It's a great effect and the shots look great for the technique you've used. Don't forget, most of the text book attempts use beam triggers and the photographer sat well away from the action, shooting in burst mode from his Mac. Getting the shot in the sink with a torch sort of vindicates my emperor's new clothes outlook to the whole pro photography sphere as it currently stands.
Another way to do it is to sit in a dark room with the camera set to a long exposure. It shoud be dark enough so that even on a 5s+ exposure you're still getting a dark screen, but just light enough so you can see what's going on. Set your flash on it's lowest setting (or as low as you can) Set the ISO + aperture of the lens to get a good exposure from the output of your flash. Then set the long exposure and when the droplet lands trigger the flash to capture the action You're using the flash as your 'shutter speed' rather than the camera If you want to know how it works, google flash durations for high speed action (The lower the power of the flash = the shorter the flash duration)
I've been taking photographs for as long as I can remember. I set up a website so that I could share photos with family and friends but it escalated a bit as they suggested that some of them were quite good, so now it's out in the big wide world for anyone to see. There aren't many shots up there as since I set it up last June/July I've not really had much time to do anything with it. This may sound like a stupid question, but am I allowed to give the link out here? Have I imagined a rule that says you can't link to personal websites? Or was that another forum that I used to be on (this is the only one I use now - you are all so friendly). Let's see if I can attach an example photo or 2: Feel free to comment. That's one of the reasons for the site - so that I could get critiqued and improve. Every day's a school day.
Hi Stu, you can't critique the moon dude it's not possible to take a bad shot of it (as long as its in focus). The half, or crescent moon can be even more interesting than the full moon as the shadow of the terminator throws the crater walls into much higher relief than when the sun is directly overhead. I like the tunnelling effect, the depth of field control has created in the second image. Note to those asking about using aperture to control focus the other day. And, well, you cant beat a picture of with tits in it, can you?
