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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 821961" data-attributes="member: 50197">Tried setting up a drip into a bowl using a ziploc with a small hole. I could time hitting the shutter with the drop coming off the bottom of the bag so that I could get the timing I wanted 10%-20% of the time. Focus is tough. I don't think the drops all hit in exactly the same place. It seems like it when I put a plastic fork in the water at the drip point in order to focus, but it doesn't look consistent in the images. I'm also having a real problem with DOF. I stopped down to F22, and can't seem to get splashes sharp front to back. I've backed off as much as I feel comfortable cropping, and raised the angle some to try and flatten out the plane. I could stop down to F32  and perhaps try an even higher angle. I'm not sure it is practical to get an entire splash in focus front to back with the equipment I'm using. I'm somewhat intrigued by these images, but the frustration factor is high, and in the end I don't see this as more than a passing fad for me.This is the best I got today. Edited to add: Looked at some online images just now, and it looks like most don't have the entire splash in focus. I'm thinking maybe the rear of the splash is what I should shoot for.[ATTACH=full]407910[/ATTACH]Just to salve my bruised ego, I spent a few minutes in the backyard with more familiar subjects. After a year of photographing insects, it still hasn't gotten old.[ATTACH=full]407911[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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