Thanks for the feedback!
If you keep complaining about my non-model models, I WILL post those topless shots of myself that Killerbee requested :roflpuke2:

I want to throw that on a grill and eat it.

Hmmm... I'm interested...

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LOL, I just spit my drink.

Not complaining man, just an observation, and like I said I'm picky :ughdance:so just ignore me LOL

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Yeah that's not an urchin.

Editing calm it down a lot on the retouching she looks ghoulish second image if like to see +2/3 stop ... Glad to see certain lighting pattern from mine I posted however I wouldn't advise for full length... Some liquefying on her hips too...

The good: your hair in the first one is great!

:(

Sad lil munchkin.

sad panda

If it was an urchin, I wouldn't cook it anyway!
Thanks for the feedback, Clint.
I'm gonna revisit my skin softening settings. What's "liquefy"? Been working in Lr4, but just got a legit licensed CS5... Yay!

Eric its a powerful tool!

Let me know what you think about these:
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6555/dsc0023mqe.jpg

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9679/dsc00431sb.jpg

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/8104/dsc0079sk.jpg

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7442/dsc00791er.jpg

I like the GT500 grille shot, just wish the emblem was more in focus.

Clint Earhart | Fashion Photographer > before & after of image :)

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I <3 your work, Clint. :tup:

Fixed!

"like"

So Clint, you're the reason young girls starve themselves and workout 12 hours a day LOL

Yes sir, esp if they make the outfit look shitty, and I have to photoshop them

DRIVES ME NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Clint Earhart | Fashion Photographer > new long of the before and after :)

Goes to show you can't trust a photo these days...for all we know, you photoshopped her wiener out.

You got your wish, Speedy! LOL!

So true!

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Behahahahahah!!

Question concerning high speed
 

Specifically, I am trying to shoot some rings and other heavy, small items in water using strobes.

The problem I am encountering is that once the item is dropped, it's blurred from the speed of decent.

Question: Is it possible to capture a crisp, clear image given the nature of the objects? Or is it only bouyant objects that photograph well because they sort of "stop" once they hit the water long enough to be photographed clearly?

Thoughts?

Example 1. A .40 mm cartridge dropped into the water tank with manual settings at: shutter-160 f/14. Lens is my 100mm f/2.8 mounted to my 50D. The strobes are about half power (I've tried lowest power and highest power... all the same thing) I've tinkered with the shutter speed but it's not really the camera stopping the action, it's the strobes and besides, the shutter starts to creep into the shot at 200 or higher.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7057/7...b2180b0a_b.jpg

Notice the shell is blurred as it's on it's way down gaining speed as it goes.




These two shots are only a comparison between two different lens's AND using an object that floats demonstrating that it stops it's decent right as I click the shutter and viola... in focus. Both are unretouched photos straight out of the camera except for resizing. The first shot is my 100mm f/2.8 shot at f/14 with shutter @ 160:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7245/6...fd2ba327_b.jpg


The next shot is with my 17-85mm f/4-5.6 attached. It's focal length set at 50mm and the same f stop and shutter speed apply:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7045/7...a895f154_b.jpg


I was just interested in seeing what the difference was as far as clarity goes. As you can see, not much. Strobes kind of even things out in that regard.

A shot of the setup:
Simple setup
-1 small soft box
-1 barn door w/ grid
-camera with tripod
-small aquarium with about 1/2 water
-stand holding a black board behind aquarium (or white, whichever)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7186/7...2dbc71ea_b.jpg

Any help is appreciated!

It's got to be the speed of the object.
What I would try (but I'm a novice, so this may be a dumb idea) is shooting at the higher speed, and frame up your shot planning to crop out the dreaded black bar you get at 200 or 250.
Maybe less ambient light in your setup so the sensor doesn't "see" the bullet moving after the strobe fires?

Instead of water, drop the bullet or ring into a more viscous solution?

I was messing around with a new softbox, so Mrs. LunaZ humoured me by sitting on the stairs with her dinner.
Then the vultures arrived.

http://www.modachroma.com/the370z/cats_3538.JPG

The only thing that's going to completely freeze it would be roughly a 250th or faster, which obviously can't be used, but I think it is the flashes that are hindering this shoot. Most strobes when set at minimum output have a flash sync speed of a 250th a second I believe but maybe I'm just thinking pop up flash.

I wasn't going to say it, but since Dallaz mentioned something, I can do 1/250 on my setup without seeing the shutter curtain. :confused:

Yes further testing is neccessary.

Thanks guys.

You know we got your back!

! :tup:

I'll post up further examples as I get 'em...

I don't know if you've tried this approach, but the method for capturing high speed photos I read a while involved a completely dark room & setting your shutter speed to 'bulb'. This lets you open the shutter without actually getting an exposure. The sensor will get an exposure when the flash is fired. Once the exposure is taken cared of, you just need to sync the flash to the action with some kind of trigger.

Alright so I switched it up completely and am shooting without strobes. I'm using a LOT of incandecent light. See pic below (lights off in pic)...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8152/6...8c6a2cb9_b.jpg


Here's a shot at 1/4000 sec @ f/2.8
I think the cartridge is still a bit out of focus but that could be due to the low f stop and me dropping it either a hair too close or too far from the focal point. (or the damn thing is being dropped in the right spot but once it hits the water, it moves on it's own out of the focal point). Either way, the shot was pretty dark @ f/2.8 but if I move either the f stop up or increase the shutter speed, it really goes into dark/black territory.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8168/6...a6aba4e4_b.jpg

Starting to get better. Much better than the strobes anyway. I will continue to work on it until I have it perfected.

In order to get the perfect stop you need super quick strobes...... which are pricey

I have some pretty pricey strobes. It has been brought to my attention that I didn't have camera set to rear shutter sync.