Photoelasticity Birefringence Photography Tutorial

http://PhotoExtremist.com/photoelasticity-birefringence/
Photography tutorial describing how to take a photo of the colorful rainbow patterns found in in stressed plastic when placed between two polarizing filters.

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• Photoelasticity
• Birefringence
• Photography
• Tutorial
• polarizing
• polarizer
• colors
• color
• psychedelic
• how to
• howto
• colorful
• filter
• plastic
• clear
• transparent
• photo
• art
• idea
• trick photography
• special effect

[RyanMarisMakeupx3]

Dude, that's sick! I need to get a polarizing filter! What filters should I get, if any? Thanks! And when you had the toilet paper on there I literally laughed out loud. Your videos are awesome! :)

[PhotoExtremist]

@RyanMarisMakeupx3 Hehe thanks Ryan :) I'd get a Zeikos circular polarizing filter, they are really good for landscape photography as well (they darken blue skies and reduce reflections). Other ones that are cool would be an IR filter or an ND400 filter.

[PhotoExtremist]

@MenacingPhantom Lol, yes I am aware most of my equipment is very cheap, that is kinda obvious dude. I don't really care right now. If you have noticed at all, I like to focus on being more creative and learning about techniques and sharing them with others rather than spending time and money getting the best stuff. Go to Jared Polin if you are interested in equipment, not me. I use a simple 18-55 lens for almost everything, what is so bad about that? Do you even know what I like shoot/create?

[RyanMarisMakeupx3]

@MenacingPhantom You don't need top of the line equipment to shoot good photos. You need basic English and grammar skills to make it in life, though...

[CollPowers]

I tried this with a glass of water... and I dropped it.

[bigshotdigital]

Love your stuff, you are a rare talent all round would recommend your videos to anyone who loves being creative. Keep up great work mate. Bryan from OZ

[gilroy462]

This looked pretty cool so I tried it but my background didn't come out black like in your photos. Any pointers?

Thanks.

[emotionalpunk101390]

@PhotoExtremist Dont mind him, talent cant buy, you r d;best keep doing Video we love it.

[HighDefdubstep]

@MenacingPhantom lmao dude fuck off, your just mad because you lack the creativity and skill that this guy has, go play with your 5,000 dollar camera you asshole ;)

[AlenaBela]

hey, very nice video! I couldn't get why water and glass are working bad for the birefringence experiment?

[KakHazhar]

Beautiful images.

[DDryden53]

Scientist here-- you get the fringes of color from stress fields in the material, so what you're actually seeing in those crazy-colored plastics is the internal stress fields left over from processing. That's why your harder plastics give cooler colors: they can support higher stresses than the soft materials, which just deform and relax the stresses out.

External stresses work just as well, though, so stretching, bending, or otherwise deforming plastics could lead to some very cool pictures.

[gentel916]

i like how he uses photoshop and stuff ....... NOT ON MACS ..... WINDOWS FTW !

[abimdanial]

Dudeeeee, pleaseplease. Next videoooo ): love your presentations