Boring Bubbles
Today I took some time to play with a mixture of olive oil sitting on top of water. I used my macro lens and one YN560 @ 1/16 to light the shot from underneath. Not diretly, however, as this gave quite boring results initially [see right].
Also, this shows air bubbles in the oil, rather than the more interesting pool of oil separated from the water. So I had a rethink and came up with a better setup.
Oil and water setup
Firstly, this was all done on the floor. I laid down a large piece of white card and then on top of that placed the wrapping paper. The far side of the card was curved over to make a reflective surface to bounce back the light from the flash at the opposite side.
Then placing two plastic storage boxes and a sheet of glass, I made a makeshift table. The little bowl with the oil and water mix was placed on top of this.
Once again, even though there was quite a lot of light in the room, I was using ISO 200, 1/250 s and f/16 to give a black frame without flash. Once the softbox and flash were fired from the wireless triggers, this gave a nice exposure on the wrapping paper.
My 60mm EF-S f/2.8 USM macro lens was on manual focus and I moved myself about above the dish to compose the best shot and get into focus.
Here is a selection of the best shots from the session:
The Planets
Fatal Attraction
Resizing
Three At The Edge
Circles Of Colour
Planetary Surfaces
My favourite from the shoot made it as Day #1292 - Circular Motion. There are plenty more shapes and colours out there – why not have a go yourself?