Vladimir Nefedov_High-Speed Water Photography

Valdimir Nefedov is a Russian photographer. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.nefedov.info/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dvladimir%2Bnefedov%26sa%3DN%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D839 I had his website translated from Russian to English via Google translator. I can't find out where he went to school or much about his personal life. He was the nominee of the world photography awards which took place in Cannes in 2008 and he was also awarded a degree of qualified European photographer.

These are some of his high-speed water photos
                                                                                                  This is called the Needle.
I really like these two shots. I would love to learn how to capture fast moving water to make it look like a still image. I think these pictures are so cool and they almost look fake because it's unreal looking. I love how the first one has a lot of movement to it, but it's not blurry at all. I also like the shape that the colored water created. The colors are amazing looking. I like how it's orange and blue at the top and the reflected water is purple and pink looking. The composition is centered, but that doesn't bother me in this case. The Needle picture is really neat looking. I have been trying to figure out what that thing is on top and how he created this picture. It almost looks like he put a saucer/object on top of a needle in moving water. There isn't as much color in this picture as in the first one. Most of the color is in the object on top of the needle- it has pink, orange, brown, purple, and blue in it. High-speed water photography has always fascinated me and I have always wanted to take a picture like these.