Astonishing photographs of latex balloons as they burst

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- London-based professional photographer Edward Horsford has a series of astounding photographs of latex ballons on his flickr site. The images are high speed images of water-filled latex balloons taken when the ballon is bursting. As the latex rips, it leaves for an instant, the near-spherical shape of water within. However, in shrinking, it disturbs the surface of the water, leaving amazing images which exist only for micro-seconds.

Horsford says, "Photography is usually just a hobby, though I have done the odd bit of commission work. I'm very interested in capturing shots that are unique and not the run of the mill. My high speed trigger was just one way of achieving this. "

He continues, "There's hundreds of water-balloon bursting photos on flickr, but far fewer that are actually interesting. I didn't want to take a shot that a hundred people before me have taken, I wanted to shoot it in a new way. Thus with each shoot I challenge myself both artistically and technically."

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Edward Horsford's photostream from flickr

Edward Horsford's tutorial from Creative Light