JayLawler

Pollock Bee

Somebody had requested to buy this photo so I have posted a larger version for sale :)

Somebody had requested to buy this photo so I have posted a larger version for sale :)
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NIKON D90

Aperture f/13.0 ISO 400 Shutter 45/10

upload_date

Dec, 2012

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2272

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+117

Awards

Featured

Outstanding Creativity

+23

Absolute Masterpiece

+20

Jaw Dropping

+10

Superb Composition

Top Choice

Superior Skill

Magnificent Capture

Peer Award

All Star

Exceptional Contrast

Top Ranks

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

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Sharp!

That is amazing!! I love it!

WHAT!!! THATS AWESOME!

Wow, awesome detail... love the aqua crown! Very nice capture!

Premium

Great capture, voted!

Definately eyecatching capture! Very well done...voted

Ultimate

Well done ! Extraordiary ! Superb capture !

booom!

PRO

Amazing image, congratulations on your feature

Ultimate

Congrats. Terrific.

Wow! Great shot! So interesting to look at. Congrats!

Awesome!

wow

Amazing work!

congrats

Great capture!

Platinum

cool shot, well done!!!

VWell done! Congratulations on your feature!

brilliant capture, congrats on your feature

Great capture :)

Amazing, congrats on your feature!

now that is something truly original! congrats - wonderful!

what??? how did you do this? Is this one of those super fast cameras that cost like a house? Or there is some other secret?

Hahaha that's so true! I'm wondering too! What IS the bee doing?

its a dead bee isn't it? Well, bee, you died for art! :)

Oh yeah I very much suspect it's dead. No stinger no wing movement front legs crippled over face in a splash of paint. Most definitely dead. That being said. It's still a great shot.

perfect work,,,congrats

what was this bee doing and what is this blue liquid and what did splash there?

Incredible detail what is the blue paint?

Great Shot.

PRO+

great shot, great timing, congrats

AWESOME!

Very nice, crisp details. Congratulations on your feature

Wow! love it ,Congratulations

amazing capture, congrats

Wicked Shot Congratulations !

Excellent.Congrats!

Very cool.

Platinum

Congratulations! Is that Paint??!!

Excellent work....congrats

This is one of the best photos I have ever seen! AMAZING!

This shot is AMAZING, love it!
How did you do it ? :)

Congratulations! This shot is AWESOME!!!

Fantastic capture! Congrats!

that is fricken amazing

Wow, great shot, congrats on your feature!

Brilliant work! Congrats!

great work, congrats!

Ultimate

Amazing....congrats!!

Congrats!

Amazing!

Congrats...so very much deserved..

Amazing work. Congrats

PRO+

Amazing work of art! Congrats.

Amazing capture! Absolutely great timing shot. Congratulations! :)

amazing shot... what a capture. Congrats!

PRO+

Unreal. Very cool. congrats too.

This is such a cool shot! Great color, frozen action and detail! Love it!

Incredible! Congrats!

Very interesting. I like it!,

Platinum

Absolutely wonderful! Congrats

nice

Congrats on very worthy feature!

Ultimate

Simply amazing capture!

wow

PRO+

Incredible! Congratulations on your Feature!

Amazing! Congrats!

Wonderful capture....excellent

Did you use a dead bee as a prop or was it flying into the paint? Either way, congrats! It's absolutely fantastic!

Awesome, great shot!

Congrats on feature what can I say but WOW awesome

Magnificent, awesome ! Wow! How did you capture that ? Congratulations :-)

Good work!!

Congratulations on Featured Photo - and I have to laugh - all those questions about how you did it - but you haven't responded!! It would be interesting to know how you accomplished such a great shot!!!! Well done!

awesome

This is so cruel

WOWWW ! .. Btw if u have time, take a look at my pictures :)

Super fabulous shot !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats!

Platinum

Beautiful work. Congrats on your feature. Jake

Absolutely amazing!

Holy Smokes! This capture has SO many fantastic qualities! Excellant DOF, and it's sharp, great colors & lighting, and really creative! Good for you!!!

Oh my!! Wow!!! Thankyou everyone so much for your most awesome comments and recognitions..
This was a dead bee i found a few days before I took the picture. It was taken using a homemade high speed flash trigger. The trigger was made using an Arduino board and laser beam, the laser beam was set about a foot above the surface, lights off, camera in bulb mode. When the drop of acrylic paint breaks the laser beam it triggers the flash. The delay on the flash trigger is programmed with javascript so that the flash goes off at just the right moment :)

Amazing,Congrats :)

wow! amazing macro! excellent timing, congrats :D

Amazing!

Congrats on the feature, awesome work

wow that is amazing !!!!! love it, congrats on the featured xx

Congrats on the feature! Fantastic image! Awarded

Wow,awesome shot!

Great execution!

nice!

WOW!! Excellent shot one of the best shots I have ever seen great job !!

What camera and lens did You use?

PRO

Wow, what a fantastic image! Congratulations on your award!

This is too cool, awesome work, congrats on the feature!!

Nice :)

Quiet a different subject...was it intentional or by accident?? Anyways a good shot!

Stunning!

PRO+

absolutely remarkable! Method too technical for this old girl LOL.

Amazing! Well done!

PRO+

Wow.....

Amazing photo! Wonderful!

Wow

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo on my bedroom floor.

Time

The photo was taken early one evening.

Lighting

The lighting and exposure were achieved using a Nikon Speedlight, off camera.. I built myself a flash trigger using infrared lasers as the trigger, whrich set the flash off when the drop of paint broke the beam.. The room had to be in complete darkness during photo taking.

Equipment

I used a Nikon D90, Sigma 105mm f/2.8 Macro lens, Nikon Speedlight S800 and a homemade laser beam flash trigger.

Inspiration

I was experimenting with high speed flash photography and paint drops when I found a dead bee on the windowsill

Editing

No post processing execpt maybe a slight crop.

In my camera bag

Nowadays I carry a Nikon D800, a Nikon 135mm f/2, a Nikon 16-35mm f/4 and a Nikon 50mm f/1.8.

Feedback

Experiment, have fun, use what you have at hand, try to think outside of the box but above all, have fun :)

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