Iridient: Bursting Soap Bubbles
Captured with High Speed Flash Units, the images show soap bubbles in the moment of bursting.
Category Archives: photography
Snell's Window on the Olympics
I did a bit on Snell’s Window last summer, and you can see that effect quite clearly in photos 1 and 8. If you look carefully at photo #6, you can see the edge of the window at the top of the shot. Below that there is the total internal reflection, which is quite obvious with the first two swimmers. Now imagine you’re a predatory fish, and your target is swimming away from you and approaches the surface — he would see another fish come into view — the reflection, and if the fish then breached the water it would disappear completely, except for any glimpses possible from the disruption of the surface.
If You Won't Come into My Parlor, I'll Come to You
Net-casting spider hunt filmed in wild
As ambush hunters, the spiders are known to use a combination of touch and well-developed sight to sense prey.
The video reveals the rarely-seen, split-second technique of the species as it snatches an unsuspecting cricket in a Central American forest.
Gaga for Giga
ScienceShot: Get Ready for Gigapixels
98 cameras in an array, taking a picture simultaneously which are the stitched together.
[The camera] captured enough detail to read the fine print on signs as much as two blocks away
A Rose at Any Other f-stop …
Liquid splashes that look like flowers.
I created the liquid Vase in the autumn of 2011. I worked on creating the floral forms and leaves through the winter and put it all together Spring 2012. All of my images, unless otherwise noted are single capture events. I do not use photoshop to create composited images. What you see is what occurred in that single exposure.
Turning Japanese
I can look at you from inside as well
If you go on a fishing trip called ‘Hit em’ Hard’ and the captain tells you that you should take your bag off and put it in the ‘dry container’, what he really means by ‘dry container’ is a place that will fill up with seawater after he accidently clogs the drainage pipe, soaking you and your friends cameras, bags, wallets and cellphones for over an hour in salty seawater.
Better yet, just never go on a fishing charter with a name like ‘Hit em’ Hard.’
Needless to say, the next step of taking the camera apart was obvious.
SFW
A gallery of people getting blasted with air. Save the link, because Googling is probably not going to get you there.
Yosemite Range of Light Time-Lapse
Yosemite National Park, the High Sierra, and the Eastern Sierra are some of the most beautiful places on earth. Ever since I serendipitously won a trip to Yosemite when I was 18, the beautiful Range of Light has captured my heart and become my home. Nothing brings me more joy than to share this life changing beauty with others.
Ever since I became fascinated with timelapse photography almost 2 years ago, after seeing the work of Tom Lowe, I’ve wanted to do a piece on Yosemite and the Sierra. Now after almost 2 years of shooting, I’m thrilled to share. I hope you enjoy my vision of my home, the majestic Yosemite & Sierra. Best viewed Full Screen with Sound 🙂
There’s a neat effect about halfway in, with the spray from waterfalls making a rainbow, but since it’s time-lapse, you can see the rainbow move as the sun’s position changes.
Stupidity Captured at 2500 fps
The post title is the subtitle of the video, with the obvious disclaimer of don’t try this at home (or work). The flour catching fire and waterbed defect propagation are particularly cool, and there’s something surreal about a chunk of watermelon flying directly at the camera in slo-mo.
(A little peeve of mine — I know that a camera capable of this level of speed and quality is not something that my allowance will permit me to buy, but I really hate websites that tell you request a quote rather than just giving the list price of the item. I ran into this a bit when I did purchasing as a collateral duty, and it just meant I was going to try and buy from someone else. Anyone, as long as I could place the order and be done with it.)
Check Out That Pecker!
I’ve had trouble getting decent shots of woodpeckers before — they’ve had a tendency to move around to the other side of the tree or move along if I got close. This time I maxed out the optical zoom on my camera (advertised as 20X) and used the “digital zoom” (trading resolution for additional closeup) for about an extra factor of two and steadied myself against a tree. The bird wasn’t always in the frame for the whole shot as a result, but there’s a bit of footage from which to choose; at 210 fps, this clip represents only about 4 seconds of elapsed time.