The Right Hole Was Always Bigger

 Photo date: October 29, 2020. Photographer: Mark Mahin.   

I took the photos below while photographing only ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling in front of a black featureless background.  On this day I got in almost all of 400+ consecutive photos an orb pattern consisting of a small hole on the left and a larger hole on the right. Below are some examples. 

Confounding Colons

 Photo date: October 27, 2020. Photographer: Mark Mahin. 

I took the photos below while photographing only ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling in front of a black featureless background.  On this day I got a colon-shaped pattern that persisted throughout almost all of 500 consecutive photos. Below are some examples.