water in time, a photo from Porto, North

Photographer's Note

And now...for something completely different!

This is one of a series of experiments I made, inspired by an article in a magazine.
I photographed water falling from a tap at a high speed and using the macro function on my lens (which only works over 60 cms distance).
The only digital treatment this photo has is the desaturation of the background and some unsharping, besides, of course, the reduction from 4 megapixel to 800 !

Albrecht, Kititit, DonGusti oznaczył to zdjęcie jeko użyteczne

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ghazg (54) 2004-03-03 11:00

WOW Nice Picture!!!!!!!!

grate capture grete colors on the drops of water

Keep up the good work!!

swallace (980) 2004-03-03 11:03

Very cool shot. Amazing clearness for falling drops. I think it's an incredible capture. I'd be interested if you had any information about the article. I love macro shooting myself. Congratulations on this photo!

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joso (2417) 2004-03-03 11:20

Your experiment has an EXCELLENT result, Emanuel!
Sharpness, clearness, the reflections - great.
The red touch here and there, the lights, the sparkling -
very very well done. The background works perfect.
Great capture, good use of a good camera...
Congratulations.

soundsangels (1703) 2004-03-03 12:18

Que ca me plait ca!!!!
Superbe clarté et netteté de ces si belles gouttes...
Vraiment...je n`avais jamais vu quelque chose de semblable...
Gros bravo et hop dans mes favorites

Surfer31 (0) 2004-03-03 13:33

Espetacular... muito bem dominadas, essas gotas. Gosto particularmente da definiçăo da água, com o fundo todo desfocado. Acho ainda que devias exprimentar com um fundo diferente. Muito bom trabalho.

JudyH (700) 2004-03-03 13:35

Fantastic Emanuel... This is very excellent macro work, and the treatment is all one needs. The red in it looks brilliant, and breaks the "murcury" look - makes is real. Stunning!

merpb (2001) 2004-03-03 13:36

Stupendous shot. Can't really critique as I'm sulking at the moment.
Top man.

ninadev (5377) 2004-03-03 14:03

I didn't know that a shot at 1/250 secs could freeze falling water with such sharpness, it doesn't feel that fast to me. I'll have to try this.
I do like the almost metallic look of the droplets, almost like mercury. The small touch of red adds to this shot.

carper (96) 2004-03-03 14:03

Great experimental photo, and with succes Emanuel,

Great macro, sharpness, colour, light, and a nice note of the experiment. also you did good work here weldone.

cecile (4193) 2004-03-03 14:38

superbe netteté jolie composition bonne idée

Clochette (8076) 2004-03-03 15:47

It's quite beautiful, amazing. The sharpness is impressive, as well as the starlights and reflection. By the way, I'm curious to know what made these red reflections ?...

Wonderful indeed, I can't take my eyes off. A success for your experiment, Emanuel.

hdl (7035) 2004-03-03 16:02

waaw. great!!!! Continue experimenting...

Schultzy (5446) 2004-03-03 18:01

Impressionant résultat et trčs original. On pourrait confondre avec une peinture d'art moderne. Very well done !!

psantiago (22) 2004-03-03 18:27

This it is an excellent work, it is almost incredible to see so well defined drops of water. Congratulations, this is something that sure ill try. The illumination and the background play an important role in the composition.

AJMOA (930) 2004-03-03 19:25

Já năo era sem tempo! Tens de nos ir mostrando o que tens guardado no fundo da gaveta. Simplesmente fantástica.
As tonalidades conseguidas, fazem por momentos parecer gotas de mercúrio. Parabéns.

cool_s15 (4050) 2004-03-04 5:53

Very great attemped!! Great details, i really like the reflection on the water. Nice used of DOF and fast shutter speed... Great background, too... Excellent job.

Goldie (0) 2004-03-04 20:22

Esta é sem dúvida das melhores fotos de água que já vi.Adorei o contraste dos tons cinza com os reflexos coloridos nas gotas :)

robbertjan (2906) 2004-03-05 4:48

Wow great capture. Very well done. I think this was a good experiment. It is almost art. Good!

Kamuc7 (0) 2004-03-11 13:28

Lindissima e interessante! Parabens

Maru (0) 2004-12-09 7:16

Congratulations!! It's an amazing shot. I like the composition, the desaturated background and the few colours in the drops of water. Very well done!

mimmareu (594) 2005-07-12 6:18

Incredible image. I can say you only BRAVO.
CIAO
Domenico

Hoos (134) 2005-09-04 15:36

Great experiment Emanuel, the result is great! and very original keep doing that good work!
Juan Jose

Albrecht (11283) 2005-10-06 12:58

Hi Emanuel
wonderful artistic shot; good compo and colours and well timed.
take care,Albrecht

lasscor (7640) 2006-04-28 7:09

Great experimentation.
I like the colors, light, sharpness and reflection effects (especially the reds).
Congratulations,
Corinne

picardo (2459) 2006-07-20 10:52

Simply: incredible shot!. Great work.
TFS
Picardo

Kititit (813) 2006-07-24 14:28 [Comment]

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DonGusti (942) 2007-03-25 6:25

Brilliant capture!!! you got the a gift of freezing time dont you :p can you tell me what lens you used for this picture ?

Gusti

Anoula (358) 2007-10-09 6:27

Hi!

I've never understood macro pictures or ever really liked them, especially pictures of waterdrops. I mean, you can't really choose how the water falls, can you?
Well, I'm just a beginner and don't know much about photography.

Anyway, I'm not saying that this picture is bad, I actually like it. The desaturation works well and makes the waterdrops interesting, since they are the only ones who have a little color. And the reflection of light gives a nice summery feeling. :)

So congratulations, you've got a good camera, a good lense and some patience!

The only thing I wonder is what does this teach us about the world? ;)

Anyway, nice photo, keep photographing. I like your pictures!

bturk74 (330) 2009-10-30 2:38

great shot!

sid_sn (171) 2009-10-30 2:46

Nice picture
Great...