This clip shows the flow of a cornstarch drop falling through a tank of water; focusing on a segment of the wake left behind which is visualized by smaller particles of the cornstarch droplet being left behind as it traveled downwards.
Xeen Meighan
Categories
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
4 Comments. Leave new
Cool video! If you added some background music, it might give the whole piece a different feeling.
Cool video Xeen! Do you think that the dynamics of the falling cornstarch would have changed if you had only recorded a single falling “ball” of cornstarch rather than multiple falling cornstarch balls close to one another?
I think you did a great job focusing in on the detail of the corn starch and having a really clear and sharp video.
Hi Xeen, I really like how this shows off the spiraling wakes behind the cornstarch, I think the black and white really allows this phenomena to shine, as well I enjoy how the narrower depth of field adds to the depth of the image and draws the eye to the main spirals while giving context to the broader flow.