Harold Edgerton -Milk Drop

This colour image was taken in 1957, a recreation of image taken in 1937 in black and white that was published in Flash published in 1939. A beam of light and a photocell was used to trigger the flash after an adjustable electronic delay. A dropper produces a small drop following the main drop of liquid from the neck pinching off in two places. This small drop following the main drop is seen in the photograph of the splash made by the main drop. The drop of milk is splashing into the thin film of milk that has formed on the surface from the previous drop of milk. The shape of the coronet is very dependent on the thickness of the film of milk, the size of the drop, and the height through which the drop has fallen. Milk was selected as the liquid because it is white and translucent and attractive to photograph.





I tried re creating this image with milk with yellow dye in, a flash studio light and a dropper. This is how my images turned out.

Camera Settings:
ISO:100
F.16
Shutter speed:1/60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This on I tried with water with blue dye in it.