Ran up to Traverse to get fitted for a tux. On the way back, I stopped at Oryana for some sundries, coffee, and chocolate. The TART Trail sits just behind the Coop, so I popped down to catch the sun set and some late-summer blossoms. The yellow are small-headed wild sunflowers (Helianthus microcephalus), and the pink are another Michigan native, Robin’s Plantain (Erigeron pulchellus). Squee!

Today, I spent some time setting up the rig in my parents garage to see if I could get some shots of water splashing. I would have liked to have used a fish tank, but all I could find in the house was a Pyrex bowl. This has been an assignment I’ve been wanting to try for a few weeks after I got the idea from Photo Extremist’s video.

I shot these with my Nikon D7000, 50mm 1.8 at f/16, 1/200 exposure, ISO-100, with my Nikon SB-600 set manual, at 1/2. Here’s my setup, in the garage, in the middle of the day. I played with snooting my flash with some cardboard I found in the trash, and kept the entire flash unit (including the wireless transceiver) covered with two plastic bags.

These were taken at New World Arts in beautiful downtown Goshen, Indiana. If you’re hungry for the high-def photos, you can download the big chubby file here (506 meg)