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This is actually my third attempt at taking water drop images. I have found that some color must be introduced, otherwise, the images lack vibrance. In this set I used food coloring and a blue gel on one of the flashes. (In retrospect, this was overkill.)

The last shot in this set shows the technique I used--employing two flashes, one underneath with a blue gel, and the second flash 90 degrees camera-left.

Additional tricks picked up along the way:

Use a skewer or similar to mark your focus point

Use a large dropper so you won't need to contantly 'reload.'

Hand-hold nothing. To increase the keepers, you have to eliminate every opportunity for error. Hence, the old lab stand.

For more drop images, follow these links:

https://pbase.com/cerumen/drops

https://pbase.com/cerumen/drops2

For milk drop images ("dairygraphs"), look here:

https://pbase.com/cerumen/milkdrops

https://pbase.com/cerumen/milkyway

https://pbase.com/cerumen/heavycream