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Jakob Ehrensvärd | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> Drops tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Drops

Yes - I know. Is not the first time in history - it seems like photographers have been attracted by the beauty of falling drops for ages. However, this time it was done in the engineer's way - with a syncronized flash, a laser beam and a high-speed timer, which gives a "hit rate" close to 100% :) The question has been risen more than once - it is *not* captured with high-speed mode of the camera - it's too slow for that, even at 8.5fps. Only one picture was taken for each drop.

I made a few experiments with different combinations of liquids, each behaving different.
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Water drops
gallery: Water drops 		Water splash on tile
gallery: Water splash on tile 		Alcohol drops
gallery: Alcohol drops 		Alcohol splash on tile
gallery: Alcohol splash on tile
Oil drops
gallery: Oil drops 		Drop capture setup
gallery: Drop capture setup

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Guest 12-Feb-2006 12:19
interesting work
Irene Firck27-Oct-2005 13:50
Wonderful images. This is a totally inspiring gallery for me. It's been a pleasure to visit.
Thanks for visitng my gallery.
John 01-Oct-2005 19:50
Beautiful work. The only question I have is what brought your laser-guided "hit rate" below 100% ...?
Guest 07-Jun-2005 11:08
I Love the effect created, when i first saw the photo , i was going to ask how you managed to time it and then read the above, I once sa one done in milk and found it interesting to see the milk cascading over the glass, this is just as good.
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