Liquid gold: Amazing 'droplet shots' capture splashes of cream and water forming beautiful shapes




These amazing 'droplet shots' use high-speed photography to capture splashes of liquid forming beautiful shapes.

Photographer Jim Kramer experimented with water, cream, milk and glycol to achieve various weights and textures for his unique artworks.

He then aims lasers through the split-second sculptures, or adds in pinballs and magnets to complete the eye-catching effect.

Space age: Jim Kramer's Orbital captures the moment heavy cream and food colouring is dropped on to a pinball and neodymium magnets

Art royalty: Mr Kramer made Lasers & Cream, left, and Cosmic Crown, right, by shooting a beam of light at black glass as he dropped a heavy cream crown on to it

Mr Kramer, from Cincinnati, Ohio, uses black and white glass mirrors as backgrounds for the dramatic images.

A stop shot tracks the path of falling droplets and a flash is set off at the exact moment of impact to illuminate the key moment.

'I also rely on additives like guar gum, glycerin and soap to achieve the shot,' Mr Kramer told The Huffington Post .

His futuristic technique requires two Paul Buff Einstein 640 High Speed Digital Monolight cameras .



Mr Kramer said he is inspired by the fact that no two shots are ever the same.



Mirror phase: Softbox Test Shot was created by placing blue and red food colouring on white glass

Delicate: Rose of Sharon and Simple Elegance were made using careful mixtures of colours and differently weighted milk, cream and glycol

'The most interesting part of this type of work is that the potential variations are almost limitless,' he said.

His incredible pictures include Cosmic Crown - formed from multi-coloured cream with a laser shot through it - and The Butterfly - a remarkably lifelike impression of the animal.

The photographer often carefully places food colouring on to the 'drop zone' to add flashes of colour to the resulting splash.

His surfaces are at times swimming with liquid, and are generally reflective to create a mirror of the gorgeous droplets and fountains, as can be seen on his Flickr site.



Many other photographers have also experimented with high speed photography. Markus Reugels and Brian Davies have each produced similarly impressive images.

Wild imagery: Antlers is a heavy cream collision of multiple blue and white drops on a solid surface

Unique: Side by Side Crowns was made by accident, when a single source of liquid split in two



