This image was inspired by my infatuation with driving in the rain with a freshly cleaned car, and not having to use my wipers. The Hydrophobic coating provides less surface tension effects on the glass, allowing it to repel the high surface tension fluid such as water. Pictured here is the back glass of my car, which I had treated only half with TurtleWax ICE Spray Wax. When we applied running water over the glass we were able to capture the effects. The untreated side (left) has a “blanket-like” appearance, not allowing any reflections and gripping the glass all the way down to the end. The treated side (right) repels the water and creates “tadpoles” or beads of water running off of the surface.
Photo Taken by: Austin Sommars
Camera: Sony A7R
Lens: 16-35mm
Wax On Wax Off by Austin Sommars
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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
- Particle Physics: Flow and Light
- Art and Science
- TOC and Zotpress test
- Photons, Wavelength and Color
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Hey Austin!
What a cool way to start off the year! I love the reflection in the window! It really adds a lot of color to the image! The thin film layer of water cascading down the left side of the image really creates a beautiful split image! Great job!