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Manufacturer Model Distributor FPS Shutter Speed Full Resolution Clip Length
Photron ultima APX MCT Cameras David Wiese 2000 1/2000 1024×1024 0′19″
Lens Focal Length F-Stop White Balance ISO Speed Lighting
Nikon 60mm f/2.8   f/2.8 3100k Default 2x Fotodiox Coollight 1600’s

With this shot I wanted to show off the cool shape you get when you have any kind of impact into loose material (or when you have a high velocity impact into solid material). To do this I tossed a small clear marble into a pan of baking soda. The baking soda had been piled up in the center to give the marble more material to displace. For the lighting I was going for contrast. To achieve this I placed two of the lights to camera left and added a white poster board to the other side to act as a subtle fill light. I removed the secondary diffuser on both of the soft boxes to create slightly sharper shadows as well as increase the amount of light the shot was getting. The shot still came out a tad underexposed, the 50mm f/1.2 would have been a better choice for this shot. The exposure was fixed in post.

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Comment by andrei
2007-02-01 11:37:29

very nice!

maybe a remake of this video will have a thin layer of somehow colored baking soda on top of the white base.

i think this way the forces at work would be more obvious and visually interesting :D

keep up the good work!

 
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