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Strobes on moving water create interesting effects but
don't get used in public water features because strobes
are also annoying, especially if you suffer a seizure
because as a result of looking at one. It's hard to
comment on the beauty of a fountain when somebody's
rammed your wallet in
your mouth to keep you from
chewing off your tongue.
A black light strobe under the fountain could produce
the effects you want, especially if the water had UV
fluorescent dye added to the water. The ambient white
light in the room would obscure the black light strobe
while still allowing enough of the effect of the strobe lit
glowing water to be enjoyed.
Enjoy a surrealistic fountain display without chewing
your tongue off.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6RTnvL4jByA
Baked by artist Olafur Eliasson [xenzag, Feb 26 2018]
[link]
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For some reason this idea seems vaguely familiar |
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I believe those fountains in the link are illuminated by regular lights. They're also in a dark room. |
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The idea would be a black light strobe in a well white light illuminated room so all you saw was a regular water fountain moving in weird ways. Suspended droplets and the like. |
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This is actually a good idea, apart from the ambient white
light. You really want only the black light strobe to
illuminate the droplets, otherwise you'll wash out the effect
of the fluorescence. |
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You might be able to balance them to get the right
effect, but yea, too much ambient white like and
that's all your seeing. |
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Do an image search for 'Olafur Eliasson water strobe' and
see just how comptenhensive is Olafur's creative orignality.
When you run out of ideas, just turn to one of the world's
greatest living artists. He's also someone whom I greatly
respect and admire. {g'is a job!} |
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Very nice stuff, thank you Xen. We may be very
different but we both appreciate beautiful things. |
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