This image shows food coloring spreading out in milk due to the added dish soap reducing the local surface tension in the milk.
Cary Faulkner
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Flow Vis Guidebook
- Introduction to the Guidebook
- Overview 1: Phenomena. Why Does It Look Like That?
- Overview 2: Visualization Techniques
- Overview 3: Lighting
- Overview 4 - Photography A: Composition and Studio Workflow
- Overview 4 - Photography B: Cameras
- Overview 4 - Photography C: Lenses - Focal Length
- Overview 4 - Photography C: Lenses - Aperture and DOF
- Overview 4: Photography D: Exposure
- Overview 4 - Photography E - Resolution
- Overview 5 - Post-Processing
- Clouds 1: Names
- Clouds 2: Why Are There Clouds? Lift Mechanism 1: Instability
- Clouds 3: Skew - T and Instability
- Clouds 4: Clouds in Unstable Atmosphere
- Clouds 5: Lift Mechanism 2 - Orographics
- Clouds 6: Lift Mechanism 3 - Weather Systems
- Boundary Techniques - Introduction
- Dye Techniques 1 - Do Not Disturb
- Dye Techniques 2 - High Visibility
- Dye Techniques 3 - Light Emitting Fluids
- Refractive Index Techniques 1: Liquid Surfaces
- Refractive Index Techniques 2: Shadowgraphy and Schlieren
- Particles 1- Physics: Flow and Light
- Particles 2: Aerosols
- Particles 3: In Water
- Particles 4 -Dilute Particle Techniques
- Art and Science
- TOC and Zotpress test
- Photons, Wavelength and Color
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awesome colors, great FOV
Very creative way of getting interesting coloration and patterns in the fluid. I would consider doing a straight top down view with maybe a closer zoom so that more detail can be seen in the liquid. You got some really cool patterns in the liquid. Nice work.
I love the colors especially towards the edge of the bowl. I love how well they blend with each other. They remind me of colorful crashing waves almost.
I really like the colorful cloud look effect that the food coloring made with the milk.
I like the edge of the food coloring line at the top. It looks like a mountainous landscape. Very mysterious!
You did a good job creating a dark, neutral, non-intrusive background.
Really enjoy the different colors in this composition Cary. I think you could get more of the action up close and in focus, here. I also noticed that if you relax and stare at it for a moment, it almost feels like there’s movement. Very cool image.
I really like the way that the colors form multiple bands radially outwards. It is also cool that the brown part at the bottom looks a bit like the “fingers of creation” picture from Hubble.
I really like the colors you choose. It really gives off a galaxy/space feel to it. I also appreciate how you used milk as your liquid to show the properties of surface tension.
I like how you can see multiple layers of colors in the milk, overlapping each other! It gives great dimension
I love how the colors are mixing, however they are separated into individual layers. This is an interesting aesthetic.
I love the color range you were able to capture! Also, great job with your white balance.
I really like the colors you used. It really gives off a space/galaxy feel to it.
How did you disperse the coloring over the milk? Was it dispersed in a certain pattern or just randomly?
I would have never thought to use milk! Great idea, cool result.
I like that the milk is the same color as the bowl. It makes it look like it is transparent. It reminds me of like an inverse-color picture of outer space.
Beautiful colors you captured here. Love the parts where the colors begin to blend with each other.