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Water Droplets Macro: How did I do it

2009-06-15T15:41:00.010+08:00

OK i'll try to explain my method of photographing water droplets in this tutorial

Things you will need:
-A camera (prefably a DSLR or a digital camera with manual shutter AND macro mode)
-Extension tubes (to allow your lens to take macro shots with shorter focal length)
OR
even better, a dedicated macro lens(which is too costly for me)
-Remote control to trigger the camera
-Tripod
-Container with a large surface area
-Black tray
-bright construction papers ( these will act as a backdrop to change the background colour )
-A plasic bag with a tiny pinhole at the bottom (to allow water to drip at a constant rate)
-Water!

The set-up:

On the camera, set the shutter speed at around 1/200th of a second and aperture between f13-16.Flash must be set to on.

The procedure:
Once you have the above set-up ready, then proceed to do the following:

-Focus your camera on an area slightly above the water by using a pencil or any sharp object.

-Then, place the plastic bag with dripping water aimed directly below the area.
This will allow the water to fall at the focused area and reduce any chance of blurry shots.

-START SHOOTING:
don't worry too much about the timing, it takes time to get it right, but experiment with it and you will get all sorts of different outcomes.

-The construction paper acts as a backdrop which will change the colour of the water. Try out with other colors or even combine them together.

Photographing Water Droplets

2009-06-15T13:57:00.007+08:00

Recently, I had a go at macro photography, trying to take photos of small objects. With some very affordable equipment(extension tubes and remote shutter), I am able to make use of my existing Canon 50mm f1.8 lens to snap pictures of water droplets.I managed to learn some of the tips and tricks of macro photography from several photography forums.
Here are some of the more interesting pictures (which are about 5% of what I took) :

From Water Droplets

To view all of the photos, please view my Picasa Web Album

Wonderful memories

2009-01-09T21:23:00.001+08:00

I'm getting my 'O' results on 12.1.
There were many great times in Fairfield and will be unforgotten
Good luck everyone for your results

Gloomy day

2009-01-09T20:15:00.002+08:00

Me & Camera

2009-01-01T22:03:00.001+08:00

Nike test 03

2009-01-01T21:53:00.006+08:00

Nike test 02

2009-01-01T21:53:00.004+08:00

Nike test 01

2009-01-01T21:49:00.001+08:00

2006-07-09T11:14:00.000+08:00

Great Ocean Road
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2006-07-09T11:13:00.000+08:00

Australia grounds
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Emotional David beckham resigns as captain

2006-07-03T13:41:00.000+08:00

After the lost of the World Cup match against Portugal, David Beckham, 31, resigns as a captain after 10 years in the courier

read more | digg story

Off to AUST.

2006-06-17T18:59:00.000+08:00

I AM OFF TO AUST AND WILL BE BACK ON THE 25/6/2006

Last post before I go off to Melbourne, Australia

Packed and ready to go

I'll try to take more pictures.

Bye, off to Changi.

Argentina v Serbia & Montenegro 6-0

2006-06-17T09:32:00.000+08:00

Amazing teamwork in Argentina made their scores easily ( click below to play the video clip )

2006-06-14T15:35:00.003+08:00

His room
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2006-06-14T15:35:00.002+08:00

At tjuay's house ( he leads the way )
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2006-06-14T15:35:00.001+08:00

His neat handwriting
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2006-06-14T15:35:00.000+08:00

Playing Xbox on this plasma screen can be very fun
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2006-06-14T15:34:00.000+08:00

View from the 17th floor
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Own goal by Paraguay

2006-06-12T11:35:00.000+08:00

This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen in a world cup. David Beckham didn't score a goal but instead Paraguay's scored for them.

2006-06-09T22:44:00.000+08:00

Alvin refuses to get away from the lens when I am taking a photo of this pizza stall
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2006-06-09T22:43:00.000+08:00

The place where we were eating NYP
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2006-06-09T22:41:00.000+08:00

Heading to the direction - outta this island!
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2006-06-09T22:23:00.000+08:00

In the MRT, i tried to take a self portrait with the glass panel when in the tunnel but it turned out quite bad
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We ate NYP

2006-06-09T22:22:00.001+08:00

For dinner, we went back to habourfront MRT to eat NYP ( new york pizza, what were you thinking) .It even has our names on the box ( basket they spell my name as 'brian' )
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2006-06-09T22:22:00.000+08:00

My fellow ex-classmates who did not go home until about nine
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2006-06-09T22:21:00.001+08:00

It was quite cloudy and cool without the sun and also without rain
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2006-06-09T22:21:00.000+08:00

Stupid lighting caused some depressive looking black patches on the image of the sentosa map
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Primary school friends gathered at Siloso Beach

2006-06-09T22:20:00.001+08:00

Cable Car to sentosa, but we took shuttle bus instead. It's cheaper and faster
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2006-06-09T22:20:00.000+08:00

This is the sentosa bus
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2006-06-08T09:49:00.001+08:00

Quite a handy piece of card
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2006-06-08T09:49:00.000+08:00

Buy a 6-pack Coca Cola today and get this 2006 Fifa World Cup Match Schedule
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2006-06-07T20:08:00.001+08:00

Fits me perfectly well, manage to catch a picture with the blinking blue light..
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2006-06-07T20:08:00.000+08:00

Trying on some Jabra bluetooth headset.
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2006-06-07T10:48:00.000+08:00

I was browsing through the menu of my phone when i realised a pink colour burnt pixel on the LCD display. Any more burnt pixels I will claim warranty..
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2006-06-07T10:17:00.000+08:00

Depressingly burnt !
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2006-06-06T21:13:00.000+08:00

Madtthew says he loves someone in this unexpected conversation. But sad to hear that Eunice and Ivyna were behind the scam business..
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2006-06-06T21:11:00.000+08:00

The Learn@2006 T-shirt
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2006-06-06T21:10:00.000+08:00

The Guest-Of-Honour Ms Seah Jiak Choo
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2006-06-06T21:09:00.000+08:00

There it was, the milo truck serving thousands of cups of Milo.Must advertise for them a bit lah
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