As I was working my way through a book on
Canon strobe (electronic camera flash) I always came back to photograph on the
cover – raspberry dropped into a glass of water. It is a stunning composition
but there isn’t any detailed description as to how the picture was taken, just
a passing note that 2 strobes were used hooked to radio trigger. I took it as a
challenge and after about 5 hours of experimenting I have managed to get
somewhat similar image. No raspberries in refrigerator so I used frozen
strawberry. I am sure that I could have taken better picture but I ate my prop.
I’ll be perfecting the technique once I buy some fresh strawberries.
Oops…forgot
to clean wineglass in between drops
My setup. One flash was placed behind and
to the right of camera and second flash behind white screen. The flash on left
is one from behind. Both flashes were triggered by radio trigger that was mounted on
camera’s hot shoe.
I lowered steel nut that was tied to a string into the glass
so that I could focus where the strawberry will be after drop.
Book that challenged me.
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