No, Alex hasn’t decided to branch out into other forms of photo blogging in an attempt to gain male readers. Instead, I came across an Aussie who likes to create high voltage circuits, and photo the results.
Some, such as the shot above, involve long exposures and physical light filters in front of the camera lens (to achieve a coloured spark), but none of them have been ‘photoshopped’ at all.
The image that originally caused me to find the man’s site was this one –
The best part about that shot for me? It wasn’t his, it was a rental! He did think to purchase extra insurance beforehand, though I’m not certain how you’d fill in the appropriate ‘accident’ report forms had something gone wrong.
Finally, what I’m assuming is similar in theory to a Faraday cage…
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Ooops, forgot to link to the site itself – Tesla Down Under.
April 10th, 2008 9:36 am
Wow, neat pictures. The last one reminds me of the old Van de Graaff Generator at school that made your hair stand on end. I wonder if, with the right filters/exposures etc, you could take a pictures and get light displays of that?