Martin waugh photographer wikipedia
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Portland, Oregon photographer Martin Waugh is obsessed with water.
Martin waugh photographer wikipedia
Trained in physics, about 10 years ago he was fascinated by high-speed photography and the balloon popping, smashing light bulb, water splashing images of Harold Edgerton.
Seeing those images, he decided that it was the perfect way to blend his love of science and photography.
He set up a rig for taking photos and began to make images à la Edgerton.
Then quite by accident, he made an important discovery.
"One night, I was taking pictures of the moment that the splash forms a column with a ball on top," he says.
"But, one image was very different, in fact, it seemed physically impossible: the top of the column was flat!”
After thinking about this curious image, Waugh realized that the collision of droplets, a second ball falling on the column, had flattened it.
Waugh then built a timer that could produce controlled droplet collision on command. “All single drops have pret