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Insomnia produces the strangest urges ...

So I set up a droplet "light box" and my tripod with the 30d and 70-200mm lens approximately 2m from the subject - the bottom of a juice bottle filled with red cordial. Set above was the cordial bottle with a 1mm hole drilled in the neck so that a gentle squeeze produced droplets on demand.

Series on flickr, some favourites here:

Santa's Hat
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/allandrick/443760070/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/443760070_2e6d9e94e4.jpg" width="500" height="309" alt="Santa's Hat" /></a>

Liquid Landscape
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/allandrick/443764957/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/203/443764957_d7648123dc_o.jpg" width="637" height="174" alt="Liquid Landscape" /></a>

Crater Lip
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/allandrick/443760038/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/443760038_fb247a2146_o.jpg" width="451" height="269" alt="Crater Lip" /></a>

Point of Impact
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/allandrick/443764739/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/443764739_4785c96d07.jpg" width="500" height="281" alt="Point of Impact" /></a>

All shots were taken at f/11 1/60 ISO100 manual focus with direct ETTL flash.

C&C appreciated, this is my first attempt at shooting droplets.

Very nice. You've captured some amazing detail in those shots. #2 is my favourite.

Agree with #2, its nice

Actually I will crop them all so that the bowl is not showing up.