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richard roo, DerrickT, larry&flo, tabrandt, and 98 other people added this photo to their favorites.
REALJimBob (91 months ago | reply)
Surreal, looks like mercury, but suspended in what?
darold.smith (91 months ago | reply)
Great shot CJ.
balaji shankar (91 months ago | reply)
A wonderful shot. what are the suspensions?
Lostboy Photography (91 months ago | reply)
WOW!!
Eye-Appeal (91 months ago | reply)
Very cool!!
Neil says [deleted] (91 months ago | reply)
Really cool! Mercury on glass, plus layers?
Lorrie McClanahan (91 months ago | reply)
almost edible. but I wouldn't dare...
Marcia Salama (91 months ago | reply)
Fantastic pic!
DerrickT (91 months ago | reply)
definitely looks edible. but, then again, something may appear from these floating suspensions.
ghosts in the spheres, perhaps?
lovely work!
Catherine Jamieson (91 months ago | reply)
Okie. No one is allowed to laugh. Well, go ahead, laugh - but pretend you didn't :)
This is a piece of clear resin that I beat with an egg beater *just* before it set in its square mold.
Then I placed it inside a little 3 sided box I made from a piece of silver poster board - not really shiny silver, but more like that metal which is called "brushed".
Then I used indirect halogen light (to get the slight blue cast under the bubbles) and a rather long exposure with a low ISO and a wide open aperture.
I am guessing I was rigged up around 90mm or so for focal length - I was sort of going for a portrait scenario - with the bubbles in the background distorting rather rapidly from a shallow focal area. Experimental stuff. I have a whole pile of them, digital, color film and slide film (another from the same set on the blog today). I am thinking I will "do something" with them. What I will do is anyone's guess.
forteller.ipernity.com (91 months ago | reply)
Wow, you really worked for this picture! But you got a very good result out of the work too! It's kind of surreal. My first guess was bubbles in water, though..
Congratulations on getting on Interestingness! :)
soulspin (91 months ago | reply)
Very cool! No laughing here.
controltheweb (91 months ago | reply)
So: air bubbles in resin reflecting silver-sided box? Amazing! Wonderful work .. awesome blog!
hd connelly (91 months ago | reply)
the results - and the preperation are incredible!
Matilde B. (91 months ago | reply)
Gee that´s a lot of work and thought for a photograph...but its sure worth!!!
niklens (91 months ago | reply)
great......!
infomaniac (91 months ago | reply)
Wow, that's fantastic.
Thank you very much for sharing 'how you did it' with us!!
It's kinda cool idea; I probably would never thought of it!
45street | www.victorpuig.com (91 months ago | reply)
Spectacular colors and light!. Beautiful picture. Brilliant composition.
R.bean (91 months ago | reply)
totally rad catherine, i don't think anyone is laughing so much as awing.
Hudlu [deleted] (91 months ago | reply)
Amazing!!!
Photochiel (91 months ago | reply)
Wonderful!
alternatePhotography (91 months ago | reply)
Wicked! Very cool -- especially the "how-to" explanation :)
*CA* (91 months ago | reply)
Amazing. What a workout though. So glad to see regular posts from you again here.
marika b (91 months ago | reply)
WOW!
haryade (91 months ago | reply)
It was my first insight: mercury. It seems computer made. Stunning!
RoninVision (91 months ago | reply)
Wow! What a fantastic shot...
│:│chelle's view│:│ (91 months ago | reply)
it does look like mercury...your hard work really paid off!
Michael Smith (91 months ago | reply)
Hard work, but it paid off - great photo!
.Ashkan (91 months ago | reply)
this is awesome...
javajive (91 months ago | reply)
That's fabulous!
thiooof (91 months ago | reply)
Absolutly wonderfull and perfect. And what a reflection before ! Bravo !
ccarriconde (91 months ago | reply)
wonderful!!!!
razorbern (91 months ago | reply)
i love your imagination.
maire52 (91 months ago | reply)
Wow what a striking shot, will have to read your explantion a few times to take it in!
Patty Peets (91 months ago | reply)
MAgic!
Michael Sarver (91 months ago | reply)
wonderful shot!
Caryn Caldwell (91 months ago | reply)
Great shot! Sounds like you really worked for it, but what terrific results for the effort.
phrenophile (90 months ago | reply)
I could fritter away YEARS of my life playing with setting up shots like this. So fun!
Lovely image!
ICE CACHE (90 months ago | reply)
amazing image!
GeoWombats (90 months ago | reply)
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Love the photo so I blogged it on Dec 1. Hope you don't mind!
criscicu08 (90 months ago | reply)
fantastica veramente!
MyStillLife (90 months ago | reply)
Wow, this is totally fabulous!
*deeplydubbed* [deleted] (88 months ago | reply)
i thought it was a cg image, they look like metaballs!
Shield (88 months ago | reply)
incredible image!
CATeyes (86 months ago | reply)
An incredible image -- pure art!
Happy Tinfoil Cat (83 months ago | reply)
Just plain WOW
Elizabeth Taylor (82 months ago | reply)
WOW squared
i love Peace [deleted] (78 months ago | reply)
i love purple bubbles.......................lovely shot!
kia.. (75 months ago | reply)
woah! incredible, so so so so explosive!
Annjin [deleted] (73 months ago | reply)
I'm very impressed, both in the work you put into this and the result! Its just an amazing image :-D