Wormhole · Liquid

Clawed · Feb 11, 2012

Hi there everyone,

I was doing a bit of splash photography and although I simply could not get what I wanted, I just tried to work with what I had in front of me. Let me know what you think about this. A little odd I know...

Thanks in advance!
Regards, Canaan

Wormhole

Here are another couple shots, so there is something more to look at

Anti · Gravity by Clawed1, on Flickr

Through Glass by Clawed1, on Flickr

mjhoward · Feb 11, 2012

I like it! Certainly different, but it is very interesting.

LightSpeed · Feb 11, 2012

I do like this.
Nice. Especially the first 2

JessicaLynn · Feb 11, 2012

very abstract, i like

You are creative!

enzodm · Feb 12, 2012

Nice attempts. Do you mind explaining more about the first one?

WesternGuy · Feb 12, 2012

Nice try with these - I like them, but I suspect that Photoshop also helped, not that using Photoshop is a problem, a lot of splash and smoke photograpers are using it to create some very good abstract imagery.

Cheers,

WesternGuy

paigew · Feb 12, 2012

Great shots! Love the first 2!

mishele · Feb 12, 2012

Great to have you posting again clawed!! I've missed your creativity!
Nice shots Babe!!

Clawed · Feb 12, 2012

Thank you everyone!
(I don't know how to multiquote, so I'll try to respond to a couple Qs)

enzodm: In the first, I dropped a strawberry into a pool of liquid, and I expected a small splash, but it ended up being huge, and staight up, which was totally unexpected. The color is not manipulated, I used two gelled flashes (basically a red and magenta). I duplicated and mirrored the image and turned it on it's side. I then used a smoke pic I took a couple nights ago and overlayed it in the middle, manipulating it's color slightly.

WesternGuy: It may be tough to believe, but these shots can be done with little to no processing. Specifically, #2 was almost straight out of camera! I rotated it 90 degrees, cleaned the dust spots off that I had, and sharpened... that's it. That is less editing than most other photogs do on ANY given shoot. The color was done using gels and the splash occurred naturally with how I decided to hit the water with other water.

If anyone has ANY specific questions at all, I do not believe in keep secrets with photography.

Thanks again!

mishele · Feb 12, 2012

lol I have a question.....Can I see a bigger version of your avatar? I just keep staring at it.

Clawed · Feb 12, 2012

Thanks mishele, I tried to get a collision at first, but I did not have a proper setup for it, so I used a lot more force with the water, and got some bigger splashes. Do you use something specific to get a collision like that?

Oh, and yes... here is a larger image of my avatar:

Steel Blue by Clawed1, on Flickr