LightningPaul

This is the last image for the water theme of the Blandia competition. I don't know how many points I got for this one but I'm pretty sure it was in the top 10 best images. I have used one more image which I already posted a while ago, for the competition. It's one of my toilet :-)

The image above is also made in the kitchen. I've put a plexiglass on the sink and opened the tap to get a small beam of water. The plexiglass, which is very handy and cheap, gives the nice reflection.


TECH-INFO: just as my previous image, I have used to speedlight flashes at both sides of the camera. This time I used a white as a backdrop, it's even put in the sink (which has normally a black color). The flashes are pointed to the backdrop. I gelled them with blue (CTB) and orange (CTO). If you look at the out of focus drops in the background you can see the colored reflections. The lens was a 90mm Tamron macro lens, borrowed of a good friend. It gives very sharp results.
For post-processing I used DxO Optics Pro (only for RAW conversion) and Photoshop. In the later I boosted contrast and colors. Also the back and foreground are darkened. This lets you focus more on the water beam. Finally some vignetting is added.