Triple Drop Collision Shot

This is a triple drop collision shot.

Comments Welcome!

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That is a crazy cool shot. Wish I could get excited about the crop, but it just doesn't work for me. Have you considered doing a square crop?

Wow. That is incredible. What was your set up?

Woolburr wrote in post #13046547
That is a crazy cool shot. Wish I could get excited about the crop, but it just doesn't work for me. Have you considered doing a square crop?

Funny you should mention that. It was brought up over on Flickr, and I fixed it. It looks much better.

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Triple A wrote in post #13046551
Wow. That is incredible. What was your set up?

Thanks. The setup is a little involved... but I'll give it my best shot. I am using a Stop Shot to control everything, including an electronically controlled valve. This shot was set up using 3 consecutive drops. The liquid in the marriotte siphon was blue colored water thickened with Guar Gum. The water in the drop tank was purple colored water with Jet Dry added. The tank is a custom built 1" deep 24" x 12". For lighting this shot I used 4 Yongnuo YN-560 strobes all fired together by the Stop Shot using PC Cords. 2 of the strobes were on the sides of the tank at roughly 3 & 9 o'clock. There were 2 additional strobes mounted above the tank pointed down. All strobes were set to 1/64th power. If you have any other questions, please let me know... I'll try my best to answer.

-Jim

Square crop takes it to a whole new level! Very nice, deserving of a print and frame.

This is very cool. I love the square crop.

frankk wrote in post #13046725
This is very cool. I love the square crop.

Agreed. Do you have a setup pic, OP?

Amazing shot and your web site has the best water drop shots I've seen. Excellent work.

How on earth can to sculpture water this way?!! Absolutely stunning work!!

Amazing.

Brilliant shot. I can't see the first but that second one is superb.

TheBurningCrown wrote in post #13046755
Agreed. Do you have a setup pic, OP?

I'm working on it. I'll post soon.

Thanks for the kind words.

csondagar wrote in post #13047914
How on earth can to sculpture water this way?!! Absolutely stunning work!!

This effect is caused when two drops collide. In this case, there were actually 3 drops. If you want to see the effect in action (video), there is a youtube video here: http://www.youtube.com​/watch?v=VoQ0DQpwwHU

I looked at the image yesterday when you posted and thought it was very good. After watching the video link and understanding what goes into making the shot, I'm really not sure what to say. It becomes mesmerizing to watch and your mind starts to race on what else you can do.

Water drops get very boring very quickly, but this work is on it's own. Easily be a nice piece of framed art in your home.