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The usual means of capturing drops is to release the drop from a dropper and use an electronic circuit to recognize when the drop is in motion, wait for a precise amount of time, and trigger the flash. The important thing is to have a reliable, repeatable method.
A photogate (”electric eye”) makes [...]
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I use fairly typical high-speed photography techniques:
I leave the shutter open for a relatively long time (in a darkened room) and use a flash to illuminate the splash. The flash needs to be of a fairly short duration to stop the motion well. I use something like a 50 microsecond flash. I [...]
Several people have asked about the photographic techniques I use for my Liquid Sculpture images. Here are the basics:
Camera & lens
Light
Control
Liquids
Camera & Lens
I have only used digital cameras for this work. I learn from my mistakes, so I take tens of thousands of pictures. Without the immediate feedback of digital photography, my learning curve would [...]
A few months ago, I received email from a science teacher at an American School in Brazil. She explained that her 5th grade students were doing some science lessons about water and surface tension and such. She had seen my Liquid Sculpture site and asked if she could use some of the images in her [...]
