FerroLiquid

I got some Ferroliquid as a present for Christmas.  Ferroliquid is an oily magnetic liquid, that when you put it on magnetised metal or near a magnet itself, it forms interesting magnetic spikes, that when photographed up close, give interesting results I think.  One thing to note – is this is messy stuff, I wore some gloves and old clothes when handling it.  Also – don’t put it in direct contact with the magnet – you’ll never get it off it again.

I used several magnetised objects to take the following images.  To light the images I used flash (to keep the shot sharp, as I was indoors in poor light),with some gels for colour   – and light from a video lamp which reflected against some old cds in the background, plus some neon strip lights also bouncing in colour.

Below is a short video showing the setup of the shots and a slideshow of some of the images in this post.

And lastly onto the photos – all taken using my Canon MPE-65mm 1-5x macro lens and Canon 5D Mark IV.  Flash was from a diffused and gelled Yongnuo YN24-ex Twin Flash.