This image shows water being run through a bottomless portafilter. Water is forced at high temperature and pressure through small pores, causing the distinctive drops to form. The surface tension then creates the distinctive columns as the water drops fall.
The shot was taken with a Canon Ultrasonic 50mm f/1.4, with a shutter speed of 1/3205, an aperture of f/2, and an ISO of 3200 on a Canon EOS 250D.
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I know you felt the color palette/composition may have been one area of improvement, but I really feel the contrast and tone are very striking!
I enjoy the story that is told from the drop forming on the left, the drop falling and separating in the middle, and the contrail of a drop that has fallen on the right. The progression and motion is captured in a single still image.
Did you consider any post processing to potentially remove the bright reflections of the metal?
Why did you choose to crop the image in the ratio of 1/3 of each metal/water/droplets?
The timing is really nice with one drop almost through the process of falling and one in the middle and one drop just forming. It’s really cool to see the motion in a still image.
The background and colors are awesome and help channel the focus of the image to the droplet. The overall color work was phenomenal.
The central water droplet was captured at such a perfect moment and stands out beautifully!
Fantastic job on the focus! It is really impressive how clearly you were able to capture those intricacies of the water droplet.