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Magnetic Fluid Lollipop
Day 137 of 365
"Metallic Liquid Lollipop"
What you see before you is a small, cylindrical magnet.......engulfed in printer toner. To be more accurate, this is ferrofluid, violently adhering to a magnet. The liquid is innocent enough, though it stains everything it sees. It contains ferrimagnetic particles, suspended in a carrier fluid. If you ever watched "Terminator 2", this stuff basically behaves like the T-1000. In the company of a magnet.....this stuff is freaky!! So, I dipped this little magnet into the fluid, and it formed this ball....and the spikes. The spikes are a result of the particles orienting along magnetic field lines. Did I mention that this stuff is crazy? While attempting to put this ball of goop back into the bottle from which it came, the ball basically bounced on the bottom of the bottle, while still adhering to the magnet. Anywho, there are two large strip boxes (they should be evident), and a snooted speedlight above, just to highlight the spikes. Lastly, there is a bare speedlight lighting the background. When I only lit the background, I was looking at a black hole. Remember, without something to reflect, black is bllllllllaaaaaaaack!!! I look forward to future experiments with this stuff. Thanks for popping by!!
#lollipop #toner #ferrofluid #spikes #magnets #magneticfield #canon5dmarkIII #canon580exII #paulcbuffinc #paulcbuffeinstein #stripbox
Magnetic Fluid Lollipop
Day 137 of 365
"Metallic Liquid Lollipop"
What you see before you is a small, cylindrical magnet.......engulfed in printer toner. To be more accurate, this is ferrofluid, violently adhering to a magnet. The liquid is innocent enough, though it stains everything it sees. It contains ferrimagnetic particles, suspended in a carrier fluid. If you ever watched "Terminator 2", this stuff basically behaves like the T-1000. In the company of a magnet.....this stuff is freaky!! So, I dipped this little magnet into the fluid, and it formed this ball....and the spikes. The spikes are a result of the particles orienting along magnetic field lines. Did I mention that this stuff is crazy? While attempting to put this ball of goop back into the bottle from which it came, the ball basically bounced on the bottom of the bottle, while still adhering to the magnet. Anywho, there are two large strip boxes (they should be evident), and a snooted speedlight above, just to highlight the spikes. Lastly, there is a bare speedlight lighting the background. When I only lit the background, I was looking at a black hole. Remember, without something to reflect, black is bllllllllaaaaaaaack!!! I look forward to future experiments with this stuff. Thanks for popping by!!
#lollipop #toner #ferrofluid #spikes #magnets #magneticfield #canon5dmarkIII #canon580exII #paulcbuffinc #paulcbuffeinstein #stripbox