Fluid Sculpture

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CyberSteak

Wow. Very neat. Care to share the setup?

Lord Vetinari

wonderful umbrella splash shot. esp like the lighting
Brian V.

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CyberSteak wrote:

Wow. Very neat. Care to share the setup?

Use a zip lock bag fill with water, with a pan deep enough, the deeper and higher you go, the higher the drop bounce. Punched a hole in the bag and let it drop. Lighting wise, I use wireless trigger, placing the flash opposite of the camera, you can try different angle to get different effect.
Pre-focus to the drop, and I suggest trying a simple drop, get the hang of it.
It took me 10 months to figure out this type of shot.

jsqueri

Very nice!

I really like the reflection in the "swell" below the umbrella. Great, crisp detail.

What liquid did you use? It looks a little murky.

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jsqueri wrote:

Very nice!

I really like the reflection in the "swell" below the umbrella. Great, crisp detail.

What liquid did you use? It looks a little murky.

John, milk, that is why the bubbles that makes it not clean. When milk drops into the water, it creates bubbles.

jsqueri

Interesting. I never thought of trying this with liquids other than water, but the higher viscosity(?) of milk would definately effect the look of the splash.

Did you dye the milk or is it the lighting that turned it so dark?

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jsqueri wrote:

Interesting. I never thought of trying this with liquids other than water, but the higher viscosity(?) of milk would definately effect the look of the splash.

Did you dye the milk or is it the lighting that turned it so dark?

you can play around. This shot, it was the milk dropping into a bucket of water.

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Another example

Macushla

I'd love to see more. These are so interesting.

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Macushla wrote:

I'd love to see more. These are so interesting.

you can see a lot of them on www.flickr.com/troylim

GOLDENORFE

very nice, like both
phil

Macushla

troylim wrote:

you can see a lot of them on www.flickr.com/troylim

Troy - I just got my first DSLR camera and you are officially my idol. Your photos are amazing, the birds, the smoke, portraits, you rock.

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Macushla wrote:

I'd love to see more. These are so interesting.

Thank you so much for saying that. It is cold and rainy outside in FL. Good day to shoot waterdrop.

Awais Yaqub

These are amazing ! keep posting

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