An Experiment (that hasn't really worked) - Cream in Water Photographs

Hi

I've not posted in a while as I have been busy with work and various other things but found an hour or so to do some experimenting on something I've wanted to try for a while; dropping cream into water.

I have to say that these didn't turn out as good as I thought they would.... they just aren't sharp enough. I think that's down to the glass on my really old square vase. It's different thicknesses and curved in places and at the level of macro here, it's bound to make a difference to the image quality. Gonna need a small glass tank with some 3 or 5mm panes in it to do this kind of thing properly. Anyway, I got a few images out that are shareable to give an idea of the effect.

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(inverted to make it look a bit like a jellyfish)

And here's a quick pic of the setup. Two Speedlites, one with a red gel and one with a blue gel, each with a small grid to narrow the light and keep it off the background. The camera is on a tripod and I just drip a drop of cream into the water and shoot it as it falls through.

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I'll probably revisit this if I can get hold of a better water receptacle in the future.

Thanks for looking

Mark



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They are so interesting and beautiful. Thanks for showing your set up too. Love that you are experimenting!!

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They look like jelly fish. This is so cool.

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Yeah, love the concept but not happy yet with the quality. Also might try some multi-drips with different liquids (maybe acrylic paint)

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Beautiful results:) I participated some years ago in a photoshooting like that, as the colour dropper,lol. Some friends did a lot of expreriments with a larger container and the photos were stunning. Be careful, this is a highly addictive activity:)

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The inverted Jellyfish one really is pretty cool looking. I need to think of a set-up place for next winter if I am still up north here. It has just been to cold lately for picture taking outdoors.

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Pretty cold here. Needed an insect/arachnid fix too so just went outside in the dark with a torch and got a couple of nice images of spiders. Will post them up tomorrow.

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