How to : Shooting water drops

Well it's spring break, So I should be out somewhere enjoying my self. Laying on a beach somewhere, drinking everything through a straw...right? right? No. I'm taking pictures. Planned to go to Cali for spring break but plans fell through. So here I am, trying to recreate a photo of a water drop.

So, why not a step through on how I achieved a photo of a water drop?

Heres how I created this ^

First thing.

I cleared out the sink, Put one lone cup in middle. Filled it almost the the top.

First mistake.

I put the cup under the sink, let the faucet drip. This was not enough distance to make a big drop. So to solve this problem.....

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I strung a cup on a string above the sink and poked a small hole in the bottom. This made the effect on the water drops hitting the water already in the cup more noticeable.  

I set my camera to 100 ISO, f/5.6, 1/200 sec. Since I was planning to use my flash as the light source. I put on my 75-300mm telephoto lens on. ( I used my standard lens for my first photo, and telephoto for my second.)

Stood on a chair about 4 feet aways from the cup, zoomed in & shot as the water dripped into the cup.

Easy & effective way to photograph water.