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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 [...]

Filed under: Photography by martinw Date 31 December, 2006
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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 [...]

Filed under: Photography by martinw Date 15 December, 2006
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