I wasn’t too sure what to do for this week’s Photo Friday theme – Clean – so have gone with an image that captures some of the things that first came to mind – bright, vibrant colours, and water. And the reason I’ve gone for an indoor shot, or at least a major part of the reason, is that UK winters are normally quite a miserable time of year for photography, and the chances of finding anything outside that doesn’t look grey and washed out (and not overly clean) are rather small.
As for this shot: it’s water running into a glass fruit bowl, and is lit by a single diffused flash. One of the features on my flashgun (a Speedlite 420EX), that I overlooked when I got it, is a high speed sync mode; i.e. it will sync at any shutter speed. And while this image doesn’t really demonstrate that feature to great effect, it did help when taking this shot; i.e. I didn’t need to worry about freezing the movement of the water.
And finally: very little has been done to this image other than a slight increase in saturation, a Curves adjustment, and some sharpening.
camera capture date aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO focal length image quality white balance optical filter
Canon G5
4.34pm on 12/3/04
f3.0
1/500
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
50
28.8mm
RAW
auto
B+W UV 010
Your work just provides me ample opportunities to think outside the box. This is something that I would not have thought of, but something that I will certainly experiment with. Great shot, Dave!
comment bykawaii at 12:51 AM (GMT) on 13 March, 2004
Your photos are so vibrant and clear, and I especially like this one. I love the variety of colors. :)
comment byLorien at 03:13 AM (GMT) on 13 March, 2004
Beautiful show of colors and reflaction. I like! :-))
comment byseadragon at 03:53 AM (GMT) on 13 March, 2004
This is beautiful. I want to make this my desktop background. The colors are so vibrant and uplifting, and the contrast between the bubbles and the ripples is fascinating. I love it.
comment bymyla at 04:34 AM (GMT) on 13 March, 2004
I originally thought this was taken top-plan view of a super-clean aquarium with bright tropical fish.
That it isn't that makes this all that more fantastic to me. Beautiful, D.
comment by p23e at 07:19 AM (GMT) on 13 March, 2004
_*Fresh & Vibrant*_
Original ~H20~ shot!
comment byJasmin at 09:14 AM (GMT) on 13 March, 2004
This is an amazing shot. The colours drive my eyes a little crazy, though. ;)
comment byDeceptive at 11:28 AM (GMT) on 13 March, 2004
Great shot with wonderful vibrant colours, I feel the cleanness of the image is slightly marred by the noise evident in the red and green. You could try neat image to sort this out.
comment by djn1 at 11:54 AM (GMT) on 13 March, 2004
Thanks everyone.
Deceptive: I can't use Neat Image as there isn't a Mac native version yet, but I do take your point (the red/green noise was a bit distracting) and have posted an amended version. I used ISOx Pro on the area surrounding the bubbles and it's managed to reduce most of the noise without losing too much clarity. I did try running it on the whole image, but it wrecked the detail and left the image looking rather flat.
comment byJeff at 04:14 PM (GMT) on 13 March, 2004
This is an amazing shot! When I opened up the page, my jaw dropped. Nice color.
comment bynariman at 04:49 PM (GMT) on 13 March, 2004
composition and colors are great. I love the clusters of different texture. Bubbles on the left lower corner and lines on the right upper. almost half and half. the background colors is very original and makes it so different from typical water drop captures.
comment byjasmine at 10:26 PM (GMT) on 13 March, 2004
i know what you mean about it being a dry season for photography in the UK now.. but i love what you came up with. the blurriness and the bubbles and the colours!
comment bySandra Rocha at 11:33 PM (GMT) on 13 March, 2004
what I love the most about your photographs is the way they turn something of our daily lives into something special, and thats exactly what happens here :-)
I wasn’t too sure what to do for this week’s Photo Friday theme – Clean – so have gone with an image that captures some of the things that first came to mind – bright, vibrant colours, and water. And the reason I’ve gone for an indoor shot, or at least a major part of the reason, is that UK winters are normally quite a miserable time of year for photography, and the chances of finding anything outside that doesn’t look grey and washed out (and not overly clean) are rather small.
As for this shot: it’s water running into a glass fruit bowl, and is lit by a single diffused flash. One of the features on my flashgun (a Speedlite 420EX), that I overlooked when I got it, is a high speed sync mode; i.e. it will sync at any shutter speed. And while this image doesn’t really demonstrate that feature to great effect, it did help when taking this shot; i.e. I didn’t need to worry about freezing the movement of the water.
And finally: very little has been done to this image other than a slight increase in saturation, a Curves adjustment, and some sharpening.
capture date
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
focal length
image quality
white balance
optical filter
4.34pm on 12/3/04
f3.0
1/500
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
50
28.8mm
RAW
auto
B+W UV 010
Hey! That's funny; I had exactly the same thing in mind but after some shots I decided to leave the clear glass bowl and use the clean white sink! :D
(Of course yours is múúúúch nicer! ;)
ahh, what a myriad of colours. very vibrant image!
i get what you mean about our winters. i hide until summer.
Your work just provides me ample opportunities to think outside the box. This is something that I would not have thought of, but something that I will certainly experiment with. Great shot, Dave!
Your photos are so vibrant and clear, and I especially like this one. I love the variety of colors. :)
Beautiful show of colors and reflaction. I like! :-))
This is beautiful. I want to make this my desktop background. The colors are so vibrant and uplifting, and the contrast between the bubbles and the ripples is fascinating. I love it.
I originally thought this was taken top-plan view of a super-clean aquarium with bright tropical fish.
That it isn't that makes this all that more fantastic to me. Beautiful, D.
_*Fresh & Vibrant*_
Original ~H20~ shot!
This is an amazing shot. The colours drive my eyes a little crazy, though. ;)
Great shot with wonderful vibrant colours, I feel the cleanness of the image is slightly marred by the noise evident in the red and green. You could try neat image to sort this out.
Thanks everyone.
Deceptive: I can't use Neat Image as there isn't a Mac native version yet, but I do take your point (the red/green noise was a bit distracting) and have posted an amended version. I used ISOx Pro on the area surrounding the bubbles and it's managed to reduce most of the noise without losing too much clarity. I did try running it on the whole image, but it wrecked the detail and left the image looking rather flat.
This is an amazing shot! When I opened up the page, my jaw dropped. Nice color.
composition and colors are great. I love the clusters of different texture. Bubbles on the left lower corner and lines on the right upper. almost half and half. the background colors is very original and makes it so different from typical water drop captures.
i know what you mean about it being a dry season for photography in the UK now.. but i love what you came up with. the blurriness and the bubbles and the colours!
what I love the most about your photographs is the way they turn something of our daily lives into something special, and thats exactly what happens here :-)
wow. amazing shot.
psychedelic frogspawn...my favourite. This is cool and clean, childlike and sophisticated. Love it!
Like an abstract painting. Great.
Hey hey, congrats on the noteworthy Dave. :)
Noteworthy deserved! ;-)
congrats to the noteworthy! you've certainly earned it;)
Awesome colors, very good art work!
Congratulations! It is well deserved!! ;)