Final Project - third try

I used everything I learned on the first two attempts when I shot the photos I would use for the final prints.

I tried different types of fruit and different shaped glasses to get some variety.

When shooting back lit I needed to use a flash for fill and the flash had a recycle time of 3-4 seconds so I was only able to shoot one photo each time I dropped something. For front lighting, since I only used the strobe and the strobe could fire as fast as my camera could shoot (6 frames a second), I changed methods. I set the camera to high speed and used a wired remote to fire it. I would just hold the shuttle and drop the fruit so I would get several shots each time, although like this one, the timing was completely random.

One of the good shots.

One of my favorites.

An example of the timing being off, and also if you look at the lower left of the glass you can see a reflection of my hand. I had to be close enough to drop the fruit into the glass but behind all the reflectors to make sure I wasn't in the shot.

The strawberry photos were my favorite, they were much more colorful than anything else I tried.

This was the orientation I wanted to catch with the strawberry, however once it entered the water it always turned or rotated.

Attempting to get a bigger splash I tried dropping the strawberry from higher and missed the water and impaled it on the edge of the glass.

Notice the single drop of water above the glass. I tried dipping the fruit in the water then using the drops to try to center the fruit in the water before I dropped it.

When everything goes right.