Comments on: Water wigs: frozen instants of water dashed on the heads of bald guys

By: cdh1971

cdh1971 — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:10:00 +0000

My dear Pussy,

I disagree with your implied criticism that the committees governing human research subjects allow questionable experiments to “sneak past.”

In fact, this is a fine proof that the research ethics committees are working as designed.

Besides, the subjects pictured look like pipe-fitters, custodians, sanitation workers and grammar school teachers. Participating in a worthwhile scientific endeavour makes them feel quite uplifted I’m sure.

By: cdh1971

cdh1971 — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:43:00 +0000

Wow…how ever did this sneak past the experimental ethics committee?

By: BarBarSeven

BarBarSeven — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 18:48:00 +0000

I am with the naysayers here: This stuff looks 100% faked.

By: Robert Cruickshank

Robert Cruickshank — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:47:00 +0000

Looks like the “mohawk” ones were done with balloon-animal balloons. (Although I’m having trouble believing that squared-off front in the one in the post.)

By: plainsaman

plainsaman — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:56:00 +0000

No worse looking than those in the article…

By: Rich Keller

Rich Keller — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:11:00 +0000

I’ll just leave this here and skulk away.

By: vonbobo

vonbobo — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:40:00 +0000

2 links actually state:
“We just finished shooting a new project we call Water Wigs. The concept is simple and it is another visual exploration of something new and totally different. We found a bunch of awesome bald men and hurled water balloons at their heads, to capture the explosion of water at various intervals. The result a new head of of water hair! We used a laser and sound trigger to capture the right moments for each subject to create just the head of hair that fit best with the face. ”

By: Cowicide

Cowicide — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:23:00 +0000

I wonder if that’s where they removed pieces of broken balloon?

By: Rider

Rider — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:15:00 +0000

I’s like to see these duplicated in actual super slow motion. Think there might be a bit to much photo manipulation in these.

By: Marios P.

Marios P. — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:26:00 +0000

i imagine they used balloons. Very creative!

By: Mark Roberts

Mark Roberts — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:17:00 +0000

Lasers, huh? Look at the main image – tthe water to the right of the guys mustache, all the way to the bottom of the photo… One of the worst examples of photoshop cloning I’ve seen in a long while.