Dancing Water Setup
Dancing Water Setup
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Original idea from Fotoopa, I just made a simpler setup.
Take a look at the incredible Fotoopa Water Figures at Pbase, there’s setup instructions on his timing systems.
Sorry for the mess, this is my first setup post :)
The idea here is to put water drops to dance!
I put some small drops on my subwoofer with the cone turned up, then sent some bass frequencies from my notebook. I tried 70hz, 110hz and 200hz, the results are very different on each frequency.
The room was dark, the camera set for a long exposure, 1sec was enough. All light is provided by the flash, which is triggred by a sound trigger connected to a Cactus wireless remote (if 430EX had a PC connection I would not need the Cactus in this setup).
Conveniently, the sound trigger is triggered when the subwoofer makes sound :) I had to add a little bit of delay to get the drops jumping, the whole thing is very fast!
Update: I did this again with some changes to the setup… added a colored or reflective plastic on top of the subwoofer, colored background, added another flash head and now I’m using my new Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens.
Update 2: See the whole new setup here.
See my High Speed set for more photos with this setup and the sound trigger.
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A idéia aqui é colocar gotas d’agua pra dançar!
Coloquei algumas pequenas gotas em meu subwoofer com o cone virado pra cima, daí mandei umas frequencias graves pelo meu notebook. Experimentei com 70hz, 110hz e 200hz, os resultados foram bem diferentes em cada frequencia.
A sala estava escura, a camera configurada para longa exposição, 1seg foi suficiente. Toda a luz vem do flash, que foi acionado por um sound trigger conectado a um Cactus wireless remote (se o 430EX tivesse PC connection eu não precisaria do Cactus nesse setup).
Convenientemente, o sound trigger é ativado quando o subwoofer emite som :) Eu tive que adiconar um pouco de delay para pegar as gotas pulando, a gambiarra toda é muito rápida!
Image by Chaval Brasil
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nice setup!
That’s really cool! The sound wavelength makes that much of a difference, wow. Very creative… for a techno-geek. ;^D
creative
nota 1000 prá vc Chaval!!!! mas… ficou uma dúvida: onde vc arrumou o gorilla pod que estou procurando há meses e não encontro? hehehehehehe mandou vir da BH?
Abração!
Oi Camilo!
Obrigado pelo comentário :)
Comprei o gorillapod agora em janeiro que viajei pros EUA, realmente tava em falta em muitas lojas.
Vale a pena, mas agora estou procurando uma ballhead pequena pra dar mais mobilidade a ele.
Very good results ;)
molhando o subwoofer??
Parabens pelas fotos
Poxa….Posso até tentar mas acho que vai demorar anos para que eu consiga!!
huahuahua
Parabéns pela Criatividade….Pelas imagens!
Abs
Paranapiacaba, eh nozes!
Great idea.
Hoje vou tentar alguns splash se der tudo certo depois posto, Abraços
Muito legal sua idéia. As fotos ficaram ótimas. Parabéns
Wow… this is a really creative concept! Nice work!
Yep – very creative and well thought out
very clever !!
Pqp!!!
Muito fodaa!!
ehehehe
Mandou muuito bem!!!
Flw!!
Caraca…
Mandou muito bem na criatividade..
Juntou o arcenal fotográfico completo e fez bonito!
Parabéns cara!
Acho muito massa suas experiências!
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ótimissíma idéia! parabéns!
Wonderful idea…thanks for posting the setup!
Very cool! I’ve been thinking about doing this for awhile.
I wonder about the need for the sound trigger. Wouldn’t setting the water to dancing and then just manually triggering the strobe work?
Did you put the water directly on the speaker or did you have something between them stretched tightly?
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Hi Harley!
You can try without a sound trigger, when you play the frequency you shot the strobe… it will be harder, but you still can get some good shots.
In my first try I put the water drops directly on the speaker… the 2nd time I put a plastic over it to get some color, here’s the result:
Click on the photo to see some more instructions.
This is such a cool idea.
The results look really good.
Chaval, Thanks for the reply!
Cheers.
Grande idea! Bravo!!!
Incrivel . . . I have to try this!!!
I had a setup going the other day and was getting exposures and timing dialed in when I blew my speaker. :-(
Good thing it was a surplus part I had lying around. Now I need to go find a source for something that’ll work more reliably.
It did last long enough to answer the question that I could get shots without the sound trigger.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Strobist Gear, and we’d love to have your photo added to the group.
Looks like the same sound trigger as I made (is yours from Hi-Viz, too?) Great photos and a terrific idea using the speaker and computer! I love it. Instant fav’.
good creative home made setup
cool and brilliant man!
impressionante
podes partilhar com fizestes?
como ligastes o laptop ao sub?
continua
Olá Szurc,
Conectei um cabo de fone(p2) -> RCA direto no sub que é ativo (tem amplificador próprio), é uma conexão comum, como ligar caixas de áudio em um computador de mesa.
Respondendo o que me perguntou por email…
As faixas de frequencia eu já tinha para teste do home theater… mas é fácil de achar, busque na net por "mp3 100hz" que vc acha pra baixar.
Obrigado pela visita!
I would love to do something like this in the near future! :) Good job!
Thanks for sharing the set-up to. Have a good one!
Cara, muito bom mesmo. Fiquei cheio de idéias e vontade de testá-las depois de ver suas fotos e o set-up.
Parabéns
Thanks for the update and the link to my original setup and work on my pbase. There is a lot of room for experimenting on this subject. Even after 4 years i make new variations. I have now also an account here on flickr for exchanging new ideas. A failure give you sometimes new pictures. But cleanup after the experiments is always a big task.
WOW
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wow…thats fantastic!
amazing – well done! x
wooooooooooow! super!
awsome work
:-)
Uau! Super fotos!
fantastic
did you build the sound trigger yourself?
HI there, Syvwlch from the Arduino forum. I’ll go enjoy your other pictures now. :-)
Brilliant idea!
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called ?????, and we’d love to have this added to the group!
Fascinating.
Wow…this is just great..thanks for sharing.
Dude, great technique and patience well done SIR!!!
Thanks for sharing :)
Cheers
Hi. I’m the administrator of a new group about strobist filosofy.
I recruiting members, and guess what? You have been recruited.
Please join us.
outstanding!
ficou iradissima as tuas fotos………..
mas vêm cá, tem q colocar alguma coisa em cima da caixa, não???
não estrqaga ela não????
Abraços….
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called ??????? ???? ?????? (HSP), and we’d love to have this added to the group!
nice
http://www.flickr.com/groups/hsp1/
I wish to try that some day
wwwwwwowwww!!
i need your help !!
wow these pictures are awesome
great setup and great idea
Great creative techniques!
hey, can you post a closer picture of the sound trigger, or it’s diagram preety please ? :D