Big Splash in a Glass
Splash
Before heading back to Jena I had another chance to play around with the previously posted glass and water drop setup.
Since it was requested by several persons I took a photo of the setup this time. The picture is attached at the bottom and is pretty much the same a described before. As you can see there it’s very simple after all.
Since I was already taking pictures of single water drops the next idea of course was to create some bigger splashs covering the entire glass. My previous method of just having a bottle with a hole in it to produce the drops of course won’t work, not even when the hole is made bigger.
Mixing
So I simply used a long metal tube by filling some water in while keeping the other end closed. It took some time to get the timing between releasing the water and taking the picture right.
But it worked out pretty well with some practice and after setting everything under water several times. 
The biggest problem with this of course is that every shot you take sets the entire setup pretty much under water. The background will be covered with water and there will be little drops all over the glass. So the really annoying thing about this is that you have to clean the glass and background between every single picture.
In the end it was still worth the work since the pictures turned out really amazing!
Setup
on 9 April 2010 at 20:34
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I tried to put a slave light flash on the back like on your setup but I haven’t got the black background and white where the flash is shoots.
What am I doing wrong , it the slave light to powerful ?
I can’t change the power of the flash slave light , because it’s not a sb 600 or 800 flash it’s just a flash light like this one http://www.fotoproshop.com/images/D/060401-211782.jpg
Do you have any ideas for me using my setup to get that black background and the white like in your photos.
Thank you so much , hope you can help me,
Chris
on 7 May 2010 at 14:40
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From the bottom of my heart the picture moved something in me. They are just beautiful!