Martini Splash
Shot on a D300 with a Nikkor 105/2.5 at F/16 in my fully lit kitchen. (1/100 second exposure time).
Post Processing included erasing a series of smaller droplets, and making some minor adjustments to picture controls. After being disappointed in the FlickR resizing, I dropped the size within photoshop, and added a high pass overlay layer. The high pass was only 2.1 pixels - with this particular image, that showed a lot of information, and a high value actually started to show me in the black background - I guess the information is there, it's just very hard to see. Having said all that, I think the full size version really is still the one to take a look at. Even at 1000x800, you can see how much FlickR is blurring the water. Oh yeah, and I did a minor crop and straighten as well in CaptureNX.
The splash came from a wedge of a tangerine or something like that. My wife dropped it in, and when I took the picture I was sure I missed the shot.
There is one SB600 camera left and behind the glass about 25 degrees, less than a foot away at 1/8th power, firing through a snoot aimed at the glass. The end of the snoot has a single ply of kleenex to soften it.
Another, similarly set up SB600 at 1/8th is camera right, behind the glass about 35 degrees. It's maybe a foot away. The SB600s as shot and my DIY snoots are depicted in this picture.
Above and behind the glass about 60 degrees is a bare SB800 firing at 1/32. This is the main light you're seeing, the other lights really highlight the base of the glass.
I have a gobo behind and below the SB800 to prevent the light from lighting the area behind the countertop. You can see this and judge the distances for yourself here.
Even though the ambient is nearly black - you can still see the catch lights from the ambients in the reflections of the droplets. I found that interesting and I hadn't noticed it in other's shots that I have been looking at.