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Day 153 of 365
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My large magnet arrived!!! Did you hear?!!! What you are looking at here is a coiled piece of wire, a large magnet (beneath the wire), and ferrofluid. For those who did not read my liquid metal lollipop post, ferrofluid is a fluid that becomes highly magnetized in the company of a magnet field. I dripped a few drops of the stuff upon the wire, and the magnet decided where the little spikes would form. The effect which causes these peaks and valleys is called Rosensweig instability. All I can say is that the fluid freaks out when it senses a magnet. I have a strobe directly above our subject, and the reflection can be seen in the top drip. When dealing with a completely black subject like this, specular highlights or reflections are the only way to show any depth. I then lit the white background with a second light to give some nice contrast to the fluid. I see more experiments in the future. Thanks for dripping in!!
#ferrofluid #ink #wire #spikes #rose #flower #canon5dmarkIII #canon580exII #paulcbuffinc #paulcbuffeinstein #pocketwizard #chemistry
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Day 153 of 365
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My large magnet arrived!!! Did you hear?!!! What you are looking at here is a coiled piece of wire, a large magnet (beneath the wire), and ferrofluid. For those who did not read my liquid metal lollipop post, ferrofluid is a fluid that becomes highly magnetized in the company of a magnet field. I dripped a few drops of the stuff upon the wire, and the magnet decided where the little spikes would form. The effect which causes these peaks and valleys is called Rosensweig instability. All I can say is that the fluid freaks out when it senses a magnet. I have a strobe directly above our subject, and the reflection can be seen in the top drip. When dealing with a completely black subject like this, specular highlights or reflections are the only way to show any depth. I then lit the white background with a second light to give some nice contrast to the fluid. I see more experiments in the future. Thanks for dripping in!!
#ferrofluid #ink #wire #spikes #rose #flower #canon5dmarkIII #canon580exII #paulcbuffinc #paulcbuffeinstein #pocketwizard #chemistry