Alternate Worlds

Hi folks,

Here's a couple of oil and water shots using light on a CD for color. I use a macro lens to get in close.

Talk about addictive. These can get so.

Anyone have others to share?

Good stuff Neal. They look 3D-yish.

Very nice!! I will have to give that a try.

Ok! So, what mixture do you use to get the bubbles??

Just pour a 1/4" of water in a shallow glass baking dish (preferably with a smooth bottom) and add a teaspoon of vegetable oil (or whatever). Then take a toothpick and distribute the veggie oil however you like.

It works best with a macro lens to get in tight on a single area of small bubbles. The most challenging part is getting the focus just right.

I use a glass top table with the CD placed 6" to 8" under the baking dish and a light directed at the CD. Move the CD around for different effects.

One thing I've noticed is that the image I see in the viewer seldom resembles what comes out in processing. The color spectrum seen by the camera is usually different. You can also play around with different PP effects (white balance adjustments, saturation, etc). Like I said, it gets addictive.

A few more examples.

Here is one I got. Your right focus is hard.

I think I have it now.

Sweet! Kinda fun, huh?

Pretty cool. Just like my Bug macro. Never gets boring.

Heres my first ever attempt at this. Its pretty cool, as you said the end result lookd nothing like wht you see through the camera, id like to think of this one as a scene out of space, the red is a sun or a giant planet, and the bubbles are little planets or moons.


My first attempt at oil and water photography by smittler86, on Flickr