Tuesday, October 30, 2018

An Astonishing Progression

Photo date: October 30, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

Below is a series of photos I took today while photographing nothing but ordinary water drops falling against a dark background. We will see an incredibly weird progression in which first we see no orb holes, then we see 1 hole per orb, then we see two holes per orb, then we see one hole per orb, and then we see no orb holes.

The first photo taken at 3:32 PM showed orbs with no holes.


A later photo taken at 3:32 PM showed orbs with one hole.


A later photo taken at 3:35 PM shows a weird kind of "half appearing orbs" effect.

weird orbs

A later photo taken at 3:37 PM shows orbs with two holes.

orbs with two holes

A later photo taken at 3:38 PM also shows orbs with two holes, and now the smaller hole is farther from the edge of the orbs.  You can see through two of the holes.


A later photo taken at 3:40 PM also shows orbs with two holes, but now the second hole is much smaller.

A later photo taken at 3:40 PM also shows orbs with two holes, and again the second holes is much smaller.
A later photo taken at 3:40 PM showed orbs with only one hole:

 Finally by 3:41 PM the orbs showed no holes:


This "increase and then decrease" effect with the orb holes is an effect you should never expect to see, even if you photograph falling water drops a thousand times.  I do not get any such effect on most of the times I photograph falling water drops.

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