Water Sculpture Photos

richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
edited June 26, 2007 in Technique
Can someone please tell me what this guy did to get water to look like that? On some it looks like he just photographed it splashing and on others I'm not sure what it is he did. Then there are all the colors....

http://www.pbase.com/fotoopa/water_sculptures

These photos are pretty cool!
Linda

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  • LiquidAirLiquidAir Registered Users Posts: 1,751 Major grins
    edited June 19, 2007
    He is using a pretty heavy pigment to color the water (dyes are transparent, pigments are opaque). My guess is that he also is using something to thicken the water a bit (glycerine maybe?). My guess is that carefully pouring multiple layers of colored water, dropping things into it, and capturing the splash with a strobe.

    Edit: there is a diagram at the end. It looks like he is putting small drops of water on a loudspeaker and using it to shake the water which creates the splashes.
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  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited June 19, 2007
    richtersl wrote:
    Can someone please tell me what this guy did to get water to look like that? On some it looks like he just photographed it splashing and on others I'm not sure what it is he did. Then there are all the colors....

    http://www.pbase.com/fotoopa/water_sculptures

    These photos are pretty cool!

    Check the diagram at the end of the photos-

    http://www.pbase.com/fotoopa/image/64979662
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  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited June 19, 2007
    LiquidAir wrote:
    He is using a pretty heavy pigment to color the water (dyes are transparent, pigments are opaque). My guess is that he also is using something to thicken the water a bit (glycerine maybe?). My guess is that carefully pouring multiple layers of colored water, dropping things into it, and capturing the splash with a strobe.

    Thanks! I knew you'd know. rolleyes1.gif

    Don't know how I missed it the first time I looked at the page, but W-A-Y down on the bottom he describes his workflow. The surface is a speaker and it looks like when he turns up the volume the vibration causes the water to jump all around and he shots it. Pretty ingenius. But those colors are phenomenal!!
    Linda

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  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited June 19, 2007
    anwmn1 wrote:
    Check the diagram at the end of the photos-

    http://www.pbase.com/fotoopa/image/64979662

    Goodness! We posted at the same time!!! rolleyes1.gif

    Thanks.
    Linda

    http://lrichters.smugmug.com
  • emmalouemmalou Registered Users Posts: 412 Major grins
    edited June 25, 2007
    Wow, that is amazing technique......very unusual.I like it.
  • greenplasticdavegreenplasticdave Registered Users Posts: 85 Big grins
    edited June 26, 2007
    That's certainly a unique approach. I once tried dripping black currant cordial into water and it didn't work as well as this guy...my hand got tired holding the bottle for over a hundred shots :(

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    Cheers

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