[fionaB]

this is another image from the other night when i was playing with water......

[Rob Barron]

That's a better one than the other you showed. Turn it to an angle and recrop it so that it has greater dynamic appeal: it doesn't matter that water falls downwards, this is an abstract shot.... which you always say you are no good at. Well this is a good place to start! Even the shadows actually help on this one as they give an extra shape to the drops.

Keep up the experimentation, you're doing some great stuff and I know you are learning a lot too.
Cheers,
Rob

[skipper954]

Damn....I find that I am agreeing with Rob more and more.

I can visualized a necklace here, without the string. So I guess that makes it abstract, huh?

I really like this new direction, Fi. You have the mind and eye of an artist.

skip

[fionaB]

thanx guys much appreciated... i couldnt believe this when i saw it.... Skip it reminded me of a necklace as well.....lol as to having the mind and eye of the artist. well maybe....my problem is i dont have the knowledge... YET!.......hehehe

[Rob Barron]

Fi, think not about the greater knowledge you hope to gain but about the greater knowledge you have than you did! :o)

Cheers,
Rob

[fionaB]

u know I can always trust u to come up with a very sensible way of looking at things!

Rob

[danpen]

Fi, I like that, can you say a little about your setup?

[fionaB]

ok . set up...... from beginning.......... water was poured infront of card stuck to a big glass bowl.... side lighting via small lamp and over head lighting via normal room lights and i used the on camera flassh but put a diffuser ( tiussue paper) and turned it down as far as i could........
manual setting
shutter speed..........1/4000
aperture..................f3.7
iso ,.......................200

tried different settings with different results this i think is the best.....
post camera ll i did in photoshop was changed the card to mono and sharpened the water droplets using USM....

Fi

[danpen]

ta, chuck

[j sotelo]

that is very good fiona i would like to hang something like that on my wall ..very good

[mouldy101]

Love the shot Fiona... The highlights on those drops really make them shine!!!I know Rob has said he likes the shadows, but I can't help but wonder how it would look against a plain background with no shadows???

[fionaB]

unfortunately because of the lighting used there was always gonna be shadows. on my next attempt im going to pull out my big light to try to eliminate them

many thanx for the comments

Fi