Comments on: Just Add Water

Just Add Water

gman — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 09:24:14 -0800

Shinchi Maruyama creates "sculptures" by throwing handfuls of liquid into the air and photographing them.

Second link has a short interview below the slideshow.

By: SLC Mom

SLC Mom — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 09:44:30 -0800

For some reason, I love it that the water has shadows.

By: neushoorn

neushoorn — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:08:04 -0800

His work is lovely.

By: Gator

Gator — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:24:34 -0800

Nifty!

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:44:02 -0800

I bought one of his so-call "sculptures," and when I got it home all I had was a wet, empty box.

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:44:41 -0800

so-called dammit

By: ~Sushma~

~Sushma~ — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:56:47 -0800

Would love to see more if this ilk. Nice.

By: New England Cultist

New England Cultist — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 11:15:16 -0800

Dude. That's freakin' awesome. Sculptures you can walk through.

By: bz

bz — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 11:50:25 -0800

I wonder what the video was shot with. Very high frame rate, whatever it was.

By: MaryDellamorte

MaryDellamorte — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:10:40 -0800

Wow, that was awesome!

By: OneMonkeysUncle

OneMonkeysUncle — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 13:29:00 -0800

Apropos of bz, is there a consumer camera that could capture that kind of detail? Or would this have to be done with a more specialized camera?

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 13:40:54 -0800

Oooh, neat!

By: Greg_Ace

Greg_Ace — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 15:05:03 -0800

I hope he makes enough money selling prints to pay for cleaning up all that spilled paint.

By: 3FLryan

3FLryan — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 15:40:25 -0800

Would be cool if it was a 3D scrolling(?) picture (maybe there is some jargon for this, I have no idea) so you could flip it around and view it from all angles (much like the viewing experience of an actual sculpture). I might call that a sculpture. As it is, he creates "sculptures" by throwing water in the air, then he photographs the sculptures.

By: kilo hertz

kilo hertz — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 16:54:11 -0800

I think my favourite aspect of the video is the way things slow down, but they don't quite stop.

By: bz

bz — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:57:56 -0800

OneMonkeysUncle: well, there is the Casio Exilim FC100 but I'm skeptical that the quality is enough to produce the water sculpture video. I'm thinking more along the lines of Photron.