Today is our first true rainy day of the Spring season. Yes, it is dreary grey outside. But I am having no problems working from home and listening to the dirge of the raindrops pelting at the roof for hours now. The ground has thawed enough that it is absorbing the rain. And I know with the oncoming sunshine, it will only add to the greening that is about to arrive.
Here are a handful of miraculously timed photographs of drops of water hitting the surface.
Ronny Tertnes calls his artwork Liquid Sculptures. I think he is the third artist from Norway I have featured at some point. They seem to have a niche on where art collides with nature. Obstacle #1 is making sure you have a VERY quick shutter speed. His minimum is 1/500th of a second. #2 is experimenting with both lighting and background to make sure it is interesting enough to add an artistic quality, but still bright enough to capture the impact moment in high resolution. #3 is adding gels to the flash which can turn a clear water drop into a dynamic red or lavender. And trick #4 is that what you are actually seeing is not likely a pure raindrop. He mixes water with other liquids to give it density, color and weight. And I can't speak from experience, but I would guess it is also a mix of patience and luck to land just the right shots out of 100s that are taken.
Again, the wonder of raindrops if we could freeze them and watch them one at a time. Perhaps, they are just like snowflakes where none is like another?
