Spectacular forms that come together and
dissipate far too quickly for human eyes to perceive are captured permanently
using high-speed photography techniques. The elusive and temporary shapes
created when liquid is thrown into the air or pellets are shot at strawberries
become momentarily sculptural.
Floating Sculptures by Floto + Warner
Ephemeral sculptural forms that shift and change by the
nanosecond are captured against stark landscapes in particular chaotic
arrangements that will never be seen again. The final theatrical photographs in
this series by Floto + Warner momentarily make elusive forms within colored
liquid seem three-dimensional and static. Getting these dramatic images just
right is no easy task; many attempts are made to toss the fluid into the air so
that it looks just right against the hills and desert of northern Nevada.
Liquid Orchids: Paint Splash Flowers
Colorfully streaked, blossom-like forms come into being
just for a split second when artist Fabian Oefner drops a sphere directly into
a tank filed with layers of acrylic paint in various shades. The explosion that
results from the impact of the object in the tank, which often happens too
quickly for our eye sot properly take it in, is permanently preserved via
high-speed photography.
Exploding Food by Alan Sailer
Avocados, popsicles, strawberries and chocolate bunnies are
ripped apart in spectacular patterns and forms when photographed just at the
instant of an impact from a pellet or marble. Photographer Alan Sailer uses a
micro-second guided spark flash to get the images, and a PVC or copper cannon
to launch the food-destroying objects.
Black Hole: A Visual Demonstration of Centripetal Force
Physics and art come together in another
project by Swiss artist Fabian Oefner, appropriately titled ‘Black Hole’ for
the visual effect that’s achieved. The images are created using a drill and a
high-speed camera that can create flashes as brief as 1/400000 of a second; a
sensor connected to the drill sends an impulse to the flashes to freeze the
paint in motion.
Water Droplet Mushrooms
Looking like alien mushrooms carefully preserved after an
extraterrestrial expedition, these bizarre forms are actually liquid droplets
captured in motion with a high-speed flash, micro controller and a knack for
precise timing. Artist León Dafónte Fernánde uses water, cream, milk or a
combination, sometimes thickened with guar gum or glucose, tinted with food
coloring to get these unusual results.
High-Speed Liquid Sculptures
German photographer Markus Reugels achieves a very similar,
blown-glass-like effect in his own high-speed water droplet photography. Again,
the water is slightly thickened to make it just dense enough to dance in the
most unexpected of ways. Reugels creates all of these various patterns by
delaying the time and amount of droplets and taking the image at just the right
moment.
Dancing Colors: Sound Wave Visualizations
Sound waves are seen in ethereal splashes of red, blue,
green and yellow in Fabian Oefner’s ‘Dancing Colors’ series. The movement of
the colored pigments is the result of music pulsing through a speaker, which is
wrapped in thin plastic and covered in powder. When the speaker is turned on,
the plastic vibrates, shooting the pigment into the air.
Stark Black Water by Shinichi Maruyama
A master of the high-speed water sculpture
technique, Shinichi Maruyama has spent years researching and experimenting with
just the right conditions to produce his stunning images. This research makes
it easier for him to control the direction of the final photograph, rather than
leaving it all up to chance – though naturally, he can never know exactly how
it will look. This series is entitled ‘Kusho,’ which means ‘Writing in the
Sky.’
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