Hi, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > I want to catch the rain falling in a photograph. My attempts at this > have all been failures. Any suggestions for getting those raindrops on > film? Is there an ideal shutter speed? Or might the speed be relative > to the intensity of the rain? Do raindrops always fall at the same > speed (thinking of early experiments with falling objects, gravity)?
The best (most expressive) pictures I've seen have been taken on sunny days (!) with the rain backlit to show up as light streaks against a dark background. Speeds of 125 down to vary the length of the streaks. If you can't get it backlit against a dark background (or even if you can) adding a little milk to the rain increases its visibility, according to Gene Kelly. mike -- ======================================================== Founder member, The Secret Pentax Society of twited pigs ========================================================
