Clouds in my Coffee Photo Gallery by Richard Ellis at pbase.com

Clouds in my Coffee

The photographs in this gallery are all captures of a drop, or several drops, of milk falling into coffee. I was inspired to attempt these shots after visiting the PBase galleries of Irene Müller.
Using the last 12 coffee photographs, I try to show the complete cycle that takes place when a single drop of milk falls into coffee. I have added comments to photographs where I think they may be helpful or interesting. I hope you enjoy these photographs and thanks for viewing.

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Cafe12044.jpg	Cafe11861.jpg	Cafe12981.jpg	Cafe11890.jpg
Cafe11974.jpg	Cafe13297.jpg	Cafe12022.jpg	Cafe11848.jpg
Cafe12047.jpg	Cafe13001.jpg	Cafe12050.jpg	Cafe12104.jpg
Cafe13027.jpg	Cafe13119.jpg	Cafe13066.jpg	Cafe13089.jpg
Cafe13117.jpg	Cafe13058.jpg	Cafe13116.jpg	Cafe13090.jpg
Cafe12993.jpg	Cafe12972.jpg	Cafe12994.jpg	Cafe12996.jpg
Cafe12997.jpg	Cafe12979.jpg	Cafe12981a.jpg	Cafe13005.jpg
Cafe12983.jpg	Cafe12987.jpg	Cafe12988.jpg	Cafe12990.jpg
Cafe15223.jpg	Cafe15259.jpg	IMG00229_hf.jpg	IMG00246_hf.jpg
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Bill Taylor		22-Jan-2008 18:46
Thanks for the tip. I'll give that a try. I don't have any electronic traps , so I'll give it a shot . I saw the stuff by Irene , they are great.

Richard Ellis		18-Jan-2008 19:31
Hi Bill, Thanks for the comments. To create an umbrella you have to release two drops of milk into the coffee. The first drop after 'bouncing' upwards, from the coffee surface, collides with the second drop which is falling downwards and this collision splits open the falling drop to form the umbrella. The timing between the two drops is critical and although I use electronics it can be done by hand. If you don't believe me just click on the link below to Irene Muller's superb Coffee Meets Milk gallery - not an integrated circuit in sight! Good luck. Richard.

Bill Taylor		17-Jan-2008 00:36
Beautiful Gallery ! I tryed to do the milk/coffee shot , but I can't figure out how to get the umbrella effect. Mine alway end up with just a drop (like your cafe13297)

vholmes		17-Sep-2007 15:01
These are amazing. Super well done.

Lampridis Dimitris		12-Sep-2007 16:40
Excellent gallerie !!! great colors and quality . My Compliments *****

Guest		15-Aug-2007 15:46
Incredible gallery!

Isabelle Rault		07-Mar-2007 14:35
toute la série est fabuleuse et fantastique ! Je m'interroge pour comprendre votre manière de faire, j'ai beau essayer je n'y arrive pas ! bravo c'est vraiment une série formidable !

Irene Firck		20-Sep-2006 12:02
Hi Richard, It's really nice of you to mention my name. You certainly captured some beauties here. It's fun and very interesting to do, isn't it ;-) Did you use a time gate? I did mine without one but it took a lot of experimenting. Kind regards, Irene Müller http://www.pbase.com/daria90/milk_meets_coffee_splashes

Jean-Claude Liehn		19-Sep-2006 19:16
Surprising and absolutely superb ! Of course, the jellyfish comparison is true.

Squared C		19-Sep-2006 17:32
Excellent shots! Thanks for all the explanations as well. Wonderful work!

Henri		16-Sep-2006 12:57
Looks like you are the patient guy :-) Congratulations for the exceptionally artistic result with such everyday material.

Guest		15-Sep-2006 22:48
Richard - great pictures, really beautiful. We think some of them look like jellyfish! Andrew & Nicci.

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