By Gregory Opt

It had just finished raining and the sun was out, backlighting the drops as they splashed on the concrete off my roof. I decided this would be a good time to try some high-speed photography and captured this at 1/8000 sec. I adjusted the highlights, blurred the foreground and background, and sharpened the splash to enhance the depth. It looks like the water's deep but it was only about 1/8 inch of water!

• CAMERA: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
• FOCAL LENGTH: 67 mm
• SHUTTER SPEED: 1/8000
• LENS: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
• ISO: 1600
• APERTURE (F-STOP): 4.5