Abit shake,increase shutter speed and ISO.

erm,i bought 20 lighter and try to burn it, actually i was angry at someone,then i get this idea of explosion.
out of 20 lighter,this 2 was the best.

@climacool:
What mode were you on?
How about put it on "Av" (Aperture Priority).
Set the Aperture to F1.8 (your 50mm F1.8) and put ISO to 400.
The camera will automatically detect your shutter speed to *prevent* underexposure/overexposure. Just my 2 cents.

@melurd:
The green is just so awesome.
Not to mention the sharpness of the water droplets.
We're you using Sony's Kit Lens and was it PP-ed?

u all nonid to heard2 la.. u just test for urself la.. f/5.6, f/6.3 or f/8... which one sharp? u see urself la.. seeing is believing what...

IT IS easy..lol..

most of my "floating" shots..the subject was tied up by black/white/transparent(fishing line) according to the background color..it works pretty well...if sometimes some part stil visible(due to flash or deep DoF)..u can easily clone it off..after all its just a very thin line.....i tried to "dropping" method..it took me 200+++ shots and 2hours just to get 1 that satisfy me...



so after this trail..i decided to think of a simpler way to ease my life..which is what im doing now...lol

but of coz..if u r from 1 of those anti post-processing/photo manipulation group...u can aways use my old method..it could be done..just that it cost "slightly" more time and shutter counts  =p