Week 31 - August 4, 2013
There is nothing wrong with your computer monitor. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next few minutes, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your monitor. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to... The Outer Limits!
Remember that old TV show? (<< Click the link!) Crazy huh? Well, I decided to explore something very different for this week’s “Project 52” post. It’s Sunday and I like to post on this day each week, but I’d not shot anything for the weekly page. Last night I was browsing the topic “creative photography ideas” on YouTube and saw the idea on which this is based.
The idea is simple: Get a glass container, (I used a Pyrex pie plate), pour a little water in it and then pour a little olive oil in too. As the two liquids will not mix, you get all kinds of interesting bubbles and patterns. Then position your camera over the plate so it’s looking down through the liquid. Extend the edge of the plate over the edge of a table, (be sure to weight it on the other side so it doesn’t tip off.). Use a lens that will focus closely. Set the camera to manual and select a wide open f/stop so you have very limited depth of field.
For the background, find some colorful pictures in magazines, or whatever, (I used old record album covers). Light the background well (I used two daylight balanced fluorescent bulbs in clamp lamps). Be sure to focus on the surface of the liquid to get the bubbles sharp. The background should go completely out of focus. Once you’re set up and your exposure is adjusted, shoot away, changing the background as you like and periodically swirling the liquid to get new bubble patterns. Groovy huh? (grin). I think a lot of these look like planets or scenes from outer space.
Hang on… you’re about the enter the Outer Limits!
Remember that old TV show? (<< Click the link!) Crazy huh? Well, I decided to explore something very different for this week’s “Project 52” post. It’s Sunday and I like to post on this day each week, but I’d not shot anything for the weekly page. Last night I was browsing the topic “creative photography ideas” on YouTube and saw the idea on which this is based.
The idea is simple: Get a glass container, (I used a Pyrex pie plate), pour a little water in it and then pour a little olive oil in too. As the two liquids will not mix, you get all kinds of interesting bubbles and patterns. Then position your camera over the plate so it’s looking down through the liquid. Extend the edge of the plate over the edge of a table, (be sure to weight it on the other side so it doesn’t tip off.). Use a lens that will focus closely. Set the camera to manual and select a wide open f/stop so you have very limited depth of field.
For the background, find some colorful pictures in magazines, or whatever, (I used old record album covers). Light the background well (I used two daylight balanced fluorescent bulbs in clamp lamps). Be sure to focus on the surface of the liquid to get the bubbles sharp. The background should go completely out of focus. Once you’re set up and your exposure is adjusted, shoot away, changing the background as you like and periodically swirling the liquid to get new bubble patterns. Groovy huh? (grin). I think a lot of these look like planets or scenes from outer space.
Hang on… you’re about the enter the Outer Limits!
Technical notes
Camera - Canon 50D
Lens - Tamron 17-50 f/2.8
Also used close-up Diopters (+4 and +6) on several of the shots for closer focusing
ISO 400 - 1/250th @ F/2.8 for most of the show
Additional image manipulation with Adobe Lightroom 4
Lens - Tamron 17-50 f/2.8
Also used close-up Diopters (+4 and +6) on several of the shots for closer focusing
ISO 400 - 1/250th @ F/2.8 for most of the show
Additional image manipulation with Adobe Lightroom 4
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