Clarky, when you find some good weather post some to our shores .

Hi Clarky

Love the images Clarky, but would just like Martin said I would have expected less noise on those images at 200

Like Martin I also noticed that noise and would really like to know if the K7 is better at noise control than the K20. This is one of the features that would help me decide if I am getting a K7 or not, of course among some other few ones that I already like. But I have been a bit disappointed with the noise control of the K20 and was hoping that the K7 would be a huge leap in improvement.

What do you new K7 owners think so far about the noise?

Very nice effects on them Martin.
I like particularly the second one specially because of the yellowish effect. But the first one is superb too, love that drop that formed above and the colour density that it acquired different from the rest of the liquid.

Reducing the amount of the liquid in the container also seems to result in different shapes and forms.

I also love the angle at which you framed the shots. I always seem to struggle to find the best angles, but you have pulled out a pretty nice one on these ones .

Amin

Hi Ali

smoke bubbles and water are in the tweaking phases , moved on to wine glasses . They are the ones keeping me locked in the shed for longer hours, at least for now. Got to keep changing or else I will end up bored. Thought about fire but my home insurance doesn't cover it

Oh and by the way, I do once in a while get out of the shed to stretch my legs and usually end up with these friendly lot, they are my running partners in the club.

Tried getting some snaps the day I didn't fancy running so went with my DA*300, but I should have taken the DA*60-250 instead, it would have given me more control and I think I would have got some better shots.

This is where I feel that the AF just doesn't lock quick enough to get a good shot. Lighting wasn't bad at all on the day and these lot had already done 10 miles in the woods so they were not exactly flying by the time I got these shots. Focus doesn't look like spot on in all these images unfortunately.

Dan

Absolutely fascinating . They look great. What a nice set of images. Love all of them but the first one for me is just superb . Those curls and twists just make it absolutely captivating

No 2 one looks like an animal/insect/bug

3 and 4 love for the simplicity of it, the fine lines that the smoke produced makes it very appealing.

Great captures Dan ,

These images are pretty good . And of course the 60-250 helped the quality but looking at the shutter speeds you used I am absolutely amazed, handheld with those shutter speeds


PentaxBabe, did you use tripod or monopod while trying to shoot the goldfinches? It helps tremendously using tripod, unless you have steady hands like a few members here we know that shoot pretty sharp images without one. My bird shots come out pretty rubbish without tripod.

Paul,
I think that would work. I tried with clear glass but it doesn't work well, so perspex might do the trick.
Yes, drop me some ideas and will work on them

Hi Dan

Yes I tried with a dark surface but the water splashes come up very dark.

On these ones I purposely aimed for the reflections on the surface, that was the initial idea actually. They are just variations to see how they come up anyway, they give a totally different aspect to the simple water drops coming up.

Working the light on these reflections is really a headache, been trying various ideas and so far only few did manage to get them reasonably ok.
Some more ideas cooking and will be locking myself in the shed again soon

Will also try what you just mentioned, with a matt surface but I will have to compensate the lack of light that I won't be getting from the reflective surface through a different way

These ones were all shot with off board flash. Didn't like very much the angle of the light when I used the built in flash.
But I have still been experimenting so can't really say if built in flash will give you similar or probably better results even.

The trick is experimenting, shoot a few, make a mess, preferably in a bathroom or a shed if you have one. AC is not essential but it does help, and then in the end make sure lady of the house doesn't go in and find the floor all in a messy state. At one time I was soaked to the roots of my hair with coloured water But all was fun

Hope this helps

Yes, I used flash on all of the images here