Is this my best Tesla coil photo?
Tesladownunder, Fri Jun 05 2009, 07:43PMJudge for yourself
Re: Is this my best Tesla coil photo?
Mads Barnkob, Sat Jun 06 2009, 05:05AM
It certainly is spectacular, and for just a "normal" setup its the best you have done so far, else I would say these two are close competitors because it looks so damn cool at the gravity discovery center dome:
Mads Barnkob, Sat Jun 06 2009, 05:05AM
It certainly is spectacular, and for just a "normal" setup its the best you have done so far, else I would say these two are close competitors because it looks so damn cool at the gravity discovery center dome:
Re: Is this my best Tesla coil photo?
Dieu, Sat Jun 06 2009, 09:17AM
Like some barier from Si-Fi movies. Looks really Great.
Dieu, Sat Jun 06 2009, 09:17AM
Like some barier from Si-Fi movies. Looks really Great.
Re: Is this my best Tesla coil photo?
HV Enthusiast, Sat Jun 06 2009, 03:27PM
Its a very impressive photo, although not your best IMHO.
The only issue here I have is that a sense of scale is not easily discernible. If you were standing next to it, that would definitely help.
But nonetheless, a very cool photo!
HV Enthusiast, Sat Jun 06 2009, 03:27PM
Its a very impressive photo, although not your best IMHO.
The only issue here I have is that a sense of scale is not easily discernible. If you were standing next to it, that would definitely help.
But nonetheless, a very cool photo!
Re: Is this my best Tesla coil photo?
Tesladownunder, Sat Jun 06 2009, 03:48PM
Unfortunately I was on my own that night so I chose not be in the photo and run it as a flash double exposure. In fact I could have with the remote camera shutter. Like a lot of Tesla shots, without a person in it for scale, it loses a reference of size. Even Tesla appreciated this with his famous double exposure film.
I was expecting to do a run again tonight to take a better shot for this thread but got caught up with brain in neutral in front of the TV. Sorry, promise I wont do it again.
Also some white balance issues. Lit by incandescent light but sparks are high colour temp (flash setting is closest).
I have had vague thoughts of a Prestige like shot with the whole coil upside down and walking through a field of 7ft sparks.
The Cosmology dome photos were good and the sparks intense but the 11 foot arm had too much droop at it's full range and I didn't have the equipment to fix it so the sparks were only 3-4 feet. It was great having the vantage point of the staircase.
Here is a shot with just the sparks from one fixed point. It's a bit scary as you don't really have a feel for how far they are coming out toward you. You know you are 15 feet away, but .....
Tesladownunder, Sat Jun 06 2009, 03:48PM
Unfortunately I was on my own that night so I chose not be in the photo and run it as a flash double exposure. In fact I could have with the remote camera shutter. Like a lot of Tesla shots, without a person in it for scale, it loses a reference of size. Even Tesla appreciated this with his famous double exposure film.
I was expecting to do a run again tonight to take a better shot for this thread but got caught up with brain in neutral in front of the TV. Sorry, promise I wont do it again.
Also some white balance issues. Lit by incandescent light but sparks are high colour temp (flash setting is closest).
I have had vague thoughts of a Prestige like shot with the whole coil upside down and walking through a field of 7ft sparks.
The Cosmology dome photos were good and the sparks intense but the 11 foot arm had too much droop at it's full range and I didn't have the equipment to fix it so the sparks were only 3-4 feet. It was great having the vantage point of the staircase.
Here is a shot with just the sparks from one fixed point. It's a bit scary as you don't really have a feel for how far they are coming out toward you. You know you are 15 feet away, but .....
Re: Is this my best Tesla coil photo?
Proud Mary, Sat Jun 06 2009, 04:35PM
Your photo of the halo surrounding your car has always amazed people I've shown it to.
Proud Mary, Sat Jun 06 2009, 04:35PM
Your photo of the halo surrounding your car has always amazed people I've shown it to.
Re: Is this my best Tesla coil photo?
HV Enthusiast, Sat Jun 06 2009, 05:29PM
Yeah, thats my favorite too!
HV Enthusiast, Sat Jun 06 2009, 05:29PM
Harry wrote ...
Your photo of the halo surrounding your car has always amazed people I've shown it to.
Your photo of the halo surrounding your car has always amazed people I've shown it to.
Yeah, thats my favorite too!
Re: Is this my best Tesla coil photo?
Blitzorn, Sat Jun 06 2009, 07:40PM
You know, my favorite part of this pic is actually the moon in the eucalyptus tree in the background... I'm not sure why, it just lends a nice natural contrast to the carnival of current below.
Blitzorn, Sat Jun 06 2009, 07:40PM
You know, my favorite part of this pic is actually the moon in the eucalyptus tree in the background... I'm not sure why, it just lends a nice natural contrast to the carnival of current below.
Re: Is this my best Tesla coil photo?
Tesladownunder, Sat Jun 06 2009, 07:47PM
Tesladownunder, Sat Jun 06 2009, 07:47PM
Blitzorn wrote ...
You know, my favorite part of this pic is actually the moon in the eucalyptus tree in the background... I'm not sure why, it just lends a nice natural contrast to the carnival of current below.
Then you might like this one too..You know, my favorite part of this pic is actually the moon in the eucalyptus tree in the background... I'm not sure why, it just lends a nice natural contrast to the carnival of current below.
Re: Is this my best Tesla coil photo?
Proud Mary, Sat Jun 06 2009, 07:56PM
TDU is the first person to fully develop the idea of the electric discharge as art. I think he should have an exhibition in a gallery.
Proud Mary, Sat Jun 06 2009, 07:56PM
TDU is the first person to fully develop the idea of the electric discharge as art. I think he should have an exhibition in a gallery.
Re: Is this my best Tesla coil photo?
uzzors2k, Sun Jun 07 2009, 12:27PM
My favourites are these two. There's a lot of objects for size reference, and your choice of clothing gives the impression of backyard mad scientist.
uzzors2k, Sun Jun 07 2009, 12:27PM
My favourites are these two.
There's a lot of objects for size reference, and your choice of clothing gives the impression of backyard mad scientist.Re: Is this my best Tesla coil photo?
Proud Mary, Sun Jun 07 2009, 12:33PM
You're right they give a very good impression of the huge scale of the apparatus.
For my taste, the basketball net and step ladder are a little too prosaic: imagine if they had been a circle of bronze garden statues looking in, as of folk greeting the the sun - I imagine you could use tailors dummies sprayed with nickel screening compound, or even the good old aquadag - liquid graphite conductive paint.
Proud Mary, Sun Jun 07 2009, 12:33PM
Uzzors wrote ...
My favourites are these two. There's a lot of objects for size reference, and your choice of clothing gives the impression of backyard mad scientist.
My favourites are these two.
There's a lot of objects for size reference, and your choice of clothing gives the impression of backyard mad scientist.You're right they give a very good impression of the huge scale of the apparatus.
For my taste, the basketball net and step ladder are a little too prosaic: imagine if they had been a circle of bronze garden statues looking in, as of folk greeting the the sun - I imagine you could use tailors dummies sprayed with nickel screening compound, or even the good old aquadag - liquid graphite conductive paint.
Re: Is this my best Tesla coil photo?
Tesladownunder, Sun Jun 07 2009, 04:26PM
I'll have a quick look around my yard for suitable bronze statues in the morning.
Actually, that gives me an idea......
Tesladownunder, Sun Jun 07 2009, 04:26PM
I'll have a quick look around my yard for suitable bronze statues in the morning.
Actually, that gives me an idea......
Re: Is this my best Tesla coil photo?
Plasma Lover, Sun Jun 07 2009, 06:17PM
Could you make yourself a faraday suit out of clothing that isn't conductive coated in conductive paint? That would look much nicer than aluminum foil. ;)
Plasma Lover, Sun Jun 07 2009, 06:17PM
Tesladownunder wrote ...
I'll have a quick look around my yard for suitable bronze statues in the morning.
Actually, that gives me an idea......
I'll have a quick look around my yard for suitable bronze statues in the morning.
Actually, that gives me an idea......
Could you make yourself a faraday suit out of clothing that isn't conductive coated in conductive paint? That would look much nicer than aluminum foil. ;)
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