Oppose I don't like the stark shadows nor the mottled background. If you can make a better one, with a plain background (lit with a separate flash and/or reflector, to get rid of the shadows), I'll support that. Even better would be to have a series of three or four pictures - hey, why don't you make a GIF animation with, say 8 to 10 frames? I'm sure such an image would be almost unanimously supported... --Janke | Talk09:22, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, Your background is better, but Roger's pics don't have ugly soap and lime stains on the faucet... ;-) Seriously, would either of you care to make a series of shots into an animated gif? (Not an .ogg, I don't think those will show in-line with the article text, and some people don't even have the right plug-ins...) You'd have to shoot quite a few pics to get a coherent, well spaced, series. That would be interesting, and an excellent addition to Wikipedia. --Janke | Talk14:36, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That is easier said than done. Both pictures (I believe) show not the images of the same drop detaching, but entirely different drops (correct me if I'm wrong Roger). To shoot an animation you'd need a camera with a framerate upwards of 100fps. I can ask at our non-linear dynamics lab... --Dschwen14:44, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No, actually, you don't have to have a special camera! A repetitive phenomenon like this can be recorded "in motion" with a still camera! It's a bit tricky to get the exact timing for the different frames (yes, different drops, but they all look the same), but it is entirely possible - especially if you shoot a lot of them. I just thought I'd present you with the challenge ;-) --Janke | Talk20:01, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Good idea, that's also how they capture 4d CTs of human hearts, but my faucet was dripping not too uniformly. I was thinking of getting a strobe light and pan the camera with the shutter open. Next week earliest. --Dschwen21:04, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment as to the adding significantly to the article, has anyone looked at the Drop (liquid) page? It is a stub, heavily overloaded with pics, with the nominee taking up 50% screen real estate as a 500px monster (inserted into the article this morning to qualify for nomination). In that way, yes, it is contributing significantly. --Dschwen14:58, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Water drop animationNot a vote but since there was a demand for a water drop animation, AND i got a new camera recently, i took about 300 pics of my sink. Here is the result. Looks pretty good. Small improvements would be the gif color error on the right between the tiles, and maybe show the first image a little bit longer than the others. The full scale 1944 x 2592 image was 50 MB, so I scaled it down to 400x640. Best regards -- Chris 73 | Talk21:24, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Great! Throwing out the challenge worked! ;-) Will Roger or Dschwen make an attempt, too? Please do nominate yours separately, Chris! One thing you could do: remove a frame or two, now the drop seems to slow down just as it has detached... --Janke | Talk08:35, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I made an attempt too (2.5 sec avi), but my faucet has an erratic drop pattern and the cycles do not match very well. Watch the video to see what I mean. I'll try another faucet tomorrow. --Dschwen22:34, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support It took me a while to reflect. But in spite of the dark shadows I now decided to support the picture because of the brilliant drops. Calderwood07:55, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
, just shot half an hour ago. --Dschwen 14:16, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
