salt on a over driven speaker
talk radio(uhgg) worked better than music
& AM better than FM
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112 outtakes but i'll show only 3 ;)
initial trials had colored sand - though salt worked the best
if you look closely, you can see little trails on the salt crystals
that is the decay of the flash (initialy very bright then dimming till extingushed )- they are in the reverse direction of the movment of the salt -
the image was done at 1/160th (6ms) and the flash was ~3-5ms -
bit-o-fuzz in the center ofthe image was salt dust --
--not too messy -- large sheet of paper under it all caught almost all
but glad i used salt & not sugar ;)
it was noisy - 3watt 5"speaker & my familiy didn't care for the experiment
--also no speaker was harmed -- still quite functional --
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This was from my very first challenge ever on DPC, and it was one of my top faves that really made me like this site. So, thank you for this awesome photo :)
So did you have to refill the cone after every shot?
no -- it would take a few min. to throw it around & some times i just emptied it to try a new color or etc ..
what was also really neat -- just leaving a bit-o-dust and the speaker on a more normal volume -- allowed the dust to 'creep' along .. which was facinating to watch but would make for a boring still image //
I truly expected this image to ribbon and even to finish higher than mine. I think you did a wonderful job as this is the most exciting image in this challenge. Congratulations on your top ten finish. The underrating is a mystery to me.
Very cool shot! I with the grains were in a little better focus. It could be that the shutter speed was too slow as well. Otherwise I really like it. Original and well fitting of the challenge.
I love this, but had no idea what it was. I had rated it a "9" till my husband saw it and said "that's great - it's a music speaker!" Is he right? I still wish that the wire wasn't so prominent, but bump to a 10.
Love the idea. As a musician I can really picture what was happening when you took this. Hope you had on earphones. ;-) Like the trails like little metiors on some of the grains.
DUDE! Like, wickid! LOL, I've seen very few of these shots with matter flung about by a speaker, but this is marvellous! The decreasing concentration of the grains from the central point is perfect, and the naked speaker really gives this image character.
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