Tag: high-speed

April 2, 2014 at 10:00 am

Ink Dropped into Water on a Black Background

Ink Dropped into Water on a Black Background

Alberto Seveso is an Italian artist specializing in illustration, graphic design and photography (featured previously here, here and here). Born in Milan, Seveso currently lives and works as a freelance artist in Bristol, UK. In an ongoing exploration of ink and water, Seveso combines high-speed photography with multiple colors of ink dropped into water.…

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March 18, 2014 at 11:54 am

Beautiful Close-Ups of Tiny Waves

Beautiful Close-Ups of Tiny Waves

In his ongoing AquaViva series, French photographer Pierre Carreau seeks to find the hidden beauty of waves. Using a high-speed camera, Carreau is able to capture frozen moments in time that reveal shapes and forms not visible to the naked eye (as they often occur in fractions of second). A subset of his AquaViva…

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January 16, 2014 at 12:46 pm

The Unseen Beauty of High Speed Water Drop Photography

The Unseen Beauty of High Speed Water Drop Photography

There are entire worlds out there that humans cannot see with the naked eye. With powerful microscopes we are able to observe life at the microscopic (and even atomic) level; and with high-speed cameras we are able to observe events that happen in fractions of a second. Photographer Markus Reugels focuses on the latter,…

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December 11, 2013 at 12:32 pm

These Might Be the Slowest High-Speed Images Ever Captured

These Might Be the Slowest High-Speed Images Ever Captured

Photograph by FABIAN OEFNER Website | Behance | 500px Courtesy of the MB&F M.A.D Gallery What looks to be an ‘exploded view‘ of a 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR taken at a microsecond in time, is actually a meticulous and painstakingly crafted artificial moment by artist and photographer Fabian Oefner. In Disintegrating, Fabian sketches where…

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October 25, 2013 at 4:04 pm

Portraits of Dogs, Mid-Shake

Portraits of Dogs, Mid-Shake

In 2011, animal photographer Carli Davidson took a series of dogs portraits, mid-shake. Every dog owner (or unsuspecting passersby) know the shake well. What better way to rid oneself of excess water than a violent contortion of the body? The photos were a worldwide hit garnering millions of views and putting the Portland-based photographer…

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September 14, 2013 at 3:16 pm

High-Speed Photographs of Paint Splashing into Water

High-Speed Photographs of Paint Splashing into Water

Alberto Seveso is an Italian artist specializing in illustration, graphic design and photography. Born in Milan, Seveso currently lives and works as a freelance artst from his hometown of Portoscuso, Sardinia, Italy. Alberto’s artistic passion grew from an early fascination with skateboard deck graphics and album artwork for metal bands. He has since developed…

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August 10, 2013 at 1:12 pm

Popping Balloons Covered in Paint

Popping Balloons Covered in Paint

The Sifter has already featured the fantastic high-speed photography of Fabian Oefner here and here. Oefner (born 1984, Switzerland) is a curious investigator, photographer and artist, whose work moves between the fields of art and science. In a recent series entitled Liquid Jewel, Oefner pops balloons that are covered in paint, capturing the exact…

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July 4, 2013 at 3:49 pm

Capturing the Moment a Soap Bubble Bursts

Capturing the Moment a Soap Bubble Bursts

Fabian Oefner (born 1984, Switzerland) is a curious investigator, photographer and artist, whose work moves between the fields of art and science. His aim is to present the unseen and poetic facets of our natural world and to invite us to stop for a moment and appreciate the magic that constantly surrounds us. In…

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June 9, 2013 at 8:45 am

Exploding Light Bulbs Filled with Random Things

Exploding Light Bulbs Filled with Random Things

Jon Smith is a photographer and scientist currently residing in Fishers, Indiana. Under the name of Wide Eyed Illuminations (WEI Photography), Jon focuses his creativity on high speed photos of exploding light bulbs filled with random objects and materials. On his Flickr profile, Jon remarks: “I choose to primarily work with light bulbs because…

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May 9, 2013 at 4:48 pm

Picture of the Day: Lamborghini Braking at High Speed

Picture of the Day: Lamborghini Braking at High Speed

Lamborghini Braking at High Speed Photograph by Lamborghini In this perfectly timed photograph we see a Lamborghini braking at high-speed during a night race at the Misano race circuit in Rimini, Italy. The race, which took place last weekend, was the second of the season in Lamborghini’s Blancpain Super Trofeo Series, dubbed…

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