First shot w/ my new IR trigger

BlackRider · Post by **BlackRider** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:48 pm

just a droplet of OJ that tripped my IR trigger that fired the flash after a short delay (didn't calculate delay, but all that takes is measuring pot resistance and plug into equation)

OJ Flower:

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:31 pm

You're going to have fun with that thing. I can tell.

BlackRider · Post by **BlackRider** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:00 am

2nd go at splashes... grape juice this time:

(Click for gallery.)

Spinning Hat · Post by **Spinning Hat** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:51 pm

Nice work BR!

XMENPorsche · Post by **XMENPorsche** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:15 pm

Very very cool. One of these days I'm going to have to spend some time trying to shoot drops. The first one could use a tad bump in saturation.

BlackRider · Post by **BlackRider** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:47 pm

Thanks Hat & Porsche! Yeah, about $20 in electronic components & a circuit diagram found on the internet makes it so easy to shoot drops that you actually have some artistic freedom vs. putting all your effort into actually catching a splash.

re. the 1st one, I actually bumped the saturation quite a bit to get that. I started to go higher but I started to get some color banding (or w/e it's called) And the reds in the bottom left & the greens in the top right started to get out of control. i.e. it was well outside of my usually 30 second rule for post processing.

Though I really should go back and do it right b/c I really like the sanddollar shape.