Capture the ethereal beauty of everyday objects using polarized light

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Capture the ethereal beauty of everyday objects using polarized light

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By using a pair of polarizing filters and a property of certain materials called birefringence we can photograph the hidden stresses in hard plastics. This instructable was inspired by this article and a comment I read in another instructable, somewhere, about LCD monitors and polarization.

instructables : Capture the Ethereal Beauty of Everyday Objects Using Polarized Light – Link.

8 thoughts on “Capture the ethereal beauty of everyday objects using polarized light

  1. scruzgeek says:

    The safety glass of automobile windows is also shows some very interesting patterns caused (I presume) by the methods and compounds used to bind the layers of material.

    Somewhat more disturbing are the stress patterns in the windows of buildings.

  2. Clayd says:

    This is great. So great i gave it a try and have to say that it was still great.
    Flickr Link

  3. rehorstmark@netscape.net says:

    Here’s the original web page he made reference to:
    http://mark.rehorst.com/Polarimeter/index.htm

    MR

  4. benikesh says:

    You can be more creative by using bits of scotch tape to make your own designs. My Flickr shots were done with the tape on slide mounts and photographed between two polarizing filters.

    Have fun.

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