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With such settings the flash duration is faster than 1/16000 second. He says, 'You must set the power of the flash lower than 1/16 to get sharp pictures. It's important to know that Reugels freezes the motion, not with shutter speed, but with flash.

To get smooth shapes that hold their form longer before breaking up, I increase the viscosity of the water drops by adding guar gum.' Slow the rate down to about 6 drops per second to create hat shapes. Increase that to about 15 drops per second and you get flying disc shapes. At a rate of roughly 10 drops per second you get mushroom shapes. It's actually the distance between the drops that determines the precise shape. The second drop must be timed so that it lands on the pillar, with the collision then forming shapes like a mushroom, hat or flying disc. The first drop falls into the water and forms in succession, a crater, then a crown and finally, what I call the "pillar". 'The basic technique works with two drops. The setup Reugels has built allows him to precisely control the drop rate and lighting when creating his unique imagery. He lights the scene with a Vivitar 285 that he's modified in order to set the output lower than 1/16 power. He shoots with a Sony SLT-A77 and Minolta 100 f2.8 Macro lens. If you've ever wondered what it takes to get shots like the ones above, here's a behind-the-scenes shot of the table-top rig Reugels currently uses.

If you want to get more creative, try placing something interesting behind or in the glass, like colorful liquid, decorative paper, etc.Īnd that’s all to it! Once the theme “glass” closes for submissions and a new theme is announced, we will publish a gallery with all of the week’s submissions on the official Flickr account and share some of our favorites on social media.German photographer Markus Reugels has gained quite a bit of attention over the years for his stunning and colorful high-speed photographs of the shapes and forms created when liquid is dropped into water.

For more artistic or abstract results, use glass with ridges or other markings on it.

Whether you start with clear, colorful, or broken glass, the resulting image will be full of beautiful shapes and colors.Ī few additional tips from the Group Admins on creating beautiful macro photos with the use of crystal glass:

Glass interacts with lighting, producing all sorts of interesting effects. Glass is an excellent subject material for the macro photographer. Only new photos (taken after the weekly theme announcement) are allowed in the group. Be sure to tag your image with “Macro Mondays” and “Glass,” and read the full group rules for more details. If you do not have a macro lens, a closeup image is acceptable. Starting now, take a macro photo of glass, and add it to the Macro Mondays group’s photo pool on Monday, August 24th, UTC/GMT. The theme for Monday August 24th is: “Glass”