(Editor’s note: The River Cities’ Reader each month will feature an image or images from the Quad Cities Photography Club.)

One of the top images in the Quad Cities Photography Club’s January competition in the creative category was this interesting image of a drop of water created by Denise Greer. To make this image, she used a cookie sheet with sides, filled with about a half-inch of water. She then used some red material and an empty chip bag covered with colorful text for a backdrop. From a tripod she hung a Ziploc bag full of water and poked a small hole in the bag for the drops. In a dark room with an off-camera flash, she worked on getting the water to drop at the speed needed for the image she wanted, and on finding the correct settings for the camera. She spent several hours working on the gathering of materials, setting it all up, and trying out the shot to get it just right, and she came up with a winning image.

She used a Canon 50D camera with a 100-millimeter macro lens, set at f/9.5 and at 1/250 of a second, with an ISO of 100 and manual focus.

The Quad Cities Photography Club welcomes visitors and new members. The club sponsors numerous activities encompassing many types and aspects of photography. It holds digital and print competitions most months. At its meetings, members discuss the images, help each other to improve, and socialize. The club also holds special learning workshops and small groups that meet on specific photography topics, and occasionally offers interesting shooting opportunities. The club meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Thursday of the month September through June at the Butterworth Center, 1105 Eighth Street in Moline.

For more information on the club, visit QCPhotoClub.com.