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Jaime Johnson

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Canon 5D Mark II / Canon 180mm L

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John Angulat

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Splendid image!
I would imagine this effort took many, many attempts to get it just right.
Were it me, I would have run out of light or patience!
 
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Jaime Johnson

New member
Thanks -

It is always frustrating to do the water drops. It is getting colder here in Montana which adds to the frustration. I won't go into detail on just how many shots it took to finally get it right, but it was a bunch!

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Paul Abbott

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At first glance I thought this was taken in the wilds, but then I noticed the stillness of the water, and the silhouette of rooftops in the top-half of the image.

Very nice and colourful.
 
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Jaime Johnson

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Paul Abbott said:
At first glance I thought this was taken in the wilds, but then I noticed the stillness of the water, and the silhouette of rooftops in the top-half of the image.

Very nice and colourful.
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Sorry Paul, creative comment but this was taken in the wilds - if you see a house silhouette, it must have been build when I wasn't looking! There were no houses within 10 miles of the site!

Besides, the two 580EXII's light up the area - there would be no silhouettes!

In order to get "Stillness", we built a small rock barrier around our site. It is quite a process..

You must be mistakenly looking at the leaf that is half under water or the water on the rock!
; )
 
Doug Kerr

Doug Kerr

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Hi, Jaime,

A fabulous piece of work.

I'm can imagine the gigantic effort that went into this result. But it was well worth it.

Best regards,

Doug
 
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Jaime Johnson

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It's actually funny what different people see! I hadn't even noticed the rock or leaf. I did correct (improve) both in the image that I submitted to a magazine yesterday. I'm glad you pointed them out!

As far as the water clarity, this is Montana - we have a lot of cear cold water! ; )
 
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Tom Robbins

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Jamie, this looks to me like two drops in sequence. The first hit the surface which ejected a droplet upward. This ejected drop was intercepted by the second drop in midair. Just a guess, of course.

Did you trip the shutter manually?
 
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Andy brown

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I also live in an area with cool clear water in the creeks. When I take a drink, I stick my whole face in the water and take deep slurps. I love it.

I just realised something that my subconscious mind has been trying to tell me for days.
The water droplet looks uncannily like a champagne saucer glass turned upside down. I know the base is a bit free form but it's such a good likeness (in my mind anyway), with the first ring of ripples being the rim of the glass.

A stunning image of course.

A toast!
 
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Jaime Johnson

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Tom Robbins said:
Jamie, this looks to me like two drops in sequence. The first hit the surface which ejected a droplet upward. This ejected drop was intercepted by the second drop in midair. Just a guess, of course.

Did you trip the shutter manually?
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It is as you said - a drop on drop. Quite frustrating to capture! We (my wife and I) did trip the shutter manually. Took several hundred to get the shot - we were both cold and ready to go home by the time it happened!
 
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