Water Droplets!!! Lesson 2 Assignment 3a, Fast Shutter Speed

Okay, my assignment for lesson 2 of my free photography course was to take pictures using shutter speed to create an effect.  My first effort at this was to use a fast shutter speed to catch a split second of time, shown in a water droplet.

I got further instruction on this from This Site. 

I added blue food coloring to the dish of water to get the cool blue color, of course the water dripping down did not have food coloring, it is just reflecting the color of the water below.

My settings for all these photos was manual,manual focus, shutter 1/200, aperture f/5.6, focal length 55mm, ISO 100, on-camera flash.

My best result came from one I cropped to focus just on the water drop:

Okay, so here is the whole series of shots.

There Will Be a Delay in Posting

Greetings to whoever checks out this blog (all one of you?).  I a few days ago I bought a new camera, a Canon Rebel xs, and I have been taking LOTS of photos with it.  However, I haven't had time to set up the software on my computer yet.  So there will a delay of a few days before I am able to post the pictures on the blog.  When I come back, I will try to post one for each day I haven't been here.  For now, enjoy this picture, a couple of years old, which was taken with my Kodak Z710.

Loveliness

This photo was actually taken on Saturday night, but I had to post it today.  It's my daughter all dressed up for the homeschool High School Formal.  Next year, I'll make her actually wear a true formal dress!