Splish Splash

Posted by Robin

I love to work with water drops but it is so difficult to do them well. Using YouTube I researched how to make great water drops. I came across Water Droplet Photography Additives.

So I went out and bought some Xanthan Gum (found you the baking isle) and cheese cloth. I did not use the cheese cloth in all honesty I forgot all about it. The video mentions using 1 teaspoon to 2 cups of water. I found this to be way to thick for me so I just used a pinch to 2 cups of water and it turned out better. The mixture was a bit cloudy but when I used it you do not notice any of the “cloudiness”.

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Posted on May 3, 2015, in Photography and tagged challenge, Flowers, nature, new jersey, photography, photos, Pictures, reflections, Water, water drops, Xanthan Gum. Bookmark the permalink. 17 Comments.

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Lena | May 3, 2015 at 9:21 PM

Great tip and It made great water drops in your photos. Maby I’ll give it a try. Thank’s for sharing this.

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- Robin | May 3, 2015 at 9:37 PM
  
  You are very welcome and thank you once again! Make sure you use a kids medicine dropper or something like that to get a steady flow of drops.
  
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  - Lena | May 4, 2015 at 1:03 AM
    
    Thank’s again!
    
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Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer | May 3, 2015 at 9:58 PM

this is great – I have just been playing with some liquid photography my self and it IS difficult.

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Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer | May 3, 2015 at 9:59 PM

great shots too!

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- Robin | May 3, 2015 at 10:06 PM
  
  Thank you Julz. Liquid photography is indeed difficult. The Xanthar Gum does help with the consistency of the water. Most of my shots came out pretty good, I will be posting more very soon. Hope to see some if yours!
  
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Ben Rowe Aperturef64 | May 4, 2015 at 1:15 AM

I quote like the droplets in these pictures, not just still on the flower but moving creating some action. NIce idea.

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- Robin | May 4, 2015 at 11:38 PM
  
  Thank you Ben!
  
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Amy Marie | May 4, 2015 at 6:27 AM

Wow! Great shots!

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- Robin | May 4, 2015 at 11:39 PM
  
  Thank you Amy!
  
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dogear6 | May 4, 2015 at 11:56 AM

Huh. I hadn’t thought of that – I need to go check it out and give it a try! Thanks for the recommendation and information. It looks like your experiments went well.

Nancy

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- dogear6 | May 4, 2015 at 12:00 PM
  
  Here’s my experiment capturing raindrops on the deck railing. Knowing what I know now, instead of cranking up the ISO, I’d crank up the time value to 1/1000 or faster.
  
  http://livingtheseasons.com/2011/09/24/plunk-go-the-raindrops/
  
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  - Robin | May 4, 2015 at 11:53 PM
    
    Very nice, photography truly makes try new thing and find ways to make it better. I will have to try photographing rain drops.
    
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- Robin | May 4, 2015 at 11:46 PM
  
  Thanks Nancy. The xanthan gum is about $9 for a small bag. I got more good shots than bad ones this time,
  
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whichwaynow101 | May 5, 2015 at 5:26 AM

Great technique! Lovely photos!

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- Robin | May 6, 2015 at 8:35 PM
  
  Thank you!
  
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