Liquid Meditation (something newish with water)

[JustJazzie]

Instead of my usual setup where I use a trey of water, I placed some construction paper under a piece of picture frame glass and made a very thin layer of Xanthan gummed water. I used pages from "The Rainbow Fish and the Red Algae" book for a background, and in a few I used colored water for the drops them selves.

This post really should have been called "Dear Jazzie, you are not a human light meter" I really dropped the ball on the basics here. For some reason my flash meter doesn't really work well with this setup, so I usually guess and check my histogram. Today I eyeballed it and never checked my histogram. OOPS! These came out barely salvageable. Ive been in an artistic dead zone lately, so I am not surprised I suppose. Anyways, I liked the patterns that were showing up on the base. Very "meditative" I think.


C&C welcome and appreciated as usual.
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[tirediron]

VERY cool Jazzie!

 

[JustJazzie]

VERY cool Jazzie!

Thank you!

 

[bribrius]

neat!

 

[Forkie]

If you produce these in an "artistic deadzone", I'd love to see what you produce when you're feeling creative! #2 and #6 are particular faves. Nice work!

 

[Nevermore1]

These are excellent! I really loke how they turned out!

 

[JustJazzie]

neat!

Thanks!

If you produce these in an "artistic deadzone", I'd love to see what you produce when you're feeling creative! #2 and #6 are particular faves. Nice work!

:Giggle: well, water drops come pretty easy for me, so I was hoping it would help get my creative juices flowing. I've been out with my camera all week and haven't come home with a single shot. I was getting frustrated with all the wasted effort so I figured I would give something I am decent at a go. Spring needs to hurry up and come!

These are excellent! I really loke how they turned out!

Thank you!

 

[Braineack]

i think you're onto something with #4.

 

[steve73mccabe]

Tried this earlier today for the first time, really enjoyed it but need more room as was struggling for space

 

[JustJazzie]

was struggling for space

In what way??

 

[JustJazzie]

i think you're onto something with #4.

Thanks! I nearly didn't post that one since I was on the fence about it.

 

[steve73mccabe]

To many items on the kitchen worktop and would like to do more water work as in burst balloons and splashes etc. I'm an absolute beginner as well having only had a camera for 3 weeks so am also trying to run before I can walk

 

[JustJazzie]

To many items on the kitchen worktop and would like to do more water work as in burst balloons and splashes etc. I'm an absolute beginner as well having only had a camera for 3 weeks so am also trying to run before I can walk

ah, gotcha. ;-)
That's pretty good for only having a camera for three weeks. Enjoy!

 

[oldhippy]

Nice set, showing a lot of improvement. Ed

 

[JacaRanda]

I really like #4 and I am starting to see a face in #5. The big drop is the nose - I have not taken any hallucinogens ------- in a very long time.