Rains in Mumbai - 2

Rain Gods have once again allowed me to take a better capture of the water splash. This time around I got ample time to experiment, get a better focus and get the more important light factor correct. Also, it was the first time I used a higher ISO. The ISO was set to 200. I used the shutter priority mode and had set shutter speed to 1/200. Although it was raining, the lights seemed to be decent enough to not get a very dark picture. Of course I had to enhance the light a bit using Photoshop. However, I loved the overall result. The only doubt I have is about the grains. My computer's monitor I believe doesn't catch the grains that often appear in the picture due to a higher ISO setting. If you notice the grains, do let me know. I must say, the rains in Mumbai have never been so much fun before.

I would love and really appreciate if you could share your experiences about picturing a water splash.

Rains in Mumbai

It's been raining like crazy since past one week. Its only now as I'm typing this post, that I can see a clear blue sky. The white clouds are moving quickly and I feel it should rain again by the evening. Yesterday the opposition political parties had called for a nationwide "Bandh (closed)". This step was taken as a protest against the price hike for petro-products. This meant that nobody across India, worked. Schools, Colleges, Banks, Public Transport etc remain closed. We stayed at home and it rained whole day. I'd just bought new batteries for my Canon A710 IS Digital Camera and managed to capture these rain photos and water droplets from our window.

The water falling from the roof created these splashes. With very low light and limited manual functions of my camera I manged to capture this with a shutter speed of 1/1500 on my third attempt. Of course I had to brighten up the shot a bit using Photoshop. The original result was a bit too dark.

Some more small streams of water breaking into droplets and falling down to create the splash which you just saw above. 7UJ96VYKP6DV