The universe in my dining room - just playing aorund!

[Bend The Light]

I was quite pleased with how these turned out, actually...


Universe 1 by Bend The Light, on Flickr


Universe 2 by Bend The Light, on Flickr


Universe 3 by Bend The Light, on Flickr


Universe 4 by Bend The Light, on Flickr


Universe 5 by Bend The Light, on Flickr


Universe 6 by Bend The Light, on Flickr

You like 'em?

 

[Derrel]

1 and 3 are my favorites. Pretty good.

 

[RauschPhotography]

Love #2 and #4. Excellent work!

 

[Frequency]

#2 and #4 are excellent because thy have a cosmic look; others are just behind in liking

As a whole a classic creative series

Regards

 

[Bend The Light]

Thank you, people.

 

[LaFoto]

Ooo, they make me feel like I must do to this oil-droplet-universe experiment myself again, too, one day.
Yes, I like universes 2 and 4 best of all, too.

 

[Bend The Light]

Ooo, they make me feel like I must do to this oil-droplet-universe experiment myself again, too, one day.
Yes, I like universes 2 and 4 best of all, too.

Thank you. I need to have another go...not entirely happy, but they're a good start, I reckon. Glad you like them.

 

[rabman]

Very nice! :thumbup:

 

[Bend The Light]

Very nice! :thumbup:

Thanks.

 

[Robin Usagani]

they are all great. No.2 is the only one that really does look like a universe. Good job. What is it anyway?

 

[Bend The Light]

they are all great. No.2 is the only one that really does look like a universe. Good job. What is it anyway?

It was my 5 year old who said it looked like the solar system, or the "whole UNIVERSE!"...so I used that as the title.

It's cooking oil floating in a dish on water.

Cheers

 

[Robin Usagani]

NIce... I need a macro lens!

 

[Bend The Light]

NIce... I need a macro lens!

I haven't got one...just a 50mm on a basic macro tube (an old M42 lens, it was).

I do a lot of macro with an old 135mm f2.8 M42 lens on macro tubes, with manual "everything"...including flash. I would LIKE a macro lens, true, bt I can't afford one, so I do it the poor man's way.

 

[Markw]

I did this project a while back and got a universe myself (check photo 1 here: http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/macro-photography/220989-hydrophobia-semi-pic-intensive.html).

That being said, I really like 2,3, and 4. Wonderful. How did you get the colors? Did you use any type of special lighting (not for the colors..just in general?)?

Mark

 

[Bend The Light]

I did this project a while back and got a universe myself (check photo 1 here: http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/macro-photography/220989-hydrophobia-semi-pic-intensive.html).

That being said, I really like 2,3, and 4. Wonderful. How did you get the colors? Did you use any type of special lighting (not for the colors..just in general?)?

Mark

Nothing special at all...

I had the overhead light (a power saving bulb), built in flash which triggered an old nissin flash. The camera was obviously directly overhead, and the nissin was to the side, about 6in up, directed at about 45 degrees to the surface. That's it.

The only ones with added colour are green (as in number 1) where I added some food colouring at the end. The others are natural cooking oil colour. I duplicated some layers and set blending mode to "multiply", which darkened and enriched some colours, too.

Thanks

Craig