Frilled with Light

Frilled with Light by Reciprocity.

Taming Light #24
The experiments continue.

For new viewers: These are light refraction patterns or 'caustics' formed by a light beam passing through a shaped and textured plastic form. The pattern is captured directly on to 35mm film by removing the camera lens and putting the transparent object in its place. The processed film is digitally scanned for uploading. Please note these are not computer generated images but a true analogue of the way light is refracted by the objects I create.

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888dps says:

Seen in the ABSTRACT ART group .
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Vlad Lazerian says:

Brilliant!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

camtb says:

Another amazing image. Wonderful!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

shrike1964 says:

These 'creations' of yours are so incredibly amazing. I love seeing them. Please keep up the experiments!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

HannyB says:

wow... I'm speechless...
a work of art!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

mtnrockdhh says:

Like a star caught early in the process of supernova.

I'd suggest that you're beyond 'experiment' with these photos, as your images appear to me to be transcending phenomena and presenting a clear aesthetic vision.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thanks all for your lovely comments and faves.
>mtnrockdhh; Thanks David but I still consider these as experiments - each image is usually from a different way of working with the plastic.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

funky GB says:

very cool! what objects are used here?
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

felix_m says:

nice one!
are you doing digital tests first or testing directly on the film?
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Eve Livesey says:

Awesome!!!!!

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

dmviews says:

Wonderful picture! A jewel!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Vroliente says:

Wow. Great. Again.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Geraint Blayney says:

Very nice!!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

veloopity says:

incredible ... jawdropping ...
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Seba.it says:

awesome !
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

ArteZoe says:

i'm always so impressed with your creations!!!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

westmojavelife says:

It reminds of a fruit I'd see on one of the planets you've shown us in other pictures.
Fantastic color and texture combinations!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

blehk says:

beautiful light .
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

sjnewton says:

The beginning of a new universe : wonderful!

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

mtnrockdhh says:

True, Alan...but then every painting by Van Gogh was created using different relative amounts of paint...were they all experimental? Not to be beligerent... :-)

Would you say you have a reasonable idea how each of these images is going to come out prior to their being created? Or are you often surprised by the results?
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

duanenellis [deleted] says:

I am amazed at such beauty work! It does not matter how many times I see your work, I am floored with each photograph you create. And, the fact that it is not digitally enhanced demands that much more of my respect and admiration.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

anjan58 says:

like a berry of light. as always flights for the imagination!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

~Sage~ says:

"Raspberry de Light"!

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

pmarella says:

fantastic
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

ian says:

Reminds me of an upside down thistle in bloom!!
Wonderful as ever!

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

kdsglass says:

This is fantastic - an iced raspberry. Exceptionally cool.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Jon. Ellis says:

Light waves poured on fractured strawberry!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

jinxmcc says:

Lovely! I'd like to have this to hang on my Christmas tree.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Georgie Sharp says:

Apple of your eye

Seen in a darckr gallery of your photos (mine, ?).
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thank you all for your wonderful comments and faves.
>funky GB: they're small things I create out plastic.
>Felix: I only use film, I don't have a digital. Usually take two shots of each image at different exposures.
>David: Yes but he could see what he was painting, I have to make it first and only see what it looks like when I look through the viewfinder, some work some don't. I can choose the basic position of the elements and the colours and I've learnt a few tricks to get certain textural effects but apart from that it's fairly hit or miss and pleasant surprises. This was 'extracted' from an image that was supposed to be like this but didn't quite work.

Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

mtnrockdhh says:

True enough. OK I'll buy the 'still experimental' tag, since one could argue all photographs are experimental as we don't "see" the results until we've made the image. You're working within the physical constraints of the photographic system, with some additional constraints resulting from creation and utilization of the plastic forms. We both employ techniques that involve serendipity to a certain extent, and I suppose that's an additional attraction to the technique. I'll stand by my comment, however, that your images are beyond mere recording of phenomena, and to my eye at least qualify as art. So, you've reduced me to saying, yet again...killer image, dude. :-)
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Anduze traveller says:

Beautiful, Alan - you're beginning to develop impressive control over the forms - even if this didn't quite match what you thought you were after! (I think I definitely like it better ....!!

the title's great, too - although there's something of a diamond in the effect, for me!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

KurtFML says:

Very good.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Vaeltaja says:

I think this photo is a

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thanks friends for your lovely comments.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

cool_colonia4711 says:

I agree, this is definitely a

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

dragon knight [deleted] says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called THE FORGOTEN, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Cida Garcia says:

Grateful by your visit and comment.
I am a plastic artist and I look for to give form to the demonstrations that inhabit my soul.
I want to bring to the real the worlds visited by my mind and my soul.
I go on in my search.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Marylin99 says:

All I can say is 'WOW'
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thank you all for your kind comments.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

tenth48 says:

I agree with several above in that they think that this image looks like a fruit, especially a raspberry. Delightful image!!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Plastic Jesus says:

Intergalactic Christmas Pudding?
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thank you tenth48 and Dave.
>Dave; yes, low fat and light weight.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Beer30 says:

ok, OK, I've fav'd it! More please! The suspense is killin me! I'm beggin ya man!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thanks Steve - I'm working on it.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

*hb19 says:

wow, I really was attracted to this creation immediatley.....how controlled & confined it is in a almost spherical shape.....but I like the whit light at the top the top......another work of art my friend....

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Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Semmi says:

mmm - an incendiary supernova!
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Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thank you Horst and Irene for your comments and invites.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

photofool says:

a gem!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thanks Mike.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

kevindooley says:

wonderful experimentation
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thank you Kevin - much appreciated.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

carmolim says:

I can do the same thing with a digital camera? DSLR?
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

I think so but with with the lens removed a lot of dust will get on the sensor.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

drupel says:

a crack in the hul where the pure energy starts to emerge... brilliant
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thank you drupel.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

dbuk2 says:

Great work with way cool effect !!!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thank you dbuk2 - much appreciated.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

*shana says:

Wonderful!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

ebergcanada says:

...takes my breath away...beautiful creation/capture...
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thank you very much Snjezana and Evelyn.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Danny B! says:

awesome & stunning..
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thank you Danny - much appreciated.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

zpgoodell says:

So amazing!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thanks Zeb.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Relfy says:

Mmm! This is yummy! Like diving into phosphorescence... or how i imagine it to be, I havnt actually seen any, but its on my must do before I die list...
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thanks Relfy - I wonder if you would come up covered with it? Might look good at a night club under UV. ;)
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

_G*Squared_ says:

Brilliantly cool.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thanks Gabriel.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

kool_skatkat says:

It's like magic..
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thanks Kool.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

JoelDeluxe says:

its like your light sculpture is wearing a wedding veil
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Relfy says:

Oops, sorry missed the reply till now, yeah I wonder? That would be cool. You wouldnt need UV though thats the whole point of it ;) I used to put that stuff the contact lens optician puts in your eyes to see scratches etc., to make my eyes and drinks glow in night clubs, but instead of saying "Hey you look cool" everyone says "ooh can i have a go?" and you just end up spending the whole night handing out little eye sticks...
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thanks Joel and Relfy.

Sounds like that stuff makes it easier to measure the dilation/alcohol effect - the lads can tell when you've had enough. :)
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

kathrynfarrar says:

A flower blooming upside down.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Jeremy Tidwell says:

These are absolutely astounding. may I ask how you make the plastic forms?
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thanks Kathryn and Jeremy.

>Jeremy; sorry I'm keeping that a trade secret for the moment.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

artnwine1 (AWAY) says:

Amazing work as always!!!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thanks Ed - glad you like it.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Simon Bronson says:

This is just too beautiful.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thanks Simon - much appreciated.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

camefix says:

Hello Alan
these pictures are all very nice. thanks for sharing.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thank you Lesley, glad you like them.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

heycarrieann331 says:

Ok.....I just added you to my contacts. Your work is AMAZING! I'm blown away! Congratulations! Mind blowing stuff!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Mojo... says:

these never cease to amaze me!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thank you Carrie and Jo - much appreciated.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Hortonfogg says:

Amazing!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thank you Christine.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Turinboy says:

Congratulations! Your photo has been nominated as "Simply mysterious"
You are invited to add your wonderful picture to Simply mysterious Group
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thanks for the invite turinboy.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

constant500 says:

beautiful!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thanks Adrian.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

createNovate says:

Love these light refractions!! Keep them coming!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thanks Kimberly - I'll try to.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Miguel MH says:

as allways, amazing work.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thank you Miguel.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

doreenkartika says:

superb!!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thank you doreenkartika.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

fotwo says:

wow!! ♡
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Reciprocity says:

Thank you Marita
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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