I know, I know, this has been done to death. I've been wanting to try this for a while. Many many tries to get a good one.
Blue food coloring in milk for the background
Lit by 2 strobes, dropped 2 blueberries at a time to achieve the splash with a full berry in the shot.
Open in RAW, increase sharpness and saturation slightly.
In PS, cropped
adjust color density on blueberry
size for DPC
Neat Image
add border
Save for web
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I like the picture but I don't understand it. Why is there a slash before the blueberry hits? Nevertheless, I don't have to understant it tolike it. I like the liquid's color, I like the drops and I like how everything is in focus.
however, I've got one suggestion that may have made this already stellar shot even better.
adjust the lighting slightly so that the shadow of the blueberry isn't competing with the splash for it's place in the frame. that is to say, the shadow could easily be an element all its own here, but it's partially masked by the splash. I think ideally you could have three independent and equally interesting elements at play.
Some may argue that a blueberry is purple, but it's close enough for me... I really like the composition and capturing the right moment. Did another blueberry drop first?
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