Hi, I am using a Canon EOS400D , I would like to know the best settings to use for taking photos of water drops/raindrops, I have read so many articles,but I am still really confused.
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Take a look at this question: http://photo.stackexchange.com/q/1256/6789 – DHall Jul 17 '12 at 13:14
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2Do you mean rain falling or drops of water splashing? – ElendilTheTall Jul 17 '12 at 13:24
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2what are you confused about? – K'' Jul 17 '12 at 15:27
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Hi basicly water splashing .sry iam very knew to all this – Helen Jul 17 '12 at 16:45
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Hi Akram, confused because the articles i have read all say different things.. so i dont know if i should be using high iso and hi number f/stop – Helen Jul 17 '12 at 16:47
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That's because it depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Can you explain your goal a little further? – mattdm Jul 17 '12 at 18:01
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Helen, does this blog post help you? http://photo.blogoverflow.com/2012/05/getting-started-with-water-drop-photography/ – ElendilTheTall Jul 17 '12 at 19:04
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This is pretty much a trade-off. Because raindrops are small I'd say it's optimal to
- keep the focal length as long as possible to magnify the raindrops.
- focus manually on the closest raindrops available (if you're outside in the rain, that means focus to the near limit of your lens).
- balance between fast shutter speed (to freeze the drops) and narrow aperture (getting as much rain in focus as you can). This will require a fair bit of light or higher ISO settings.
If you have a light source illuminating the raindrops while they're in front of a darker background, they will surely be more visible. An external flash from a different angle than you lens, only hitting the raindrops and not your background, could work.
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Settings mostly depend upon the environment. For example 
was taken at ISO 100, F2.8 @ 1/400second. That was just a shot out of my window, after it had stopped raining and the sky was returning to a blue-colour.
If you want to use a strobe to highlight falling water, or falling rain, you'll want a similar shutter speed but you might find the aperture has to be smaller to avoid over-exposure.