Japanese Photographer Bends Electricity to His Will

[mt_pockets1000]

Hiroshi Sugimoto has taken some interesting photos by sending up to 400,000 volts through film onto a metal table.

Arts: Japanese Photographer Bends Electricity to His Will | Magazine

 

[darkbeaver]

Those are some very interesting and beutiful pictures. Care to take a guess as to what they mean?

 

[mt_pockets1000]

Not sure DB. It appears to have the same properties as lightning. Current will always look for the path of least resistance to ground. Along the way to ground a lightning bolt will branch off in many directions as if testing another path rather than the one it's currently following.

The technique he uses to capture these images is interesting. A film on a metal table....hmmm.....sounds a bit like a capacitor. A capacitor can hold a charge.

Any thoughts yourself?

 

[spaminator]

nice pics.:smile:

 

[darkbeaver]

Not sure DB. It appears to have the same properties as lightning. Current will always look for the path of least resistance to ground. Along the way to ground a lightning bolt will branch off in many directions as if testing another path rather than the one it's currently following.

The technique he uses to capture these images is interesting. A film on a metal table....hmmm.....sounds a bit like a capacitor. A capacitor can hold a charge.

Any thoughts yourself?

The form seems to be universal irrespective of scale.