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RS - 19 May 2005 00:32 GMT

I own the Canon 350D with the standard lens kit. What settings should I use
to get photos of water droplets in mid air. e.g. waterfalls, splashes of
water etc. I know it should be a fast shutter speed but thats about it.

Thank you
RS

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Dave - 19 May 2005 00:47 GMT

> I own the Canon 350D with the standard lens kit. What settings should I use
> to get photos of water droplets in mid air. e.g. waterfalls, splashes of
> water etc. I know it should be a fast shutter speed but thats about it.
>
> Thank you
> RS

I don't know the answer to your question, but would suggest you might
want to give some sensation of blur, to show the movement.

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jimkramer - 19 May 2005 01:00 GMT

>I own the Canon 350D with the standard lens kit. What settings should I
>use
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> Thank you
> RS

http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/IMG_5220%20(Large).htm

is at 1/640s F/10 does that show what you want?

Jim

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Roger Whitehead - 19 May 2005 02:10 GMT

> What settings should I use
> to get photos of water droplets in mid air.

A shutter speed above 1/250th should do it. The faster the shutter, the
sharper they'll be, such as in Jim's picture of the rampaging dog.

Roger

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Tom Jackson - 19 May 2005 02:52 GMT

If your goal is to capture the drop in a focused, stop-action, then you want
the fastest shutter speed you can get. I have a D Rebel (300D) and use AV
(aperature priority) mode and open the aperature as wide as I can for the
lens in use, then look at the corresponding shutter speed.

If it isn't high enough, the next step would be to increase the ISO from 100
to 200, 400, 800 to see how fast you can get the shutter.

Take several photos at various settings, keep the best ones.

>I own the Canon 350D with the standard lens kit. What settings should I
>use
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Thank you
> RS

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Roger N. Clark (change username to rnclark) - 19 May 2005 05:34 GMT

Examples (1/3000 to 1/400 second):

http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries/gallery.bird/web/c12.16.2002.IMG_1336.b-600.html

http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries/gallery.bird/web/c12.19.2002.IMG_3480.crane
.takeoff.b.close-600.html

http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries/gallery.bird/web/c12.19.2002.crane.takeoff.
sequence.b-1100.html

http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries/gallery.bear/web/brown_bear.c09.07.2004.JZ3
F0862.b-700.html

http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries/gallery.bear/web/brown_bear.c09.09.2004.JZ3
F4117.b-700.html

http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries/gallery.bear/web/brown_bear.c09.09.2004.JZ3
F4246.b-700.html

Technical details are shown on each page.

Roger

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Bjorn A. Payne Diaz - 20 May 2005 16:55 GMT

I'm not much into bird photos, but those are some damn nice shots
Roger. Bears too. Well done.

Jay Wenner

> Examples (1/3000 to 1/400 second):

http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries/gallery.bird/web/c12.16.2002.IMG_1336.b-600.html

http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries/gallery.bird/web/c12.19.2002.IMG_3480.crane
.takeoff.b.close-600.html

http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries/gallery.bird/web/c12.19.2002.crane.takeoff.
sequence.b-1100.html

http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries/gallery.bear/web/brown_bear.c09.07.2004.JZ3
F0862.b-700.html

http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries/gallery.bear/web/brown_bear.c09.09.2004.JZ3
F4117.b-700.html

http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries/gallery.bear/web/brown_bear.c09.09.2004.JZ3
F4246.b-700.html

> Technical details are shown on each page.
>
> Roger

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