If you were impressed by newcomer Heinz Maier's water droplet photography, take a look at the work of Markus Reugels who happens to be the father of the genre. A fellow German living in Scheinfurt, Reugel's spends his days laying parquet flooring for a living, and playing with his photography in his spare time.
With elaborate setups, a lot of patience, an enviable imagination, and his Sony A700 and 300 cameras, Reugels uses high-speed photographic techniques to take exquisite photos of everything from soapfilm, to colorful liquid sculptures. He creates these 'sculptures' by placing a black balloon over a bass reflex tube and places it on a speaker. He then places a spoonful of water in the middle of the balloon, adds acrylic paints to the water, switches on some technomusic (bass only) and the music does the work. He's still experimenting, but what he has so far is phenomenal. Here is his setup. I'm sure the process is a messy one, but well worth the results.
His latest endeavour is capturing planets in water droplets.
Most of his work can be seen on his Flickr stream, and his photography website where you can purchase his colorful work.
If you want to try your hand at high-speed photography, here's a great site that explains what it's all about, and how you can create your own.
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