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HAB911

(9,770 posts)
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 11:58 AM Thursday

A how the sausage was made post

Thanks for all the support!

Nikon Z8, Nikkor Z 180-600 w/2x TC @1200mm, 1/1000sec, f/18, ISO 2000

This is my birdbath dripper. As long as the water in the bath is disturbed, mosquitos will not lay their eggs, so this is a fresh water dripper. I was about 15 feet away, and took two 8 shot bursts covering two drip sequences. The first missed the drip completely. The second sequence is what you see here. This is what it looked like in the viewfinder when the drop formed, through to complete drip. I was intrigued by the difference between the last two shots as the surface tension collapsed and gravity took hold, almost missed the grand finale.

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A how the sausage was made post (Original Post) HAB911 Thursday OP
Thank you, HAB911 Diamond_Dog Thursday #1
Thanks Dawg! HAB911 Friday #4
Thanks so much for showing us how you got that great shot, my dear HAB911! CaliforniaPeggy Thursday #2
Thank you peggy! HAB911 Friday #5
That's some cool bokeh for f/18 HAB911! And though the first burst missed, George McGovern Thursday #3
Thank you George! HAB911 Friday #6

Diamond_Dog

(38,274 posts)
1. Thank you, HAB911
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 12:22 PM
Thursday

You certainly saw something that demanded a photo taken at just the right time! Thank you for the background story on your most excellent photo!

CaliforniaPeggy

(154,937 posts)
2. Thanks so much for showing us how you got that great shot, my dear HAB911!
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 01:06 PM
Thursday

You do great work, and we all enjoy it!

George McGovern

(9,046 posts)
3. That's some cool bokeh for f/18 HAB911! And though the first burst missed,
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 05:35 PM
Thursday

YOU GOT THE SHOT, all eight of them in fact. It's real neat to see the sequence in your image. To see its resolution. AND that you beat gravity
in the end!

To win this contest you overcame substantial competition. Congratulations. But I am certain that celebrity will not change you, because if even a hint
of hubris were to spring up in your head it would just drip, drip, drip out the other side.

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