Water drops

[rokkstar]

Hello,

I've been experimenting with water once again. Could I have some feedback on these. Please be brutally honest.






Many thanks

[wendellt]

stunning technically brilliant work
2nd and3rd are a wipeout!
are these drops flicked across or are they drops heading downwards and you just tilted them

Cream want drops as a themed concept in one of their fashion shoots, i suggest you contact them now

[Oneputt]

Technically I am very impressed, but as stand alone images they do not do a lot for me.

[Dargan]

Matt I assume this was taken with the D70. Can you expand on the strategies you used to get these shots and whether the 18-70 was used with an SB800 etc. They are great images and might even be cropped more heavily to isolate aspects of them for an abstract presentation.

[Oneputt]

Perhaps I should expand on my earlier comment. They do not grab me because I think that the addition of colour to the images would really make the technical brilliance stand out.

[BBJ]

Matt, well ahh let me say i think these look cool with the lighting and well different, i am not a technical person but these are fine.

[rokkstar]

Thanks for the comments guys.
I was worried that the images might be a tad hot in places and that perhaps the focus would detract from some.

[sydneywebcam]

I think that technically these images are excellent. Good lighting and colour. What they lack is a context. I guess you can hone your technique on the water but need to think about what it is doing , show something of where it is going/coming to/from to have a truely excellent shot. Having seen some of your other work I'm sure this won't be long in coming!!
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Paul.

[Alpha_7]

I like them Matt, like them alot. To be really honest the super hot section to the far left is a little irritating and I'd find some a way to reduce it, crop it whatever before I consider submitting them (but hey its on par with your smoke work, so if Cream is interested, go for it).

[PiroStitch]

The first pic is damn sharp and the rest are a bit soft, but I'm not sure if it's due to the jpg conversion.

Can you please give us some details about the setup, etc?

[rokkstar]

To be really honest the super hot section to the far left is a little irritating and I'd find some a way to reduce it,

It irritates me too Craig, and the more I look the more I don't like which detracts from the whole image.

I agree that the image lacks a "reason d'etre" so to speak and will revist this with another eye perhaps.

The set up was relatively simple - two flash heads directed at a background from bottom and top right (the image have been rotated) and the water poured/thrown/swirled onto the floor. The D70 triggered the flashes remotely.

[MATT]

I think they are all good images, agree about the hot spots also..

But you have inspired me to have a go at something like this.

Thanks



MATT

[Slider]

Personally I think the 3rd shot works well as a stand alone image. I can imagine it a large poster print by itself on a large wall. The others, although technically great lose a bit as the water loses form.

Love it. Ideas forming. More playtime ahead

[Matt. K]

Matt
You are on to something pretty interesting here. I think you have pinned them down to about 80% of brilliant....but need to keep refining the technique. A tad more DOF....you can get that by moving back just a little, up the ISO just a little, and get another f-stop maybe.
Keep pushing this subject and you will end up with fine art.
Ansel Adams reputedly shot 1000 pics of a white cup and saucer to see what combination of SP and F-stop, film and lighting gave the best result.
And he had to pay for his film!

[losfp]

Great shots! Just to echo the others, they do perhaps lack a figurative sense of direction. But just like anything else.. If you can refine and perfect the technique, it becomes another tool in your arsenal when you're shooting in general

[Dargan]

Reason Raisin Raison Rokkstar I agree with pushing this a bit further.

[rokkstar]

Very cool - looks like I might be involved in re-shooting these in the near future commercially. Not overly sure yet but initial reactions seem positive.

Thanks for the technical tips Matt, I'll definately try them next time .

Many thanks for the feedback people.