High-Speed Splash Photography




Photos of items dropping into water (or other liquids) always have the potential to fascinate — the dramatic splashdown, the explosion of flying droplets frozen in time. They’re also increasingly seen in commercial images — look in your local supermarket and there’s a high probability you’ll find an image of a strawberry, chili pepper, or banana hitting the water, captured by a high-speed flash.

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14 responses to “High-Speed Splash Photography”

  1. Rather than buying an off camera shoe cord that you need to cut up, the Neewer branded cords a) unscrew so they're easy to take apart and b) have 0.1" headers inside to access all of the individual lines.  They're built this way so that they can use common parts between all the different flash standards.  They're also really cheap to buy.  The quality is only mediocre but they're awesome for modifying and using in projects.

  2. Another approach is using optical barrier. the optical barrier sits higher and is triggered by the falling object, and a wireless remote for the camera will command the shutter (with a simple delay circuit, and the time from the barrier to the water is more or less the same every time). The flash can be fine tuned with the camera setting as it's meant to. (also a powerful light source may be installed instead of flash)

  3. You might get better effect if you synchronise shutter with flash and drop. Also, 3" exposure might blur the image a bit. I would love to fiddle around with this setup 🙂 cheers, great idea

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