David Morley

Nikon D40 • 70-300mm f/4-5.6 • 1/320 sec, f/5.6, 300mm

OK, so technically it wasn’t a weekend for this weekend experiment, but after reading a few articles on water droplet photography, I couldn’t wait to try the techniques myself.  I shot a lot (a lot) of images with both lenses, but one of the first ones turned out to be the best.

This was my setup:

• overturned metal mixing bowl in the sink
• water on the flat part of the bottom of the bowl
• a slow drip of water from the faucet
• camera with 70-300mm lens on tripod
• on-camera flash up, with Kleenex® tissue diffuser (nice, I know)
• lots and lots and lots of frames shot with varying angles, shutter speeds and timing with the drips