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Strikeslip


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Challenge: Free Study 2009-05 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Canada
Date: May 31, 2009
Aperture: 11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Macro, Water
Date Uploaded: May 31, 2009

 Crop, curves, levels, resize, sharpen.

I wanted to try my hand at water drop shots, sorry for the cliché.

-Filled a casserole dish to the rim with water, and put that on a cookie sheet so as not to mess up the dining room table.

-Black sheet on the wall.

-Stuck a print of a flag upside-down on a binder on the table behind the dish, so it was easy to adjust its position.

-Pointed two flashes at the flag, behind and to the sides of the dish, to illuminate the heck out of it. Each set at 1/16 power as slaves.

-Suspended a zip lock baggy of water about four feet above the dish and poked a hole in it with a pin.

-Camera on tripod, auto-focused on a pencil held where the drops were hitting, then turned off auto-focus.

-Popped up on-camera flash and put some tinfoil on it so it wouldn't hit the dish, but would hit one of my flashes to trigger it.

-Manual setting as below.

-Fired away.

I'll upload my other shots to a folder when I have a chance, some pretty neat ones.

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 06/09/2009 04:36:08 PM
Oh dear. Slippy went all droppy on us. But thanks for adding the notes should I ever find myself locked in a room with water, something printed, and a couple of flashes. :-) (The drop looks like an apple.)
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Ricoh GR III
Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC
 06/09/2009 04:14:01 PM
Canadian nationalism is just way more ingenious. And we have more water.
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 06/08/2009 10:50:57 AM
Slippy - I think it is very obnoxious that you Canadians continue to rub our snottty little noses in the fact that you have a better National Anthem than us in the USA.....

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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 06/08/2009 10:48:59 AM
Originally posted by suemack:
Wow! How did you do this Slippy?

Edited the photo notes for you.
Cheers!
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 06/08/2009 07:51:48 AM
Wow! How did you do this Slippy?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 06/07/2009 10:36:02 PM
wow, good timing...you should sell this to Canada :)
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Canon EOS-7D
Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical(IF)Macro
 06/04/2009 04:06:20 PM
different and creative
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 06/04/2009 03:44:45 PM
I am a sucker.....I like this....good catch
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Fujifilm X-Pro3
Fujifilm XF 23mm f/2 R WR
 06/03/2009 10:46:43 PM
great concept!
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Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 06/02/2009 08:50:32 AM
Unique take , love the setup , excellent shot 8
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Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS II USM
 06/02/2009 02:52:02 AM
Very nicely done. Nice twist with the flag & title
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
 06/01/2009 10:00:24 PM
well done!
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 06/01/2009 09:39:36 PM
oh, my this took some shots to capture!!! excellent!
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 06/01/2009 06:37:09 AM
Nice shot of your beautiful Maple Leaf!
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