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Pour A Rainbow [Contest Archives December 2002]

© Heather K. McFarland

Pour A Rainbow

Uploaded: December 28, 2002 11:04:19

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Tone curve adjustment was the only post processing done. Used PC monitor with color fill as background..then just poured in front of it. 60mm micro Nikkor, 1/10 sec at F5.6, EV+1.3.

Comments

Henny Grevelink December 28, 2002

WoW, very nice Heather, great colors! ;>) #16881

Damian P. Gadal May 26, 2019

Oui, Oui, Oui! Stunning!!! #35046

Patricia A. Cale May 26, 2019

Beautiful colors and composition, Heather!! #35114

Cathy M. Gromball May 26, 2019

Wonderful shot Heather! I have a feeling about this one...

Cathy :) #35147

Leonard Aschenbrand May 26, 2019

Heather, as usual a simply stunning photograph. If there is "nothing" to photograph you take the simple things in life and covert them into magnificent photographs. Please keep these treasures coming. #35159

Gary H. Minish level-classic May 26, 2019

Very, very nice, Heather! You are extremely inventive and artistic! #35180

Heather K. McFarland May 26, 2019

Thank you for the kind comments everyone! You hit it on the nose Leonard. Yucky outside, bored stiff after all the holiday festivities Friday night, so find something to photograph...lol. I found a cool new way for a cheap lightbox with an infinite number of backgrounds!!

I used the most handy light box that you all have and are all looking at right now..LOL. Your PC monitor. I just created an image in my editor at 1024 X 768 (which is what my monitor resolution is set at). Filled the image with a texture fill to create the background. Then just hit my full screen display mode so that only the background image I created filled the entire screen.

I then positioned the glass decanter about 5 inches in front of the screen and shot while my husband poured. We rested the bottom of the decanter on books at the correct level in order to keep it steady as my first few shots were all blurry. I also kept adjusting my shutter speed faster until I could shoot it without blurring the water and decanter to much. I didn't need all that much depth of field because the object/water were all on a level plane.

I have other shots where we poured the water faster and it is more blurred and abstract, but I prefered the ones with a slower pour and smoother water which reflected the background colors better.

Was shot in a fairly dark room with no front lighting used. This eliminated any glare on the glass and water.

60mm Micro Nikkor. Manual mode at 1/10 sec at F5.6. EV+1.3. Tone curve adjustment made for post processing. Shot in RAW mode.
#35347

Bernard B. Travers May 26, 2019

Like, ultra slick, like. Wow. Wonderful photograph Heather,

AS USUAL. #42092


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