Day 164 of 365 days.
Sometimes I like my backup ideas better than the initial plans.
A couple days ago, a company that sales water purifiers called me and asked if I’d allow them to come to our house and test our water and give us a sales pitch. In return, they’d give us a $40 gift certificate to. Not really having much better to do, I agreed. And, if nothing else, I figured it’d be a pretty cool 365 shot of us testing the water.
The guy came and once he realized I was unemployed, he decided to hold off on the pitch til I have a job. Apparently part of the pitch is to offer us a one-time deal at a discount. So he’d rather offer it while I’m working and he feels there’s a better chance of us actually buying the thing. So even though we got our gift certificate, there was no water testing done. Left without a picture I decided to at least do something with water to commemorate it. This is what I came up with.
Cool water shot! Nice splashy action!
This reminded me of a Mardi Gras cup! Flashy, Splashy! Mardi Gras is Feb. 20th, you and Steph should come down for a good time.
Very nice shot. Great use of flash.
Awesome! You captured great movement.
365 Days
super cool shot! love the motion and detail of the water.
totally looks like an ad.
hmmm… well, doesn’t look like there’s any e-coli in there anyway…
great shot mav!
Thanx everyone. I’ve always wanted to do a good splashing water pic since seeing a whole bunch of other people’s here.
@Expectant Alchemist: Thanx, I’m glad it worked out. I hate using flashes.
Cool Mav. Yeah, I think the only 365 in my set where I used a flash is my water-on-the-face shot. Flashes and water seem to get along well.
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@dave: I have done it a couple other times, but in general, I hate flash photography. I got hot hot lights for my studio just so I could avoide using it.
this is great mav….
Cool splashy shot Mav!
Wow. Splashy.
I’ve given up on trying to photograph moving water.
This is awesome…from the thumbnail I thought you were smashing the glass down on a table and the water was splashing out (another interesting idea, perhaps, though potential for broken glass).
I hate flashes too. 😀
nice motion shot
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**splooosh!**
nice one-handed capture
Wonderfully crisp shot and a great idea.
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great capture! This makes me want to play around with some moving water shots…
good job.
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hehe cool.
I love the stop action of the water. Great shot, it’s awesome in black and white.
TACWDave
Awesome shot! I might have to try this sometime.
TACWD
WOW! amazing capture!
I love this for the motion shot. Very different from other things I had in mind. I love frozen in time water. It just looks great.
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Awesome. I love it when splashing water freezes in pictures. This one is exceptionally clear and gorgeous.
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Cool salesman! And cool picture! i love the water shots!
Great job stopping the motion of the water here… it’s an awesome shot!
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Very cool shot.
funny story…before i start…i love your shot.
about 2 years back i got a similar phone call. i was pregnant at the time and we decided…what the heck…though we weren’t offered a $400 gift thingy… the woman that called to set it up asked me if i was related to a mark w. and i said, yes, he’s my father. turns out she was a woman that dated him when i was a little girl, after my parents split up. i really really liked this woman and was really sad when my father split up with her…and married a different woman instead. oh well…my father is still married to that woman so i guess he made the right decision for himself….but i still liked maureen better! (now…please, please do not let anyone that knows them read this!!!)
@Jen: That’s hilarious. The guy who came here had tons of storie, but nothing anywhere near that interesting. Oh, and it was $40. Not $400. Oh well.
Fantastic. So much in this is eye-catchingly perfect.
splashy. i haven’t tried to do water yet, but i like that you did a really focused shot with it.
Love this shot…very unique.
@dv2007 (Danielle & Vito): Thank you. I was really happy with how this worked out.
@texasgurl: Thank you. Good luck with your attempt.
@Blue Box Photos: Thank you.
Very nice shot! 🙂
@Wiiinston: thank you.
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called FREEZE THE MOMENT, and we’d love to have your photo added to the group.
@U_SF: added. Thank you.
@ricks_ivrea: thank you.