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Leon: read this and weep
« on: August 17, 2009, 02:10:50 PM »
Somewhat of an 'in' joke between myself and our esteemed Druid re the very first Filmwasters collaboration for which the theme was, "Invisible".

Schlieren Photography: How to Photograph the Invisible courtesy of Photojojo (who I stumbled across thanks to a post by Francois over a year ago0.

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Re: Leon: read this and weep
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2009, 05:04:12 PM »
Crazy pants!
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Re: Leon: read this and weep
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2009, 05:18:53 PM »
Nice... but for the best in photographing the invisible, nothing beats Kirlian photography!

Here are a few instructables on the subject

How to make Kirlian photos
Electrophotography - Added kirlian effect
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Re: Leon: read this and weep
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2009, 07:40:09 PM »
Nice... but for the best in photographing the invisible, nothing beats Kirlian photography!

Here are a few instructables on the subject

How to make Kirlian photos
Electrophotography - Added kirlian effect


Done it already (painfully. I don't think I was doing it right. Sparks hitting fingers kind of hurt. Luckily it was just a little handheld piezo thingy instead of car battery or godforbid mains  :o )  Inanimate metal things work better anyway... like coins.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fishies_go_pook/sets/72157610967834054/
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