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September 22nd, 2009 by Dave Frost

Had some fun at the weekend, playing with my new wireless flash triggers, a kitchen sink and some water.  Was a bit slapdash with the setup in that I didn’t clean the sink or worry too much about the choice of lens.  Basic setup was;

  • Camera – Canon 30D attached to a very very cheap sub £10 tripod.
  • Flash – Canon 430ex, with cheapy wireless trigger/receivers
  • Sink – One scratched and dirty stainless steel kitchen sink
  • Breadboard – One scarred and scratched wooden one (propped against the taps and used as a reflector for the flash)
  • Water, around 2 pints of, sloshing around the bottom of the aforementioned sink.

    • Was going to use my remote shutter release as well (for the very first time since I bought it several months ago, but decided not to.  Setting wise, the flash was in manual mode, dialled down to 1/16th power.  The Camera was in Manual, with Aperture set at f7.1/f8.0 and a shutter speed of 1/250, focal length was 50mm using the Tamron 17-50mm f2.8

    So, with the tap dripping slowly, and the flash aimed squarely at the breadboard, I proceeded to attempt shutter murder by firing off a hundred or so shots. Most of them were rather uninpiring captures of an empty sink, but one or two were worth keeping. Next time I try this, I’ll be making sure the sink’s clean and I’m going to invest in sometheing a little more colourful as a reflector !!

    Water Droplet - Pointy Finger beckoning

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