thats really nice !

this is what i call 'everything nice'!

outstanding!!!!!

fantastic!

i've tried that once. never more. you're outstanding! what light sources did you used?

Thanks for all the comments, lighting with SB 600.

Okay with a reflector or from under the tank?

With mirrors!

amazing

WOW!

Fantastic shot

And also congrats for another first place!

How do you shoot this kind if photos author.Could you share with us the technique you use.I saw this kind of photos many times but i can't understand how this is done.I guess you used flash, & a solid background but what about the shadows...?You use an external flash & fire it up from the left...?What was the settings on your camera...?Any help would be useful!Great "freeze" of the liquid.

Hmmm, this is a great image, but my questions are the same as karaflazz - amazing image please explain how we could create the same.

NICE! Do you use a sound trigger?

lol......I also have a question.............who cleans up the mess after your shoots.........

Hahahaha....ade you are funny you know that...?

Thanks for the great comments. Like Karaflazz i saw photos like this about a year ago and also puzzled at how it was done, I scaned the net with no luck and spent ages experimenting with milk splashing and flashguns. It was only when i stopped thinking along the normal way a fast photo is taken it all fell into place, The satisfaction i get from each shot is much bigger because i worked the technique out for myself and gained lots more knoledge along the way. The set up is as Karaflazz describes,except the picture is actually upside down,Mug glued to glass and the liquid is falling!

No sound trigger used, The chocolate didnt make any noise untill it landed! And i shot this outside and cleaned up with the help of a neighbours dog!

thank you so much for the explanation!!well done!

haha great technique

Thank you for your explanations ! It's really amazing ! Great shot !

my fav in this contest thus far. Really cool. I love the colors.

Wow, awesome!

That must have taken you serveral attempts to get the right one. Well done.

bravo

Wow, nice shot. Too much work for me.

And congrats for the second place too!

Nice!

beautiful!

small aperture to get the stars??

I usually use small diafragm for long field of focus , in this photo t=1/60 sec , f/22 , iso 100 , lens 50mm and no flash

no flash, so what is the light source, it was bright enough to cause a start effect in places!

Ade you have right , just read more carefully the exif data and find '' flash fired . auto mode"

cool shot... but I'm allergic to water droplets (at least it's not on a flower )

ok, f22 and 1/60 sec..you had to be using something deliberately, that is a very slow lens speed for such a catch, yet you say you had to read the exif data to see that the flash had fired..........for a shot like this, the flash had to fire, or at least, a triggered light source had to fire.

Congrats for your third place, Roon!

good capture..........more water............lol

hey friends, either you stop uploading these incredible drop shots or you explain very clearly how you do it or I will drain the water from your shots!

hi cocor, i don't think by smashing your computer screen just to drain the water is a smart way..please follow this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwExpFDUC9Y&feature=PlayList&p=64E2F957328961F2&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=43 it shows how exactly how i did it..but i did it on a mirror and i dont have that flash remote gadget stuff. the important thing is, how to get the right angle and the water drop must in consistently droping. hopefully this will help. p/s: this was my 2nd setup water drop photo and its only took me 10 shots to get the right one..(continued)

on my first attemp ( few months ago) its took me 200-250shots---> http://www.pxlshots.com/images/contests/big%20splash/fullsize/big%20splash_4a829426a1d02_hires.jpg

Amazing shot, well done author, thank goodness for digital cameras huh!

Author,

wow this sleep in my heart great...

uoo

Giallo, its not uoo...its wooooooo!

Wow with lots of oooooooooo in the middle,just like that WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!!!Independence day!!!

Wooah... Wait, is this real? o.O O.O

Wait, is this photoshop xontest or photography contest? xD

waldo, be careful with your accussations............you rubbed people the wrong way once before! This looks real enough to me, These unusual clouds are called lenticular clouds because of their lens-like shape and they tend to form at high altitudes, normally aligned at right-angles to the wind direction. They have often been mistaken for UFOs in the past, due to their odd shape.

Thanks Ade. It's a real cloud. I shot it twice three years ago . This kind of clouds formed by oposite winds , usually near high mountains.

just as I said they do....nice shooting btw !

nice image its pretty i think you should have removed the buildings tho

definitely extraordinary!

no, I think the presence of the buildings adds a sort of 'menace' feel to the cloud.......like......"the aliens are coming"...........lol

How do we know the aliens aren't hiding in the cloud?

Oh mon Dieu, auteur, c'est vraiment merveilleux! (The little Frenchie in me.)

Oui, il est en effet une merveille .......... bien fait, bonne chance...............lol

ummmmm... oui!

hahaha.kyricom..btw..that' s really extraordinary

big

Kyricom...ade...i didn't undestand a word you said...

hahaha..........Dimitri my friend, it is French...........lol....and actually Jerostone started it...lol

My first thought was a hidden UFO also. Never seen this cloud type before, but I don't live in the mountains wither. Nice shot.