This blog post is a description of how I photograph water drops. Of course there is more than one way to do it, but it might be useful for people who have never tried it before.

What you'll need

- A transparent glass bowl

- A ruler or other object you can stick into the water for focusing

- A large sheet of colored paper or cloth

- A flat surface you can place your bowl on

- A small plastic bag

- A small pin with which you can make a very small hole in the bag

- Some kind of contruction above your flat surface, which you can hang your plastic bag with water on

- A large book or other object that you can place behind the bowl

- A camera which allows for manual focus and manual exposure (I use a Canon EOS 50D)

- A good flash (I use the Canon 500EX...