Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Comparable. The bottle was only half in the water (the label had still to be visible), the light was lighter and the contrast higher, which gave the splashes a nice crisp. I did it with this photographer: http://www.vde.be/ (bottom left thumbail is a bit alike) Good job. Did you also do it the hight tech way, or manual? Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 23-mei-07, om 23:12 heeft Lottermoser George het volgende geschreven: > You mean like this: <http://imagist.com/lma/pg09_lmaproduct.html> > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@imagist.com > > > > On May 23, 2007, at 2:54 PM, Philippe Orlent wrote: > >> I once -long before the digital era- had to direct a commercial >> shoot of a bottle of water falling into water. The kind of >> 'frozen' shot like those of ice cubes just falling into a liquid, >> with the nice splash up. >> It took an enormous aquarium, 2 days of filtering of the brand's >> water to get it perfectly clear, a clamp that was operated from >> distance to hold and 'launch' the botlle at a certain angle, a set- >> up of electrodes to trip the flash combo when the bottle passed >> them (just before it touched the water surface), a completely dark >> studio (open shutter) and a LOT of shots so we could choose the >> 'perfect' splash. >> So doing it your way: congratulations. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >