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This past week-end it rained. A lot. So, in between storms He-Man and I headed to the nearby hills for a much needed walk. Sticking to the paved roads avoiding the muddy trails we walked up the hills and down to stretch out our legs a bit. Elevation gain was about 250 ft, and mileage was only a couple of miles, but it felt great to stretch our legs, and be outside.
The grass on the hills is tall and green, and there are spring flowers popping up here and there. I saw clover, wild mustard, and even some droopy, rain soaked Daffodils.
Sunday I was a bit stir-crazy so set up to shoot waterdrops again. This time instead of using the faucet which was hard to regulate I set up my C-stand and boom arm and taped a medical dropper to it filled with water. It presented its own set of issues to deal with.
Once the eye-dropper ran out of water it had to be refilled and taped back on the boom arm. I marked the spot with tape, but it didn’t always line up with my pre-focused spot so, I had to refocus every time I filled up and remounted the eyedropper. Also there was a bit of wiggle room with the taped eyedropper so the drops didn’t always land in my pre-focused spot.
I didn’t get many keepers, but it was a fun way to pass a couple of hours on a rainy Sunday.
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You must have so much patience to set up a photo shoot like this. The first one is (in my opinion) simply perfect!!
Motivated to shoot something more than patient I think. 🙂
Thank you so much Joanne!
I have always wanted to take a shot like that!! Amazing…
Thank you so much! If I can do it, you can! I hope you do.
I like Phil ‘s comment and agree! Total respect for your huge efforts for the sake of art. Wonderful frames!
Thank you so much R!
How do you get these gorgeous colors?! This is spectacular Deborah!! 💙💚💛
Thank you so much Jill! It’s a beach towel under the bowl of water. Simple but amazing isn’t it. 🙂
Yes! Very fun!! ✨💚😄
A great way to pass the time 😉 These are so pretty and I love the colors. I thought that last batch you took were awesome too!
Thank you very much Antonia!
Lovely and stunning water drops, Deborah! 🙂
I can imagine the fun and conversation you had in the daytime while with the He-man. It was good how you checked in and described for us the tall grass with wildflowers. Thanks for sharing about the flora and fauna so I was able to picture this.
Thank you Robin! I only had my cell phone so there are few images of the flora and fauna. The walk was good! I’m looking forward to getting out on the trails though.
My girlfriend and I did our normal one mile loop to start the soon to be warm, spring season but the wind pressed back on our forward (leaning in) walking. It took us 25 minutes to do our regular 15 minute mile! Need more “practice!” 🙂
Me too with more uphills. 🙂
oh this is fantastic Deb!! Well done!! – and very innovative!
Thank you so much Hannah! I’m glad you like them.
I love these shots! Sounds like a great way to spend a rainy day! 🙂
Wow, such a stunning photo. Amazing.
Thank you so much Joel!
You’re welcome. Have a great day ahead.
Wow, cool shots (I like the first one), Deborah! The backstory really gives the images life. Hope you got one of these drops mounted as a metal print as they would really do well on that media. And, looking at your drops is better than watching paint dry when you’re stuck indoors! 😉
Thank you so much Gordon!
I did check out the metal print website you sent me the link for, but I haven’t got a print ready to send them yet. Perhaps that should be my next rainy day project?
I knew I was going to love this post when I saw your title! Awesome photos, what fun, Deborah!
Thank you so much for this lovely comment Donna!
That photo is absolutely breathtaking. I’d sure volunteer to hold your contraption if I could frame one of your beautiful shots. 🙂
A collaborated effort would be fun if we both walked away with beautiful waterdrop images Judy!
Thank you so much!! xx
Well that’s just lovely!
Thank you so much Joey!
Awesome!
Thank you so much!
I think your hard work paid off, Deborah. I like these. I think you should share a photo of the contraptions. Some of us nerdy types would be interested to see.
Thank you so much Dan! I didn’t make an image of the eyedropper taped to the boom arm. 😦 Don’t ask me where my head was…it wasn’t thinking ahead.
It’s easy enough to set up though so the next time I shoot water drops I’ll take a photo of the set up and share it along with any water drop images.
Sorry about that!
It’s ok. I would probably build something overly elaborate. It might be good to see simple but working.
What I think I’d like to have are a set of light stands, C-Stands. or PVC piping made into stands, and a piece of wood with a hole drilled in it to fit the medical dropper that I could put on top of the light stands, or plastic pipes. It would keep the drop dropping in the same place, and it be easy to remove and remount the dropper when you need to refill it; which is often. I think that’s as elaborate as I would need to get. 🙂
Ooh, I could make all of that 🙂 I’d never get around to the photos, but it would be fun.
I know you can! I wish I could. If you made one set up you and Faith could do drops on a snow day or rainy day. I would enjoy seeing your work, and reading how well your set up worked, and what if any were the challenges you had shooting water drops, and splashes.
I really want to get a splash and drop together. That’s my next goal. We’ll see if I ever achieve it. 🙂
oh but I think it was all worth it for these that you did get! GORGEOUS!!!!!
Thank you so much Jodi!
The first one’s epic and the second is a planet travelling across a universe. I’m not professionally employed by NASA and am just trying to say what I see. 😉 Well done for your skill and patience, Deborah, beautiful 🙂
I like what you see with the second one Phil! I’m glad you like them. 🙂
Wow so cool!
Thank you Lynn! xx
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You have two good ones. That’s only an hour each. 😀
🙂 That’s about right John. Thank you!
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Lovely!
Thank you so much Belinda!