Deep Space

PixelRabbit · Feb 20, 2013

Attempting a redo on another shot I got drawn in by subtlety in the black. I messed with my light positions and we ended up in deep space with little slices of light.

Would love to hear your thoughts, thanks for taking a look!

mishele · Feb 20, 2013

I'm on my work computer and it's coming across really dark. I'll look at it again when I get home.

Mully · Feb 20, 2013

I like it but don't space, see large globs...the highlights are very nice and the tone as well

PixelRabbit · Feb 20, 2013

Thanks Mishele, yeah this one was a bit of a dance trying to not end up blocky and lose the top right, it's pretty dark, looking forward to seeing if there is a difference when you get home.

Thanks Mully, you actually are touching on the one issue I have with it, too many oil blobs. I'm messing around with ways to get just a few but haven't quite nailed it down yet.

deeky · Feb 20, 2013

I like this one - much more subtle than most of the others. I might even crop it to 8x10 landscape of the top.

PixelRabbit · Feb 20, 2013

Thanks Deeky, of all the crops I tried that wasn't one of them, I like the idea though!

Photographiend · Feb 20, 2013

Gorgeous shot.

mishele · Feb 20, 2013

Ahhh...much brighter at home. I might actually like the darker version...lol

PixelRabbit · Feb 20, 2013

Photographiend said:
Gorgeous shot.

Thanks

mishele said:
Ahhh...much brighter at home. I might actually like the darker version...lol

lol didn't see that comin! I thought it was on the verge of too dark already. I was shooting in a cold room so the oil was starting to go cloudy, I darkened a little bit to get rid of the cloudiness maybe I could have gotten away with a little more.

mishele · Feb 20, 2013

Shooting in a pie dish?

PixelRabbit · Feb 20, 2013

Nope

but the last one I posted of the Blue Moon was in a metal bowl

this was in a dollar store round "crackle" vase thingy sitting on black lit from the side. The room was pretty chilly, my water cooled down fast and almost as soon as the oil settled on the top after a stir it would get a little cloudy.

mishele · Feb 20, 2013

I just saw the rounded lines going through the bubbles at the bottom left and thought it was a round bowl of some sort. I have those same lines in some shots of mine.