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Dimensions2081 x 2576
Original file size968 KB
Image typeJPEG
Color spacesRGB
Date taken15-Jan-13 20:47
Date modified15-Jan-13 21:20
Shooting Conditions

Camera makeSONY
Camera modelSLT-A77V
Focal length100 mm
Focal length (35mm)150 mm
Max lens aperturef/2.8
Exposure1/4000 at f/7.1
FlashNot fired, compulsory mode
Exposure bias0 EV
Exposure modeManual
Exposure prog.Manual
ISO speedISO 800
Metering modeCenter-weighted average
#11 B.O.B.

#11 B.O.B.

Did you see "Monsters vs Aliens"? Do you know B.O.B.?

I didn't play with water droplets in a while, and it is really fun. Long time ago I spent whole weekend trying to learn how to do it, so I had some experience. One of the most important pieces of equipment was 'The Little Dripper', plastic jar with a miniature faucet on the bottom I used for my chameleon. It allowed me to control the speed of my dripping water, which is usually the biggest problem. One thing I did differently this time was to use my soft boxes face to face, just few inches apart to provide light on the subject. is allowed me to just It was very bright, but it still wasn't perfect situation, since I had to increase the ISO to freeze falling drops of water. Flash would do much better job of providing light, but this setup allowed me to fire 8 frames per second and capture drops as they are falling down. It is much more fun to do rapid fire than flash, wait to recharge, flash, wait to recharge,...
At the end I had a system where most of the pictures captured a drop in flight. After deleting all the bad ones, I ended with several nice photos, but this one was most interesting to me because it is looking so much like B.O.B.. I just had to tint the whole picture blue and this was it. Nice and easy.
Now I have to cleanup everything. :(