water drops A Simple Water Column

This image was taken using a medicine dropper to disperse the water drop. The drop falls through a laser trigger which fires the camera at a user defined time. I have started experiment with food colors, paints, and thickening agents. This drop is clear water with xanthan gum. The hint of blue is from dye in the water pan from a previous session. With my simple setup I am able to capture water drop collisions but not on a consistent basis.