The Amazing Plant Photographs Which Were Ten Years In The Making And Are Filled With Electricity

Daily Mail(UK) ^ | July 15, 2009

[Steelfish]

The amazing plant photographs which were ten years in the making and are filled with electricity

15th July 2009

These extraordinary images reveal what happens when electrical surges pass through a metal board with a simple plant on top.

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Photographer Robert Buelteman sends 80,000 volts through his flowery subjects and then literally paints photographs of the outcome.

In three awe-inspiring series, the 55-year-old uses roses, petunias, and even cannabis in mind-blowing detail to give an extraordinary view of ordinary plant-life.

Artist Robert Buelteman sends 80,000 volts through flowery subjects and then literally paints photographs of the outcome to create these amazing pictures

The process to capture these unique images is so complex it has taken him 10 years - and a gruelling average of 60 hours-per-week - to produce just 80 photos.

Working in complete darkness, he begins by placing his chosen plant onto a metal board which he then passes the electrical surge through.

He can even pinpoint areas where he wants to focus the charge using a wand and a simple car battery.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1199836/The-amazing-plant-photographs-years-making-filled-electricity.html#ixzz0LLOqDkSi&D

[aliquando]

Outstanding!

[fso301]

Cool!

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Not worth 10 years of 60 hour weeks, IMHO.

[vpintheak]

That is pretty cool.

[the long march]

And even uses cannabis ——yeah like duh. This guy has way too much time on his hands. Corona are not new and the fact that someone looks at it and goes ooh ahhh pretyy is in so many ways sad. This is remniscent of the large globed gas discharge devices that were so popular a decade or so ago. Touch the globe and see the electric arc move towards you or away from you. *0KV is not kids play and my bet is the guys place will burn down one of these days

[randog]

Not worth 10 years of 60 hour weeks, IMHO.

I might be more impressed if Photoshop didn't exist.

[Alex Murphy]

Photographer Robert Buelteman sends 80,000 volts through his flowery subjects and then literally paints photographs of the outcome....The captivating blue haze that surrounds every leaf, petal and stalk is actually gases ionising around them as the plant is electronically shocked.

Death penalty for plants, without due process of law. Somewhere, PETA is weeping.

[cyborg]

Looks like kirlian photography to me!

[RikaStrom]

home for pictures

[Moonman62]

A much better gimmick.

[PeterPrinciple]

And even uses cannabis

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I think that it was essential for the making of the photos.

[cyborg]

LOL!!!

[Darnright]

>Death penalty for plants, without due process of law. Somewhere, PETA is weeping.<

Is this comment on the article real, or is it sarcasm?

“This is utterly horrible.

Hasn’t this man read the research on plants’ reaction to electrical or other burns?

Pretty pictures made out of deliberate torture are NOT beautiful.
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[the long march]

But of course

[wildbill]

Plant talk:

ow, ow, ooh, ah, ohm, ow ow.

I have a tingle up my stem.

[Reddy]

Cool pictures, but some people have too much time on their hands.

[Future Snake Eater]

example:

[LTCJ]

Let’s try it with a Senator!

[Future Snake Eater]

LOL...I can think of many interesting things to do in that case!

And so on...