Quote Originally Posted by Kirsten
Catlady711, it's interesting that the same effect looks totally different with the red color, but its also amazing. I like the tiny sparkles in the air, in front of the dark background. It's very hard to capture such a moment.
That black background was a black duffle bag proped up on my table.

I was using two off camera flashes, that's how I got the backlighting for the sparkles in the air. I had a red filter on one, a blue one on the other, but for some reason only the red seemed to show through. I'd at least have expected some kinda purple color. I think I had my blue flash aimed wrong or something. Oh well, still learning how this off camera flash stuff works.

If you're using the S5 with macro, try putting a plastic bag over your camera with a small hole cut out for the lens. That should help protect your camera from the splashes working that close.

Your pix are great. You are very talented and it shows in your work.