A Splash of St Patricks Shamrocks by BrianZ

The shamrocks are part of the photograph, not a photoshop creation. They are out of focus points of light called "bokeh" reflected from tiny droplets in the splash of a water drop. I custom designed the bokeh shape by using a cardboard disk over the lens in which I cut a shamrock-shaped hole smaller than the camera's f/2.8 aperture. 2-drop collisions use a microcontroller was &amp; solenoid valve to deliver 2 drops 60 ms apart &amp; a 2nd circuit detects the falling drop, opens the camera shutter, times the delay &amp; triggers flash units at the desired point during the splash. Setup and electronics are shown here: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/c1046fbd3871e8c8d904c1a0e850b80be529d2ffd2f679e3a55daff49e998dab/http%3A//flic.kr/s/aHsjysQBPW" rel="nofollow">http://flic.kr/s/aHsjysQBPW</a> Photographed in a dark room with high speed flash - about 1/15,000 sec to stop the action; gel filters on the flashes create the color. Photography and electronics are two of my hobbies. To rate or comment, login here: <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/a-splash-of-st-patricks-sha/#id=367824" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/a-splash-of-st-patricks-sha/#id=367824</a> See all my personas here: <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/BrianZ/personas/" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/BrianZ/personas/</a> Happy St. Patrick's Day! (c) 2012 BrianZ (Irish, green, bokeh, water, drop, splash, photo, macro, close up, photograph)