Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Splash Column

Splash Column

Original - A column of water after a droplet of water hits the surface

It's a clear, high resolution shot without distracting objects or deception.

Articles this image appears in

Splash (fluid mechanics)

Creator

Ardo

Nominated by

Ard0 ^{(Talk - Contribs)} 00:02, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Comments

• The lighting is reasonable, but the sharpness is lacking. A pencil makes a good focus aid. You may also need to drop your flash power, decreasing the flash burst time and reducing motion blur. I'm also not sure that Splash (fluid mechanics) is the right article ("Splashes are characterized by transient ballistic flow"). The flow is transient, but not significantly ballistic. Surface tension might be useful, but you'd have to think about the caption. Water drop photography is also an option, but you'd have to write the article. I've done a few myself recently, such as File:Water Dolphin.jpg, File:Orange Coronet.jpg and File:Aqua Spout.jpg. One of my radio triggers has broken so I haven't done any more as I am not happy with the lighting. I note that the shutter speed is 5 seconds. Are you using a trigger circuit of some kind? I was thinking about slapping together a photogate, Schmitt trigger and delay circuit for the purpose. Noodle snacks (talk) 04:50, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
  • Oh, one other thing, you should upload your images to Commons. Noodle snacks (talk) 04:51, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
    • Yeah I used a slow shutter speed and the flash to capture the drop, as I don't have remote triggers quite yet. I have a D60, but I'm using an older flash. A Minolta Auto 118x... The F-stop was low enough that the 5 second exposure (I shortened it on more recent shots, 5 secs is a little unnecessary) didn't capture any light at all, I shot in really low lighting other than the flash. I might need to revise and get some better eqiupment/a better setup before I continue to try these. I've got a few images like the dolphin etc, but like you said, sharpness does lack a little. What do you think of this image? By the way, I'm humbled by your shots, Noodle snacks. Kudos. Ard0 ^{(Talk - Contribs)} 14:00, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
• On more mundane matters, composition itself would probably be lacking for FPC. I feel that the drop reaches too high in the frame and the ripples are unbalanced being cutoff at left far more than at right. Ideally you'd probably want about as much ripples at right on both sides. For a repeatable shot like this, these things wouldn't be overlooked by many. --jjron (talk) 08:17, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

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