Used an aquarium filled with water. Wallpaper that looks like the sky as a backround had to be placed inside the aquarium to avoid the reflections in the back glass. Set the glass at an angle. Dropped the colored beads into the water and began shooting as they sank. Some air bubbles in the shot helped to add to the mystique of the picture I feel. Had to set this up in my backyard for natural light in order to get the desired shutterspeed as I don't have the necessary lighting to do it inside. The final picture was cropped, increased saturation, contrast and brightness. Cloning was used to eliminate some minor disturbing elements like floating grass in the water.
The morning that I took the picture was very hot and humid. Water vapor continually formed on the surface of the aquarium glass. I kept wiping it off to take the shot but unfortunately it created what appears as "noise" in the backround sky.
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One of the things I keep trying to do is figure out how the illusions were done... I think that this one is under water? Like a fish bowl? Good illusion! Your colors are nice and crisp and you are nice and sharp. Your background doesn't really look like sky though which is why I guess fishbowl with a sky background.
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What a brilliant celebration of colour! This is beautifull! The blue noise because of the compression? Looks like a Carnivale Poster! I hope it Ribbons!
Nicely done and very creative. I like the colors, however, they seem just a tad over-saturated. Also, there seems to be a lot of artifact in the background. Maybe some noise reduction would clean this up a bit. 8
Very cool shot. Love the background. The image appears to be a little grainy, but otherwise it's very difficult to find anything wrong with it! Nice job!
I'll bet this one took a while to get right. Much picking up of little beads over and over again? Great idea. I'll be looking forward to reading how you did it.
This must have been taken in Iceland, where everything is stunningly beautiful and the streets are paved with ribbons. ;-) Outstanding! So far, my prediction for the blue.
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