I have been asked on several occasion to explain the technique behind my droplet photos. While this is nothing new and the technique has been reviewed elsewhere before I thought I would provide a quick tutorial

The beauty of this type of photography is that it provides endless creative possibilities in the confines of your own home. This is very helpful when the days get short and the skies are gloomy.

To focus the shot you needed to use manual focus. You can manually release the droplet to impact on the surface of the water but you need to find a way to consistantly land the drop on the same spot. If you are off by even a few millimeters the droplet will not be well focused. The best method I found was to build a frame out of household materials -wood, pvc pipe etc,...