As this was to be done using a contact trigger the first job was to make a contact that could be adjusted for height. I could have gone mad and made up a fancy pivot and counterbalance arrangement as in the sketch, but I was keen to take the pic so opted for a cobbled together job instead once this was done. A bit of copper pipe bent round a bit of drilled brass with electrical blocks attached with steel rods to hold the counterweights, running on a rod and held in position with two more connector blocks. The washers are for fine balance as the cream was added.
Dropping the strawberry on target in near darkness was a bit of a challenge. 2 misses, 3 with poor placement and 2 with strobing flash that Stevie was not fast enough to react to were taken before getting this one. So it was very much a joint effort.
Attatched is a pic of the trigger, and a crop of the drop from the final pic.
Tomorrow I will do a graphic and post the lighting plan.
Don
PS : For Foxy, Your black velvet has just come out of the washing machine.
PPS : Before I am asked I just measured the drop height, and the strawberry was dropped from a height of 18 inches.