Water pictures (but somewhat different)

[cassiesmom]

What do I think? I think WOW! These are SO COOL! I think Kirsten's photos are AMAZING! And when I went back and looked, sure enough, I think I see a tabby in the second photo These are so, so, so neat. I would love to see Kirsten's photos in a book or displayed in a gallery. The precious photos of Lily, Luna, the ones of Emma walking in the garden and now these. Wow-Ee, Wow!

[Kirsten]

Thanks! Glad you like it. I know, it's not the kind of stuff I usually do, but I wanted to try something different - and almost destroyed my camera, because the lens got a bit wet.

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.

slleipnir, I just used the super macro mode of my cam; I also used my flash, but reduced its power (the S5 has a setting to vary the intensity of the flash, which is very cool). That's actually all I did. I used the standard lenses the camera came with, nothing special. If I had a SLR and a better lense, it would have turned out much better, I'm sure.

sirrahved, sure you can use it as a wallpaper!

To those who saw the reflection of a tabby: I can see what you mean, but there was none. It's probably just a reflection of the tiles, or something else.

Kirsten

[.sarah]

Those are awesome!! Love the blue color. I'm amazed you got such good shots with the S5. I did okay with the S2 but I am so much better with my SLR since I can control all of the settings. I shot some of these water shots a couple months ago and it is a lot harder than I thought. You have to get the focus JUST right. I was using my macro lens and manual focus. Here's one of mine:

[Catlady711]

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.

[Sevaede]

Kirsten, you rock! You are, seriously, one of my FAVOURITE photographers!

[sirrahved]

Thanks, Kirsten! Hubby and I are just SO impressed with these photos!