I’ve bought myself a flashgun last sunday. YN-460 II, cheap, full-manual adjustment, but I think it will accomodate my need. Yesterday, my friend and I tried to take some photos of splashing water, inspired by a video by Gavin Howey. You should watch it.
We used the same setup as in the video. Off-shoe flash bounced to a white wall behind the object, tungsten white-balance, tripod with manual focus. The only different thing was we use a bottle of water with tiny hole to make a waterdrop.
Notes:
- Timing is the key. You have to try to figure out when to press the shutter button.
- Various power-setting and angle of flashgun will result various effect to the photo. It’s fun to experiment.
- Towel! Make sure your camera is ok from the water splash.
Photo Details :
- Exposure time 1/250 s
- F-number f/8
- Exposure program Manual
- ISO speed ratings ISO 100
- Exposure bias value 0.00 eV
- Metering mode Spot
- Focal length 50 mm
- Off Shoe flash, bounced to white wall, power 1/16
- Canon EOS 450D
- Lens Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
This photo was taken a week a go. It was a bright sunny day, as we expected. But I think it’s too bright, and around 8 in the morning the weather was getting hot. So we had to deal with the sun light, the hot temperature, and itchy-attack to our legs.
After took photos of splashing water, this morning I took photos of smoke. Again, I’m inspired by a video by Gavin Howey. The process was fast and easy, it took only about 10 minutes to prepare them all.
3 Comments
Wow! I’ve been trying to do that, but I only have a built-in flash, and the positioning makes it really hard to bounce anywhere.
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