Timing is Everything

After almost 500 shots, I chose this image as my favorite. My original idea was to photograph a water droplet hitting a surface (either more water or a countertop). I was encouraged to try getting a spill if the droplet became too elusive.

This image was taken during the third set of shots and this was the third color of water and the third background I used. With dark purple water in a clear bowl and a piece of paper that looks like water underneath and behind the bowl, this is the image I liked the most. The colors seem to merge together from the foreground to the back ground.

My setup included two small flash units on either side of the bowl set at 1/4 power and a turkey baster above to drop the water. I used a 60mm macro lens on my Nikon D80 DSLR camera. The exposure was set at 1/60 of a second at f/36.

For Becca

This was an AWESOME assignment!! At first, I thought it was crap. I held my tongue and when it all started coming together, I changed my mind. We pulled four words out of a "hat" and had to come up with a final image either showing those words or giving the impression of them. The four words were a theme, two objects and a type of person. My words were EXTRAVAGANT, UMBRELLA, NECKTIE, NARCISSIST.

I dipped back into my photo files from the past for this image of extravagant Buckingham Palace (God save the Queen!). The sky is actually from a photo I took at Tweetsie Railroad in Blowing Rock, NC. The rest of the pictures were taken in the parking lot at Randolph Community College.

My thanks goes out to Rebecca Helms for being my narcissist four times in this image, to George Ulrich for wearing the necktie and holding the umbrella, to Constance Ulrich for the use of her car, to Irene Townsend for the lighting assistance, and to John Rash for the teeny tiny bit of Photoshop help. ;o)

Whew! I'm glad THAT'S finished!