A step beyond the water drop

[Leah]

I stumbled upon the work of Fabian Oefner today and thought it was pretty cool. A step beyond the water drop, he captures paint as it spun through the air by centripetal force.

http://www.fabianoefner.com/64838/1159918/projects/black-hole

[Karen]

Very cool, but that's one I won't be trying at home!

[Nada A.]

Very cool. Wondering how it could be tried at home without making a gigantic mess.

[Sharyn's Shots シ]

They look fantastic - not sure that my hubby would be impressed with me making a mess of his drill not to mention the rest of the room.
Would love to be able to simplify the effort and reduce the mess.

[Dorrena Ortega]

Ha! No reason you can't catch anything in motion.

[Caroline]

Reminds me of dancing paint on speakers http://www.bitrebels.com/design/dancing-paint-high-speed-water-photography/

[Nia]

@lkread so cool, thanks for sharing.
@momsta - check the link above.

[Leah]

@carolinedreams I have seen these before as well, super cool and I think a lot less messy.

[Sheila]

Nice interesting work. Thanks for the link!

[Leah]

@sewsharyn I'm wondering if you could get a big plastic 32 gallon trash can and have the drill spin inside that. It would catch the paint.

[Alison]

oh now that is cool ~ thanks for sharing ... maybe If my flat was bigger and not carpeted :-)

[Sharyn's Shots シ]

@lkread It would definately catch the paint - not sure how it would work with lighting the paint up enough to capture it on camera.

[Nicola Eastwood]

Wow - these look like structures, which I suppose they are if only fleetingly!
thanks for posting!

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

@sewsharyn lol yeah, not sure I'd be allowed either! Seriously, a studio for mess making is needed haha.

[Debbie]

wow that man's got patience !!! His whole portfolio is amazing - thanks for sharing

[Veronica McDonnell]

Thanks for sharing Leah. His photos are simply stunning.

[Kathryn]

I bet his studio looks like a Jackson Pollock painting

[katy]

Fabulous!

[Hilary]

Could it be done inside a large cardboard box? And how about a food mixer ?

[Genki]

wow! Thanks for sharing. All of his work is very interesting.