(Some technical speak, skip ahead as desired) Today I desired to operate the camera on full manual mode: aperture, shutter speed and iso. Usually a wider aperture means you can have a faster shutter speed (equivalent light amounts) so my first shots I attempted with a very fast shutter speed (1/2000 second). These pictures didn't turn out so I had to mess around and settled around 1/125. I didn't want to use the flash because I was afraid the reflection and delay would take away from the focus of the shot. I also selected a high iso to offset the low light and brighten the colors.
(Boring notes about set-up and material selection) I did the shots in our kitchen with cutting boards as the backdrop. Elise volunteered to drop the lemons for me to capture the splash just right. We settled on using some Strawberry Lemonade for the liquid. I liked this choice for 2 reasons: 1. it is thicker than water so the motion is more pronounced and it's surface tension holds better shape in a splash, 2. it is pink so it is highly contrasted to the brown background. The lemon slice was dropped into a martini glass for bigger drop target and a wider splash area.
This first picture shows the set up and the final settings I used. I'm not sure how it came out looking darker than the other ones in the set.
The first successful splash capture (it took a few to practice timing). This shot was done with the D60's standard 18-55 lens from about 18" away.
These next few shots were all taken with our zoom lens (Elise's suggestion). I took these from about 2-3' away. The third shot here is Elise's favorite, while mine is the fourth. I really like the ring that was produced all around the glass. Of the three splashes, which one is your favorite?
This final one shows the splash mess over our kitchen from all the runs. I didn't capture the mess on the floor as well.
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