The Beginnings of Green

Bending Light #68

Another 'double refraction' or 'recursive' pattern. The light is first refracted through a piece of shaped and blown clear glass and then this refraction pattern is passed through one of my moulded plastic shapes into which colours have been incorporated.

For new viewers: these are analog images of the refraction patterns of a beam of light passing through various transparent objects. The image is captured directly on to 35mm film, no camera lens is used ( this is a photogram using film instead of photographic paper). No Photoshop is used only Picasa2 for alignment and cropping. The slide film was lab processed and scanned for uploading.

When viewed large the fine bands of diffraction patterns and also some faint refraction 'rainbows' can be seen.

To me this is another 'galactic' image deep in space, but you may have other ideas.

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HannyB says:

otherworldly...
so delicate and beautiful!
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rutchee says:

wow..
i see a diamond over there.. in the top right corner..
can anybody else see it!
:)
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a kind of sparkle says:

Amazing...
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Nicola Whitaker says:

It's like an underwater scene, swimming through the depths towards the light on the surface.
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ShutterBugL says:

fascinating image and creation process. 3-2-1
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ranzino says:

Neat effect.
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sjnewton says:

Looks like a colourful Stellar nursery, so top marks again!

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5 Point Prasangam says:

i see light..simple
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OddBall7 says:

So amazingly cool! I love these shots you do!
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0olong says:

Mmm... this is definitely one of my favourites so far. Deliciously subtle.
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Eve Livesey says:

Underwater (shallow) with the light shining down, gorgeous
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Ino* [deleted] says:

An amazing work as always,Alan.Honestly I prefer blue to green but green light is also beautiful! Great:)))
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Vaeltaja says:

Fantastic.
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Intergalactic Hussy says:

I love the way the colors overlap!
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Jon. Ellis says:

Very nice.

I spent the weekend underwater, and therefore this looks like the deep, deep places, that i see in my dreams after diving.

(It's odd, a lot of people have 'flying dreams' after diving.)
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strtrkmonkeelvvr says:

Congrats on EXPLORE

Please add your Beautiful Photo to:
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~Sage~ says:

Astonishing and spectacular! It's like a whole world within this bit of traveling light ! Amazing work, Alan!
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jinxmcc says:

Alan, this one is especially beautiful to my eye --- the filmy textures and the blend of colors. Lovely! a fave!
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pmarella says:

Your work is beautiful !
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Anduze traveller says:

Faerie - yet another delight, soothing, relaxing - yet triggering imagination! I find more under-water (again) than space ... yet there ARE so many stars, too! (Maybe the sense of underwater is because the sunlight through water does create similar ripples, though this photo doesn't show them very strongly

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SolsticeSol says:

Wonderful and beautiful art... The colors and light are amazing! :-) I saw this in Beauty is in the *Eye* of the Beholder!
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KurtFML says:

I must take it to my favorites. Too beautiful....
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beth524 [deleted] says:

Please add your Fabulous Photo to:
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mtnrockdhh says:

You're producing some really interesting, cosmic images with this technique. Inspiring me to consider being a copy-cat.
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clickykbd says:

Lovely one alan.
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Mike Joa says:

Another beautiful image in your series. I can see what you mean by galactic but I'm leaning more towards the underwater feeling myself. Simply amazing once again.
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A.W.A.N says:

Wonderful Capture!

~This Photo is invited for~
~Beautiful Capture Group~
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ian says:

Great variations! Love the different shades of green!

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Sherry says:

Wow!
An electric storm is brewing in there :)

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Andrew. says:

It reminds me of a network of neurons =) Amazing work as always!
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Georgie Sharp says:

I see you are going from strength to strength...
congratulations... ......found in E X P L O R E.
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