Just getting over a bout of bronchitis and as the weather has been wet and windy I have been at home. I revisited an old technique I have tried which I found in the book “Understanding Exposure” by Bryan Petersen, p 72 -73 for theme 39 – Shot through glass. It uses a glass bowl balanced on 2 bricks with oil scattered in the water. A colourful scarf was placed beneath the bowl on the ground. The camera was mounted on a tripod pointing down to shoot through the water. I used a 90mm Macro lens and the camera set at f2.8,1/100,ISO500 shot in natural early evening light. I processed the RAW image in iPhoto and cropped it to get the best composition.
I found this tutorial in YouTube which gives another variation using a table lamp. More possibilities for something to do indoors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ5SH_vK7U8.
October 9, 2014 at 6:48 pm
Trudie, this is beautiful. I thoroughly enjoy finding and trying tutorials. Good job!
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October 10, 2014 at 9:37 am
Thanks.
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October 9, 2014 at 7:33 pm
That’s a very attractive shot indeed, and paired with a great write-up.
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October 10, 2014 at 9:37 am
Thank you.
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October 9, 2014 at 7:43 pm
nice to learn new techniques!
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October 9, 2014 at 8:12 pm
Beautiful! Thanks for all the information.
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October 10, 2014 at 1:23 am
Beautiful colors! I thought when I saw that photo that your theme was going to be circles. Thank you for the info. I plan to look into that.
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October 10, 2014 at 9:40 am
Good thinking! I might try the YouTube tutorial for that or backlit would be another theme it may fit! Great to get the creative juices flowing and have ideas from others to follow up too. Glad I responded to the invitation to do the Challenge.
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October 10, 2014 at 3:38 am
Very nice and creative! Interesting technique too, thanks for sharing!
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October 10, 2014 at 2:48 pm
Thanks so much for the refresher course on how,you did it. A perfect indoor project. I will attempt it sometime as I plan to buy a macro lens finally.
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October 11, 2014 at 2:04 pm
Will look forward to seeing your images. Good luck with the ‘macro’buying!
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October 13, 2014 at 3:16 pm
Thank you so much for sharing this information. I have learned something new and I will check out the You Tube video. I love this shot and the effect you got!
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October 19, 2014 at 3:26 pm
creative shot
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