Author Topic: My Milk Drop Photos (Read 1879 times)

eskimo2 · « **on:** February 04, 2007, 07:37:04 AM »

I’ve always wanted to try this, so I finally did. I recently saw a picture that reinspired me. I’ve got a super wide angle non-SLR Nikon (8400) that’s not very well suited for this kind of work. I’d love to try it with an SLR with a macro lens. Anyway, I’ve certainly seen better pictures of this type, but I’m happy with my results. The top series of pictures show drops of milk splashing into coffee. Most exposures were in the 1/550th second to 1/1000 second range.

The series below was shot in "continuous" mode which shoots 30 frames a second in 640x480 resolution. All six pictures below are of the same drop; the last picture was exposed only 1/6 of a second after the first.

We switched to dropping milked dyed with food coloring into plain milk. The milk quickly became colored. The milk is in a very tiny beer mug.

See more here:
http://hallbuzz.com/photo/milk_drop/milk_drop.htm

storch · « **Reply #1 on:** February 04, 2007, 07:42:43 AM »

clearly a man with far too much discreationary time. great photos. now go chase your pretty wife around the house.

APDrone · « **Reply #2 on:** February 04, 2007, 08:12:51 AM »

Ohhhh..

VERY cool, Eskimo!

Ripsnort · « **Reply #3 on:** February 04, 2007, 08:36:17 AM »

Neat Eskimo!

When you say 30 frames per second in continuous mode (not familiar with this preset) is that like movie mode? I don't think you mean 30 frames per second on still photos, right?

APDrone · « **Reply #4 on:** February 04, 2007, 08:50:45 AM »

It must be, Rip,.. my Sony A100 DSLR will only 'do' 3 FPS.

Here's one I found on E-bay..

Nikon 8400

I find it interesting that it will only go down to ISO 400.

Ran into a lady at a gymnastics meet that had something similar but with a decent 2.8 lens.. but ISO would only go down to 400, pretty much negating any stop-action stuff.

Oh, and Rip.. being the artistic photog that you are, here's one of my first attempts at collaging some of my pics:

http://www.ka4zzq.com

eskimo2 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 04, 2007, 08:52:59 AM »

Yea, it will actually shoot 30 frames per second, but it’s limited only to 640 X 480 resolution. My Nikon Coolpix 8400 has a 35mm film equivalent lens of 24mm and can take QuickTime 640 X 480 movies at 30 FPS. I think the “Ultra High Continuous” setting uses the same movie exposures; it just stuffs the pictures into a folder instead of a QuickTime movie. I’ve never really played with these modes before; it sure beats saving individual frames from a QT movie. At full 8 MP resolution it’s limited to 2.3 FPS if set to regular continuous mode.

It also takes time lapse QT movies with the shortest setting at 30 seconds per picture and the longest at 60 minutes. I wish it would do 1 and 5 seconds between frames.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 04, 2007, 09:06:29 AM »

I really like the benefits of wide angle and find a need for it more often than telephoto. The 8400 is the widest angle non-SLR digital camera ever made (at least it was when I bought it). That was the selling point for me. Usually I can just get closer to my subject if I want to; I really don’t shoot wildlife or sports. Hand held shots at 1/30th second often come out. Nature/panorama shots often are better wide angle. It can even get 42 relatives in my little living room.

APDrone · « **Reply #7 on:** February 04, 2007, 09:15:51 AM »

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Originally posted by eskimo2
... It can even get 42 relatives in my little living room.

Yeah, but at what expense? Looks like you're tearing at the space-time continuum on those Santa pictures on the left wall!

Tell me about the frames.

Neat pic, btw.. There's a thousand little stories going on in there..

eskimo2 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 04, 2007, 09:27:15 AM »

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Originally posted by APDrone
Yeah, but at what expense? Looks like you're tearing at the space-time continuum on those Santa pictures on the left wall!

Tell me about the frames.

Neat pic, btw.. There's a thousand little stories going on in there..

I made the frames out of a single sheet of 3/4 plywood. If they weren’t spaced apart they would fit together perfectly like puzzle pieces. My wife changes the 8.5 X 11 pictures seasonally. Our three daughters are up top and my wife’s parents, who live with us, are on the bottom left.

Halo · « **Reply #9 on:** February 04, 2007, 09:50:51 AM »

That's really fun stuff, eskimo2. Inspirational. You really have fun with your toys. Great to see curiosity and ingenuity at work.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 04, 2007, 10:17:47 AM »

The set-up. Old movie light are under the foil reflectors.

AWMac · « **Reply #11 on:** February 04, 2007, 10:28:20 AM »

Awesome pics Eskimo.

Great stuff!!!

Mac

ramzey · « **Reply #12 on:** February 04, 2007, 01:07:38 PM »

interesting but underexposed

Sandman · « **Reply #13 on:** February 04, 2007, 01:10:07 PM »

That's really cool, Eskimo. I'm going to have to try that.

Sandman · « **Reply #14 on:** February 04, 2007, 01:14:28 PM »

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Originally posted by ramzey
interesting but underexposed

Looks more like white balance issues... but they're still cool, IMHO.

Author Topic: My Milk Drop Photos (Read 1879 times)

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