An exercise in patience
Out of about 5000 photographs in 4 days only roughly 500 were half decent and a few dozens came out presentable.
The settings for the splash unit I used seemed rather random as everything depends on a multitude of variables.
Viscosity and temperature of the water, distance between valve and water surface (of course), size of the droplets and depending on that, the time gap between the two drops that are supposed to meet at a specific moment to create the nice sculptures. Also the time between two triggers made a difference.
An important tool I found was to take slow motion videos of the process. That was the only way to get an idea which variable to play with.
Even a lunch break can cause everything to have to be reset. In the end I got similar results with sometimes completely different settings. Do I understand that? Nope, but it was still fun and I like some of the results.
The backgrounds in the photographs below were just different coloured boards or effect film. And sometimes I used coloured gels in front of the flash-units.
I also played with the colour of the water but gave that up rather quickly. I decided I didn’t want to add yet another variable to the system.
And to end the series another display of new hat trends 2025.
