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p.1 #1 · Colliding water drops


Getting to know a new toy, a StopShot system ... not good for my sleep habits, keeps me up at night it's so much fun.

http://www.aobild.se/ImagesForForums/CameraGear/SetupAndResults/DropPhoto/AM0D4351-Edit.jpg


http://www.aobild.se/ImagesForForums/CameraGear/SetupAndResults/DropPhoto/AM0D5045-Edit_800.jpg


http://www.aobild.se/ImagesForForums/CameraGear/SetupAndResults/DropPhoto/AM0D4808-Edit.jpg




Jan 16, 2012 at 08:12 PM
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p.1 #2 · Colliding water drops


Nice!!

I like these all, but #3 reminds me of a sombrero...and I like it!

Cheers



Jan 16, 2012 at 08:18 PM
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p.1 #3 · Colliding water drops


Wonderful shots !!

Is the stop shot complicated to use?

Birdie



Jan 16, 2012 at 10:28 PM
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p.1 #4 · Colliding water drops


very nice . love #3.i,m also learning to use my new stop-shot kit,and you,re right,i can go on late into the night.


Jan 16, 2012 at 11:00 PM
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p.1 #5 · Colliding water drops


Very nice shots


Jan 16, 2012 at 11:23 PM
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p.1 #6 · Colliding water drops


Wonderful double splash shots !
brian v.



Jan 17, 2012 at 01:24 AM
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p.1 #7 · Colliding water drops


Thanks everyone!

birdied wrote:
Wonderful shots !!

Is the stop shot complicated to use?

Birdie


The programming is kind of technical so there is a bit of a learning curve but it's not too difficult to get a drop collision. There's a working initial setup in the manual for the control unit. There are many parameters that affect what happens and what the result will look like so you can spend hours tweaking everything. Then there's lighting, additives in the water or the use of other fluids, food coloring etc, so the permutations are endless. Also, even when you get the collisions very few of them look great.



Jan 17, 2012 at 01:39 AM
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p.1 #8 · Colliding water drops


the last one is my favorite


Jan 17, 2012 at 04:09 AM
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p.1 #9 · Colliding water drops


excellent


Jan 17, 2012 at 01:03 PM
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p.1 #10 · Colliding water drops


These have come up brilliantly Anders. All three are great


Jan 18, 2012 at 05:41 AM
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p.1 #11 · Colliding water drops


Lovely work, detail is perfect!


Jan 18, 2012 at 08:17 AM
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p.1 #12 · Colliding water drops


OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!! What camera/lens combo you using?

RWW



Jan 19, 2012 at 08:38 PM
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p.1 #13 · Colliding water drops


Thanks for your kind comments!

Lens and camera: 100/2.8 Macro USM on 1D IV (though camera body isn't very important since everything is in manual and exposure mode is Bulb).



Jan 20, 2012 at 02:29 AM
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p.1 #14 · Colliding water drops


I use a shutter speed of 2 sec sometimes and bulb other. In a dark room.

Your strobe placement is dead on. You have nailed the lighting.

RWW



Jan 21, 2012 at 10:46 AM
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p.1 #15 · Colliding water drops


Thanks, I myself think lighting and colors are what make the pictures, the collisions themselves aren't very special compared to all the other pictures out there.

I've now programmed an extra step in the StopShot so that it also triggers the camera; it opens the shutter, delays, triggers the flashes and then closes the shutter. You still need to take the pictures in a dark room, but it's a bit more convenient to take the picture with a single button press.



Jan 21, 2012 at 12:06 PM
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p.1 #16 · Colliding water drops


Very nice shots.


Jan 22, 2012 at 12:54 AM
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p.1 #17 · Colliding water drops


Love these shots! I'm tempted to buy one and try it.


May 04, 2012 at 10:43 AM
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p.1 #18 · Colliding water drops


Sweet! I can appreciate thats its really stinking hard to do without a system or trigger.
Thanks for sharing!



May 04, 2012 at 06:04 PM
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p.1 #19 · Colliding water drops


Incredible in all means!
Loved each and one of them, #3 tops this hard to beat set



May 05, 2012 at 07:39 AM
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p.1 #20 · Colliding water drops


beautiful...


May 17, 2012 at 06:04 AM





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