Above air drop collisions

Most of them anyway.

Have done a bit of research on droplet photography and have found a substance called 'Xanthan gum' (from Asda LOL). It's very elastic and provides some very long drops.

Holy cow! Those are gorgeous!

So is your only flash behind the background?

Amazing images George. Absolutely amazing.

How are you achieving your colours on the BG. Do you have two coloured lamps behind?

these are amazing George.
yes I tried that gum also.a bugger to dissolve properly.gave up on it!

Wow, nice pictures.

Great shots George.

Excellent series- amazing shapes you are getting !
brian v.

Thanks folks!

IanClark wrote in post #16325589
How are you achieving your colours on the BG. Do you have two coloured lamps behind?

Ian, I'm using two flashes behind the opal perspex sheet, one with a blue gel filter and one with an orange filter. The flashguns are set to 1/64th power, any longer exposure than that will result in some motion blur, so 1/64 or 128th is the way to go. Red food colouring added to the drop mixture.

mandokid1 wrote in post #16325607
these are amazing George.
yes I tried that gum also.a bugger to dissolve properly.gave up on it!

Denis, I used one teaspoon of gum to 6 cups of water, then used an electric hand blender to make it into a 'smoothie'. I then strained it through a coffee filter a couple of times, it wasn't clear but as I was going to be using it diluted with 3 parts water it seemed ok.

This is just great! Well done!

Thanks for the info George.

Worcester Lad wrote in post #16327290
Thanks folks!

Ian, I'm using two flashes behind the opal perspex sheet, one with a blue gel filter and one with an orange filter. The flashguns are set to 1/64th power, any longer exposure than that will result in some motion blur, so 1/64 or 128th is the way to go. Red food colouring added to the drop mixture.

Denis, I used one teaspoon of gum to 6 cups of water, then used an electric hand blender to make it into a 'smoothie'. I then strained it through a coffee filter a couple of times, it wasn't clear but as I was going to be using it diluted with 3 parts water it seemed ok.

yes I did it the same way.comes out so lumpy,you have to strain it.a bugger to prepare,but the results are well worth it.
I shot my flashes( up to 3) the same way.you,re right about motion blurr,if they are too high.the shorter the flash duration the better to freeze the action.

Fabulous shots, George. Love the different designs and the colours are just awesome!

Well done! Thanks for the BTS and info on the droplet mixture.

Holy butternut biscuits batman, these are ultra wicked sweet, INDEED!!