Drippy

I have always considered photographers that could take those crystal clear stop motion pictures of water and bullets through an apple a notch above me on imaginary photographers ranking scale. (wow long sentance) So last night I was bored and didnt want to do homework so i decided to give it a shot. First I washed the pile of dishes that had collected in our sink and around the appartmet, then I cleaned the sink and surrounding area till it was shinny. Next i filled up the sink with water and set up my camera. Here is a rough set up of how it looked:














When I got it set up I realized I needed more light, I had already turned on every light in the room and opened the window. I looked everywhere for a lamp or something... no luck. I really wanted to shoot at 1/500 shutter speed because after some research on the web about this that is what seemed normal. But with my aperture open as wide as possible my camera still didnt wanna take it at 1/500. so i adjusted it so the camera was happy which ended up being 1/320. Then i started taking shots of the drip, first by pouring water out of a glass and then by squeezing a sponge which was alot easier to aim with. I took about 50 shots and this is the best one I cam up with:





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I plan on redoing this shot as soon as I can figure out a better lighting situation. Stay tuned.
Lonny