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Liquid Drop Art

  • By dropping water or cream that is mixed with food dye into a small aquarium filled with water, White is able to capture these beautiful images.
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    The Lost Chord

    By dropping water or cream that is mixed with food dye into a small aquarium filled with water, White is able to capture these beautiful images.
  • Once the photo has been taken, the image is then rotated 180 degrees before it is enhanced with colour balance, etc.
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    Rainbow Plumes

    Once the photo has been taken, the image is then rotated 180 degrees before it is enhanced with colour balance, etc.
  • White has a passion for water drop photography, a "macro" art form that allows the artist to mold a figure made entirely of liquids.
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    Evolving

    White has a passion for water drop photography, a "macro" art form that allows the artist to mold a figure made entirely of liquids.
  • As White explains on her website, "this type of photography lets you experience what is usually invisible to the human eye."
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    Arising

    As White explains on her website, "this type of photography lets you experience what is usually invisible to the human eye."
  • Using a medical eye dropper and a great sense of timing, many of White's water drop images were created manually.
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    The Weight

    Using a medical eye dropper and a great sense of timing, many of White's water drop images were created manually.
  • The more complex images that feature shapely forms were done using the Mumford's Time Machine, an electronic tool that allows the artist to take photos and fire an electronic flash at a precise instant.
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    Red Dawn

    The more complex images that feature shapely forms were done using the Mumford's Time Machine, an electronic tool that allows the artist to take photos and fire an electronic flash at a precise instant.
  • White also uses the Drip Kit, an accessory for the Time Machine that makes it a little easier to photograph single or multiple drops.
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    Tangled Up In Blue

    White also uses the Drip Kit, an accessory for the Time Machine that makes it a little easier to photograph single or multiple drops.
  • The colours White uses come from food dyes, consisting of various flash gels.
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    Graceful

    The colours White uses come from food dyes, consisting of various flash gels.
  • White has made some personal discoveries with her water drop photography, including a unique three-drop splash.
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    The Sacrifice

    White has made some personal discoveries with her water drop photography, including a unique three-drop splash.
  • White has also experimented with multiple exposures in water drop photography.
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    Mint With a Scoop of Strawberry

    White has also experimented with multiple exposures in water drop photography.
  • Multiple exposures occur when the drops are falling in the same area, but in panning the camera, White is able to get more than one splash in the same frame.
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    Sea Shrooms

    Multiple exposures occur when the drops are falling in the same area, but in panning the camera, White is able to get more than one splash in the same frame.
  • "I pushed the drip kit to the limits by creating a splash with a bubble-type base caused by an extra large drop," White explains on her website.
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    Orbital Flow

    "I pushed the drip kit to the limits by creating a splash with a bubble-type base caused by an extra large drop," White explains on her website.
  • White has also experimented with combining soap film and water drops simultaneously.
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    Escape

    White has also experimented with combining soap film and water drops simultaneously.
  • "One method I started using was to color white milk splashes using colored gels on the flash guns which made some very colorful forms," White explains.
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    White Plume

    "One method I started using was to color white milk splashes using colored gels on the flash guns which made some very colorful forms," White explains.
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    The Blues

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    Lost in Space

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    Water Mania

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    Orange Crush

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    Cylindrical Flow

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    Come What May

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    Fallout

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    Eruption

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    Purple Haze

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    Enter With Caution

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    Beam Me Up

By dropping water or cream that is mixed with food dye into a small aquarium filled with water, White is able to capture these beautiful images.
Once the photo has been taken, the image is then rotated 180 degrees before it is enhanced with colour balance, etc.
White has a passion for water drop photography, a "macro" art form that allows the artist to mold a figure made entirely of liquids.
As White explains on her website, "this type of photography lets you experience what is usually invisible to the human eye."
Using a medical eye dropper and a great sense of timing, many of White's water drop images were created manually.
The more complex images that feature shapely forms were done using the Mumford's Time Machine, an electronic tool that allows the artist to take photos and fire an electronic flash at a precise instant.
White also uses the Drip Kit, an accessory for the Time Machine that makes it a little easier to photograph single or multiple drops.
The colours White uses come from food dyes, consisting of various flash gels.
White has made some personal discoveries with her water drop photography, including a unique three-drop splash.
White has also experimented with multiple exposures in water drop photography.
Multiple exposures occur when the drops are falling in the same area, but in panning the camera, White is able to get more than one splash in the same frame.
"I pushed the drip kit to the limits by creating a splash with a bubble-type base caused by an extra large drop," White explains on her website.
White has also experimented with combining soap film and water drops simultaneously.
"One method I started using was to color white milk splashes using colored gels on the flash guns which made some very colorful forms," White explains.

Check out these amazing photos of water drop photography from Corrie White, an artist born in the Netherlands who currently resides in London, Ontario. White offers links for tutorials on her Fun With Water set on Flickr. Click here for more from White's collection or visit her Facebook page.