{"id":1219,"date":"2011-07-22T19:51:47","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T02:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2011-07-22T19:51:47","modified_gmt":"2011-07-23T02:51:47","slug":"in-the-blink-of-an-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/07\/in-the-blink-of-an-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"In The Blink of an Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Totem<\/a>

Totem Drop<\/p><\/div>\n

About two years ago I became interested in filming things using a high speed camera. \u00a0This type of a video camera takes video at very high frame rates, 300 fps and above. \u00a0At about that same time Casio introduced a consumer level camera the EX-F1<\/a> that had the capabilities of taking high speed video at 300, 600 and 1200 fps! \u00a0In addition to that, it can take full 6MP frames at 60 fps with a unique buffer system that captures the first 0.5 seconds before the shutter is tripped and the 0.5 seconds\u00a0after\u00a0the shutter is tripped allowing the\u00a0decisive\u00a0moment to be captured,\u00a0almost\u00a0guaranteed. \u00a0I made many short experimental videos using that camera of things to fast for our eyes to normally see. \u00a0And while it\u00a0was\u00a0interesting I became preoccupied by other things and set that work aside.<\/p>\n

\"Coronet\"<\/a>

Coronet<\/p><\/div>\n

In the last few months the interest has had a resurgence. \u00a0I saw a short video segment of a Discovery Channel show titled Time Warp<\/a> where they filmed water drops falling into a shallow pool of water. \u00a0It\u00a0was\u00a0incredibly\u00a0fascinating\u00a0and piqued my interest to go back and do more high speed photography. \u00a0I also have\u00a0been\u00a0very\u00a0fascinated\u00a0with the nature of water for several years and so the two desires met and I embarked on trying to photograph water drops in the midst of the interaction between the water drop and water pool. \u00a0I tried many different techniques using natural light but none were successful, forcing me to succumb to using strobe lighting in the studio.<\/p>\n

\"Suspended\"<\/a>

Suspended<\/p><\/div>\n

Now I have nothing against using strobes, so don’t get me wrong. \u00a0Studio work is fun, but its studio work. \u00a0The added variable of changing light is gone and so is the magic, for the most part, when some great light appears illuminating the subject for that brief few moments and forcing you to work fast to capture it. Those moments bring a great sense of satisfaction. \u00a0Unlike that, studio work is more predictable and once the test photos are done and the lighting is set, its just shutter work from there on out, well almost.<\/p>\n

\"Don't<\/a>

Don't Blink<\/p><\/div>\n

Enter in a new variable – time, or should I say timing. \u00a0Trying to capture a water drop in the midst of its interaction with a pool of water is to say the least an activity that requires\u00a0great\u00a0patience and\u00a0perseverance. \u00a0Once\u00a0I managed to set up a working light arrangement, I spend the better part of a day watching water drops fall over and over and over and over, tripping the shutter again and again and again. \u00a0One image after another comes up missed and I would delete and delete and delete…oh wait that one is good. \u00a0In my most recent attempt I made over 500 exposures and only 20 frames captured some form of interesting interaction.<\/p>\n

\"Collision\"<\/a>

Collision<\/p><\/div>\n

The most interesting by far is when one drop of water is rebounding as a jet or totem and a second drop collides with it. \u00a0In 500 frames I only managed to capture 4 \u00a0frames with a collision. \u00a0The drip rate of the water has to be timed perfectly and only two drops can be allowed to fall otherwise the water surface become much to turbulent and chaotic. \u00a0Its definitely a challenge and one that I will keep tackling until I get something spectacular. \u00a0The quest goes on.<\/p>\n

This crop of images was just the first round and I plan on making many more. \u00a0I am not sure what I will do with these, or if people like this kind of stuff, but it is most certainly fascinating and something that I can do almost any time I have nothing else to do, day or night, sunny or rainy. \u00a0I am still interested in making these photos using only natural light so if any of you have any ideas on how I might be able to do that, I would love to hear them. \u00a0In the mean time enjoy these and I will keep you posted.<\/p>\n

Peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I also have been very fascinated with the nature of water for several years and so the two desires met and I embarked on trying to photograph water drops in the midst of the interaction between the water drop and water pool. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[375,372,58,374,371,303,373],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1219"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1225,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1219\/revisions\/1225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.organiclightphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}