How to shoot objects coming out of water !!
March 24th, 2010 | Published in EXPERIMENTS | 16 Comments
As promised here’s my setup details for pictures of objects coming out of water. I’m going to let a secret out at the end. This is a very basic setup until you do the magic in post processing. I used a Canon 580 EX II shot through an umbrella from the floor pointed towards the fish tank that was placed on a table. Behind the table and just below it I used another flash pointed to the background which can be any color. I used white mostly and for some shots red as you can see here. I pointed my camera towards the surface of the water from an angle of 45 deg. Now I used remote triggers for the flashes and also my camera. The remote trigger has a 2 second timer and I would switch it on and insert the object into water. I get lucky 1 out of 15 shots approximately. I know i need a motion activated trigger. I push the object or drop them into the water to create a dragging effect in water. Thats it we are done here. Yes its that simple.
Post Processing:
This is where the secret is and you will be surprised to hear it. I just rotated the picture 180 degrees to make it as if its coming out of water when its actually going into the water. !!! Now you should be able to understand the effect.
Please leave your valuable comments about what you liked and what you did not like.
March 25th, 2010at 7:28 am(#)
Nice shot.. So that’s your secret?! I don’t think so!
Well, I’ve seen other shots where, say for eg. a lemon has watery feel all around it! Do you pour water at the instant of shooting? I need to try these out, but I’m just too lazy to set it all up – I know I’ll have to get it off immediately after I’m done!
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March 25th, 2010at 8:49 am(#)
Wow Nice
March 24th, 2010at 9:22 am(#)
wow!
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March 24th, 2010at 9:35 am(#)
superbe
March 24th, 2010at 9:46 am(#)
good work…
good study…
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March 24th, 2010at 9:55 am(#)
Lovely!
March 24th, 2010at 9:55 am(#)
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Discover Planet, and we’d love to have this added to the group!
Superb!!!!
TY for sharing the info. Plz consider sharing it in DP
March 24th, 2010at 10:25 am(#)
nice one man, real freeze frame
March 24th, 2010at 10:29 am(#)
Wonderful capture…
March 25th, 2010at 1:23 am(#)
Excellent shot and great info…
March 25th, 2010at 4:02 am(#)
very unique. I love it.
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March 25th, 2010at 7:10 am(#)
lovely lighting and effect
March 26th, 2010at 2:51 am(#)
Amar, that´s awesome! I love your secret weapon at the end! Well done!
March 25th, 2010at 4:15 am(#)
wow..thats a awesome capture and thanks for your strobist info!!!
March 25th, 2010at 4:22 am(#)
This is fantastic! Thank you for sharing how you did it.
March 31st, 2010at 1:07 am(#)
hello