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Given Raymond Lin's recent thread http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18250585 I have decided to create a new thread on one of my recent pics. I'll explain the process behind it and invite any and all C&C. I'm sure most already understand how it was taken but it may inspire others to try something similar with a different twist
The photo was taken for a club competition with the theme of "movement". The aim of the photo was to show coloured liquids bursting out of the tops of 3 bottles. I'm not sure if I achieved that or not...I'll let you decide.
The photo was fairly easy to set up and required no photography equipment other than a speedlite which could be remotely triggered (a Yongnuo YN-468 coupled with a Yongnuo RF-602 wireless trigger kit).
The setup was as follows:
1 x glass bottle taped upside down to a pole suspended between 2 chars.
1 x bucket under the bottle
1 x white sheet around 2M behind the subject
1 x speedlite about halfway between bucket and sheet pointing at the sheet (NOT at the bottle) set to manual operation and 1/4 power
1 x Canon 500D tripod mounted with shutter release cable.
Process:
With bottle in the upside down position, focus on the neck of the bottle then switch to manual focus. Turn bottle the right way up and fill with coloured water. Holding thumb over bottle opening, turn bottle upside down. Take your hand away from the bottle and at the same time start firing off as many shots as your camera/flash will allow while the bottle emptys. Repeat several times with different coloured water in the bottle.
You should now end up with 3 decent photos of upside down bottles with coloured water flowing out. These can then be flipped vertically and manipulated in Photoshop using layers masks or layer blending into whatever arrangement you like.
Again, any C&C or suggestions are welcome.
The photo was taken for a club competition with the theme of "movement". The aim of the photo was to show coloured liquids bursting out of the tops of 3 bottles. I'm not sure if I achieved that or not...I'll let you decide.
The photo was fairly easy to set up and required no photography equipment other than a speedlite which could be remotely triggered (a Yongnuo YN-468 coupled with a Yongnuo RF-602 wireless trigger kit).
The setup was as follows:
1 x glass bottle taped upside down to a pole suspended between 2 chars.
1 x bucket under the bottle
1 x white sheet around 2M behind the subject
1 x speedlite about halfway between bucket and sheet pointing at the sheet (NOT at the bottle) set to manual operation and 1/4 power
1 x Canon 500D tripod mounted with shutter release cable.
Process:
With bottle in the upside down position, focus on the neck of the bottle then switch to manual focus. Turn bottle the right way up and fill with coloured water. Holding thumb over bottle opening, turn bottle upside down. Take your hand away from the bottle and at the same time start firing off as many shots as your camera/flash will allow while the bottle emptys. Repeat several times with different coloured water in the bottle.
You should now end up with 3 decent photos of upside down bottles with coloured water flowing out. These can then be flipped vertically and manipulated in Photoshop using layers masks or layer blending into whatever arrangement you like.
Again, any C&C or suggestions are welcome.
