Oil on Water

[davidc]

Had a go at this today. Got some great patterns!

[Patrick]

These look super nice David , nice and detailed and i love the colors you worked with a lot , i like them all 🙂

[davidc]

Cheers Patrick. It was fun having a go at it, couple of hours flew by.

[LightandShadow]

Very cool way to spend an afternoon.

[davidc]

It was a good few hours.

[Robert Apple]

Nicely Done David, something I have never played with.

[davidc]

Thanks Robert. It was surprisingly easy to set up.

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

These are very cool, mate. I immediately had flashbacks to some of David Chesterfields old photos where he was experimenting with this type of imagery. He used it to go from a solid photographer to an exceptional one.

[davidc]

I thought about him when I had a go. The next thing I tried was with him in mind.

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Love the symmetry in the second photo David. Very beautiful 🙂

[davidc]

Thanks Dahlia.

[Patrick]

Love that 2nd wire wool image beautiful lines mate.

[davidc]

Thanks Patrick.

[Rob Wood (Admin)]

Oh, spot on. Love them.

[davidc]

Thanks Rob.

[Robert Apple]

Both are pretty Cool David.

[Dahlia Ambrose]

Beautiful colours and details on the oil and water images David 🙂

[davidc]

Thanks Dahlia. It was fun playing with the water.

[Anne Hornsby]

First set: I feel like I’m looking at busy creatures through a microscope, which I love to do on the internet.  Do you have the similar set-up to what David Chesterfield used?   I recall from photos of his set-up that it was elaborate.   (I don’t know how to do these.)  Also love your second set, esp. #2 composition.

[davidc]

No Anne, It was surprisingly  simple, I had a bowl of water some cooking oil and a pad with patterns on bright underneath. Camera on tripod looking down. that was pretty much it. messed around with setting on camera. It was a lot of fun! The wire fire was an old metal food whisk with wire wool on an old dog lead. Then someone not afraid of fire to Wizz it around. Camera on a tripod with a long exposure. first wire one was ISO 80   36mm    f/7    15.0 seconds. The second one was ISO 100   32mm    f/10   6 seconds.

[Anne Hornsby]

Thanks so much for the explanation.  You’ve inspired me!

 

[Wendy P]

[davidc]

That a great shot, What oil did you use?

[Wendy P]

These look fun and very creative! Nice work.

[davidc]

Thanks Wendy.

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