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Shot with 4 Canon 580 Flashes. Flash 1 directly above the fish tank with a Honl 1/4" grid and soft gel and lights the hand and splash. Flash 2 pointed at background used another 1/4" grid with a red gel creating the red spot. Flash 3 was behind (2 oclock), and above the water line at a 45 degree angle to the top of the water giving the red water surface. Flash 4 was off to the left and behind with an 1/8" grid and soft gel giving some light behind the hand. Drop, click, drop, click, repeat, repeat.

F11, 160th. Flashes set between 1/8th and 1/2 power depending on grid used and amount of light needed.

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raya gonzaless 11 months ago

nice idea n nice shoot..i like it.

Rain Heard 1 year ago

i abosolutly love the heart in this picture...and i love how it really makes you think. keep up the great work

Joe Musselwhite 1 year ago

Incredible shot Dave!

Your desire to share your vast knowledge is much
appreciated.

Your talent as a photographer is amazing!!!

Keep up the fantastic work!!!

Ashraf Saleh 1 year ago

Clever idea, well executed capture.

Pavan Kaul 1 year ago

Brilliantly conceived ans flawlessly executed! Outstanding!!

holger droste 1 year ago

excellent work ! Compliment :o)

Arash Nasiri 1 year ago

nice shot....
thanx

Diana 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing the lighting technique and Congrats Dave, it's a beautiful image :-)

pjgarcia 1 year ago

First of all, many thanks for sharing the lighting technique applied; yours is always fantastic. This picture is as fantastic and beautyful as others from you. A pleasure to see them.

Tshuvi Kuba 1 year ago

great work! thx for sharing the light..i have only 3 flashes..

Rui Pires 1 year ago

I hate use one, you use four ! :)
But a great image, congrats ! ;)

Dave Nitsche Thanks Rui... yeah, it's funny, I use to hate flash photography now it's all I do. Go figure...

Rui Pires Everything is beautiful when well done :)

mehdi sedaghati 1 year ago

sooooooo greattt.

Dave Nitsche Thanks Mehdi

Monique 1 year ago

you know what i think
i am always impressed....always!

Dave Nitsche Thanks Monique. <3

Heidi Westum 1 year ago

Great, with a super idea and execution:) Special good technically - as always! I like "the motion" from the heart .. I reckon it took more than a shot, before it set:)

Dave Nitsche Yeah, it took a whole buncha shots but it was fun. Thanks Heidi!

Hamid alroshoud 1 year ago

Great shot, very expressive
I like the lighting very much
Thanks for the explanation

Dave Nitsche You're welcome Hamid. thanks

Sven Fennema 1 year ago

It's just amazing again, always exited by your conceptional works - And thank you very much again for your informations, even more excited with it. It's absolutely fascinating for me how and with what perfection your create these.

Dave Nitsche Thanks so much Sven. Always appreciate your comments.

Ratrina Wijayanti 1 year ago

WOW... Thombs... ^^b

Dave Nitsche Thanks Ratrina

Focal Plane 1 year ago

Dave, much respect from me for explaining in such detail how you took such a technically demanding - and beautiful - shot

Dave Nitsche You're very welcome and thanks

Risquillo 1 year ago

......what you have here is a wonderful work Dave!!!
Congrats!

Dave Nitsche Thanks so much!!!

Henrik Just 1 year ago

Very impressive work and beautiful result, Dave !

Congrats !

Regards

Henrik

Dave Nitsche Thanks Henrik

Ralf Stelander 1 year ago

I would really like to visit you sometime and see how these are made in action! Awesome photo!

Dave Nitsche Someday you will Ralf. :D

Thanks

Peter Svoboda 1 year ago

great work,compliments

Dave Nitsche Thanks Peter

Aziz Abbasi 2 years ago

Incredible beauty ..

Dave Nitsche Thanks Aziz

Robert 2 years ago

WOW! Thanks for sharing! Robert

Dave Nitsche No problem. thanks Robert

Milla 2 years ago

Yup, just wonderful. Love the red!

Dave Nitsche Thanks Milla

Willy Marthinussen 2 years ago

wonderful.....!

Dave Nitsche thanks so much Willy

Willem de Vlaming 2 years ago

Great shot and thanks for sharing the explanation.
Very much appreciated!

It's really amazing how you play with light!

Dave Nitsche Thanks Willem

Ben Goossens 2 years ago

Incredible use of Flash lights and idea...I never could do this:-)

Dave Nitsche Ben I have zero doubt that if I locked you in a room with my gear for a few months you'd come up with much better stuff. Your imagination is endless and your commitment to creativity abounds. You'd be an amazing artist in any medium. Thanks my friend.