The universe in my dining room - just playing aorund!

[Bend The Light]

I did this project a while back and got a universe myself

IT was YOU!
It was your thread that gave me the idea to try...thank you. I really like your number 6, another green one.

I also like the way you had spectrums of colour in some of yours...was that a CD or something?

Thanks

Craig

 

[Markw]

CD?

This was the setup:

Just oil in a pyrex dish with some water and the sunlight coming in from the top right. Handheld the camera taking the photos with a makeshift (aluminum foil) reflector on the ground bouncing the sun up to the bottom of the dish (didnt help much at all). The multicolored towel is what really helped get the colors. The shapes turn into areas of color when using a macro lens. Works quite well. So all the colors you see are true. Just a basic curves adjustment. I'm flattered I could offer inspiration!

Mark

PS. Just to clarify, the photos I shot were of the tiny bubbled between the big bubbles you see in the photo. Fiddling around with the WB in-camera really helps as well.

 

[Bend The Light]

CD?

This was the setup:

Just oil in a pyrex dish with some water and the sunlight coming in from the top right. Handheld the camera taking the photos with a makeshift (aluminum foil) reflector on the ground bouncing the sun up to the bottom of the dish (didnt help much at all). The multicolored towel is what really helped get the colors. The shapes turn into areas of color when using a macro lens. Works quite well. So all the colors you see are true. Just a basic curves adjustment. I'm flattered I could offer inspiration!

Mark

PS. Just to clarify, the photos I shot were of the tiny bubbled between the big bubbles you see in the photo. Fiddling around with the WB in-camera really helps as well.

Ah, yes, I remember reading it now. I thought there was a CD in the mix somewhere, but that must be another thing altogether.

I plan a re-shoot when I get a bit of time, try to get more light in, and shoot some smaller bubbles. Although mine weren't massive...

Cheers

Craig

 

[Markw]

This is interesting. I think I might try it again with my SB-600 and lights. Maybe controlled conditions (and possibly gels?) would create some interesting differences. Well, I know what I'm doing this weekend!

Mark

 

[Bend The Light]

I tried taking photos of droplets of water on the CD, too. These are test shots, just handheld with 50mm lens and about 15cm of macro tube....bounced on-camera flash.

Looking to set up properly, see how good I can get them...


drop on a cd 1 by Bend The Light, on Flickr


drop on a cd 2 by Bend The Light, on Flickr

 

[Markw]

Hmm. That's interesting. There almost looks like a face on the last photo..all the way to the left.

That sounds fun!
Mark

 

[Bend The Light]

Hmm. That's interesting. There almost looks like a face on the last photo..all the way to the left.

That sounds fun!
Mark

That "face" is the reflection of a margarine tub! If you look closely, it's symmetrical, and the line between is the edge of the CD.

There IS a face, though...I think my daughter is at the top left...

 

[Markw]

Ahhh. I see it. How ironic is that.

It's officially on the to-do list.

Mark