You need to see the picture to get this idea.
A flat, flexible plane made of rubber that has dozens of connection points that are attached to a motorized cam that moves in such a way to mimic the flow of water. The sheet of water pouring down this rubber sheet will move as well giving the illusion of a slow motion waterfall.
(see link)-- doctorremulac3, Feb 25 2018 Picture this with the ripples moving slowly. http://www.fgartand...es/148-fountain.htm [doctorremulac3, Feb 25 2018] Harmonic Mesh waterfall effect http://harmonicenvi....com/gallery/videos [Whistlebritches, Feb 25 2018] How about having a Golden Syrup waterfall instead?
OK, flies.
How about having a high-viscosity silicone waterfall instead?-- MaxwellBuchanan, Feb 25 2018 Another way to get this effect, although baked- (see link)-- Whistlebritches, Feb 25 2018 WB, how are they doing that? Is it a plastic sheet running in a loop with water flowing over it?
Is the water just deposited at the top of the sheet in patterns of various thicknesses?
I'm guessing the latter. Very clever and cool.-- doctorremulac3, Feb 25 2018 Thin, clear silicone rubber - almost invisible.
Backlit.
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// How about having a Golden Syrup waterfall instead?
OK, flies. //
STURTON ! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED BEFORE ! STAY AWAY FROM [MB]'s COMPUTER !
Like asking for a waterfall of golden syrup over your flies isn't a dead giveaway ...
You are going to get a right ding alongside the earhole when he finds out, and we are going to tell him.-- 8th of 7, Feb 25 2018 Pah. Sturton has his own computer. It's an English Electric KDF9, but he only uses it when he gets cold.-- MaxwellBuchanan, Feb 25 2018 [Doc], water flows over a weir, then down a vertical sheet of “Harmonic Mesh” material. The mesh looks like a fine fish net that’s been diagonally stretched (think diamond- shaped). Other than the water, no moving parts.-- Whistlebritches, Feb 25 2018 Clever.
So simple again wins the day over complex.-- doctorremulac3, Feb 25 2018 I imagined a waterfall with a carefully adjusted flow rate so as to control the break-up of the laminar flow into droplets. Then these droplets would be illuminated by a strobe light to give the impression the drops were falling really slowly.-- hippo, Feb 26 2018 Bonus feature, induces epilepsy in 15% of onlookers.-- 8th of 7, Feb 26 2018 I think the water is too chaotic in a regular waterfall to do that but you could certainly have many carefully measured droplet streams side by side to give the effect.
Like 8 says though, strobe lights have issues, one being they're not exactly relaxing to watch.
Wonder if you could use black light strobes?
There's an idea.-- doctorremulac3, Feb 26 2018 random, halfbakery