reason
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Aldo Risolvo says:

Cool... what is that background?
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Renny18 says:

Thanks for this dude...A big help for the future
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

no probs Renny! Aldo its just some blur i quickly made in pshop and printed just to give me some colour to reflect on the water. Jon yeah i was wanting to use a deeper pan for the water but didnt have one so just used this one. thanks!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Kasugai Sean says:

That beer looks more like 発泡酒 to me. :-)
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

likeablerodent says:

This photo gives away the Mystery of the Water Shots.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

tdub303 says:

thanks! i will be trying this!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Shenanigans in Japan says:

No probs Tdub. Adam yeah it does but what the hell. people like to know how magic is done lol. Sean yeah your right is is 発泡酒! i drink it every day cause its cheap! haha
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

davidmamartin says:

To get the water crown you really need to get the drip from at least 40cm above the tray. Also, adding an overhead card in a contrasting colour adds interest to the shot with the reflections.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Shenanigans in Japan says:

ok cool thanks David. Will try that next time.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Jason Collin says:

Nice setup, thanks for showing how complicated it can be to photograph a droplet of water!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

BUN BUKU says:

It looks too hard for me!! but, it's nice idea :D thx!!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

dasha-denger says:

This is very nice setup :)

ps. what did you use to hang your bag with??
i mean from the top, it's so high up :)
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Shenanigans in Japan says:

Dasha its hanging from a horizontal pole we use to hang some washing on. there is a hook through the bad with some string.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Chad Santos says:

Thanks !!!
Nice idea
Today:

Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

Shenanigans in Japan says:

no probs. good luck!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

dasha-denger says:

Oh alright, thank you! :)

I finnaly figuered mine out, hung the bag from my tripod to which i attached a long stick... have no idea what it is :D haha

thank you once again!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

shayla loves sushi says:

I love the beer in this shot ;)

Also, thanks for posting this - for newbies like me thinking about shooting something similar, it's nice to see how it can be successfully done!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Shenanigans in Japan says:

yes the beer is a very important part of the picture taking! good luck with your shots!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Rasterman74  says:

Brilliant set up, thanks for the sharing! Have to give it a go now!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Shenanigans in Japan says:

Thanks and have fun!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

markus.pacher says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Blazzeo, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 5 weeks ago. ( permalink )

mstanley2710 says:

Thanks for the tips! I'm going to try this.
Posted 3 weeks ago. ( permalink )

Pablo Supersonic says:

great tips thanks
Posted 3 weeks ago. ( permalink )

greekpunk says:

thanks for this!
Posted 27 hours ago. ( permalink )

Shenanigans in Japan says:

Your all very welcome! Have fun like I did. and merry xmas!
Posted 21 hours ago. ( permalink )

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