Just Vivid by Marc A. Sporys

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
I use a Canon 50D with the 100mm ƒ/2,8 Macro lense, two Sigma 500 DG-S flashguns, an old Osram flash from my dad and of course a lot of pc-cord with some hot-shoes.

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
F/14.0, Shutter set to Bulb, ISO Speed at 100 and manual focusing.

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
At first, import into Lightroom and some local light adjustments. After the export in Photoshop I added a little sharpness and remove a few drops of color I didn‘t like.

Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
These are water-based colors diluted with water for better movement on a small speaker, which is coverd with a white balloon. The color sequence is from a rainbow.

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I love colors and I saw something like that at Flickr and I wanted to give it a try and it was a wonderful session.

Extra Q: Please share an interesting or funny fact that happened while working on this photograph.
I had a lot of fun to take this photo and it was a very big mess. My new painted room wall was after the shooting full of rainbow colors. In addition it was very interesting, to see how the shapes have changed while I've changed the frequency from around 50 Hz to 200 Hz.

o. by Marc Benslahdine

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM, Canon 580EXII flash triggered remotely with a cable sync

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
Exposure: 1/250 s, aperture: f/8, focal length: 100mm, ISO 100

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
The subject is a reflection of a drop of water.

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I like the pictures that look out of a fantasy world. When I get bored and the weather is not favorable I do this kind of photography in my kitchen :o)

Extra Q: Please share an interesting or funny fact that happened while working on this photograph.
I wanted to take a picture in the dark to see if the lighting was not a problem and forgot to focus before shooting! It was just a test shot, the focus was on the reflection of the drop. I found it funny with the black hole behind.

Splash by Vlad Solomon

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Canon 400D with the canon 50mm f/1.8 mounted on it, Canon 580 EX II flash, Cactus KF36 flash, Cactus V4 radio triggers, colored gels, tripod and a cable release.

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
50mm, F/8, 1/160 shutter speed, ISO 100

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Photoshop CS3

Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
A martini glass with water and an olive in it, shot at the moment an ice cube is being dropped in.

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I had just received this glass as a gift, and i absolutely loved the elegance of it's shape so I knew it would make a great subject for a splash shot like this.

Extra Q: Please share an interesting or funny fact that happened while working on this photograph.
This is the longest shot I have done so far, took me about 5-6 hours to get what i wanted. It took so much because I had to time pressing the shutter release exactly as the ice cube hit the water and made a splash. I have a lot of shots in which I caught the cube in the air. And of course, after every shot I had to clean up the water from the glass plate under the martini glass.

Gravity is overrated by Rob Webb

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Canon 50D + Canon 100mm USM Macro + 1 x YN-560 Flash + 1 x YN-460II Flash + YN RF602 flash triggers(1x TX, 2 x RX) + Hahnel shutter release

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
1/250 @ f/9 & ISO 100

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Adobe Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS5


Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
A wine glass with drops appearing to defy gravity and flow upwards

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I was washing the glass under the tap and I liked the way the water sheeted off the sides and dripped down off of the rim. I wondered how I could use this for a shot, inverting the original image for the "defy gravity" part was just a natural evolution of the concept for me.

Extra Q: Please share an interesting or funny fact that happened while working on this photograph.
The hardest part of the shot was finding a way of safely suspending a wine glass over a bowl so that I could pour the water over the base, in the end I settled for a couple of Tupperware cereal storage containers and some kitchen tongs!

Drops meet color by Tobias Bräuning

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
- Canon 40D
- 2 Flashes
- Arduino microcontroller
- 3 solenoid valves
- Some selfmade circuits
- PC with a selfmade GUI to control all parameters on the microcontroller for generating the drops, timing of shutter release and triggering the flashes
- A lot of cables :-)
- Some ink for the colors

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
The camera was set to manual mode, shutter 0.6 sec, F/16, ISO200. Camera, flashes and valves are controlled by microcontroller.


Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
I used Canon Digital Photo Professional for the RAW conversion, then I did some clean-up + contrast settings in Photoshop Elements 8.

Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
What we can see in this photo is the result of a collision of 3 waterdrops. The first one falls down into the water, then splashes up again. When it's rising up, the second drop falls down and collides with the upcoming first one. Some milliseconds later, the third drop comes down and collides with the result of the first drop collision... So finally this results in very exciting, various forms.

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I saw some images of such drop collisions with 3 drops, but my valve was too slow to make it possible with only one valve. So I decided to try it with 3 valves (let me say - it is not easy to get 3 drops to one flight path!), and with the 3-valve-solution it got also possible to use different colored drops, something I've never seen before in this combination. So I had the motivation to make it work. :-)

Color Splash by Marco Veringa

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Сanon 50D , 100 mm f/2.8 macro lens, radio trigger, canon 430EXII flash on a super clamp, Manfrotto tripod with pistol grip

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
100 ISO, f/22 for DOF, shutter set at 1/200, and fired repeatedly trying to get in sync with the sound bursts

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Solely used Lightroom 3

Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
The subject is water based paint flying of a speaker

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
Paint dancing to music on top of a loud speaker was inspired by Linden G's work for the new Canon Pixma adverts.

Drops of Jupiter by Ibrahim Al Sayed

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Canon 5D Mark II + Canon 100mm Macro f/2.8 Lens + 2 soft boxes + white painted water tank + custom made water dropper.

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200), Aperture: f/16.0, ISO 200

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
RAW5 and Photoshop CS4

Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
Waterdrops are one my favorite subjects especially when they are in motion, I believe it gives any photo some sort of life in it. I chose the title based on a song I really like "Drops of Jupiter" By "Train".

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
Well, there are a lot of photographs that include water drops and splashes, so i can't really say it's an original idea, but as I said I love those kinds of shots.

Extra Q: Please share an interesting or funny fact that happened while working on this photograph.
Photos of splashes are always funny, lol, and i think the funniest part yet tiring is the amount of mess caused during the process of getting the best shot. When the session is finished, looking at the studio setup is more than enough to crack the hell out of anyone.

Pepper Splash! by Dennis Ramos

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
My camera equipment used in this image was a Nikon D300S with a Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens. For the lights, I have the Nikon SB600, a YongNuo YN460 and a red-gelled Quantaray PZ-1 for the background.

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
ISO-200, 1/200 sec @ f/11, 50mm focal length and 0 exposure compensation.

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
I used Photoshop for my post-production to sharpen some details, contrasts, and shadows.

Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
The subject is a red bell pepper I found in the fridge.

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
It was one rainy night and I was bored and hungry. I got some food but still wanted to eat more so while I was rummaging the fridge I saw this shiny red bell pepper, so perfect and red that I thought about this composition. It took me around 80 shots to get that perfect "splash" with the right focus. The next night I found this red bell pepper in the dining table stewed among the beef.