Red Droplets

Red Droplets

Credit: Markus Reugels, LiquidArt

Three water droplets (two side-by-side and one from above) merge.

Under the Umbrella

Under the Umbrella

Credit: Markus Reugels, LiquidArt

Water droplets collide against a white background. Reugels carefully times the droplets to collide just as his camera snaps an image.

Making a Splash

Making a Splash

Credit: Markus Reugels, LiquidArt

A ring of water rises around a "double pillar" droplet.

Rainbow Droplets

Rainbow Droplets

Credit: Markus Reugels, LiquidArt

Colored gels over the camera flash create amazing hues.

Triple Pillar

Triple Pillar

Credit: Markus Reugels, LiquidArt

This photograph brings together four droplets - three as "pillars" and one from above.

Blue Droplets

Blue Droplets

Credit: Markus Reugels, LiquidArt

The droplets collide in controlled ways, but create unexpected patterns.

Leaning Droplets

Leaning Droplets

Credit: Markus Reugels, LiquidArt

Reugels developed the photographic technique after finding that water columns from two falling droplets leaned into one another.

Magic Mushroom

Magic Mushroom

Credit: Markus Reugels, LiquidArt

A little milk or cream added to the water helps it catch the colored light.

Chocolate Drops

Chocolate Drops

Credit: Markus Reugels, LiquidArt

Colliding droplets look like chocolate milk against a white background.

Purple Rain

Purple Rain

Credit: Markus Reugels, LiquidArt

A purple collision stands out against a black backdrop.