I had the idea of taking ink spinning in a vortex shape inside an aquarium. After spending a whole morning trying to get satisfactory results by taking a side on photo the results were really disappointing, until I looked from the top down and loved the swirl effect. So...
The set-up:
Camera over head looking down.
White foamcore on the table top.
A glass flower pot flipped upside down to let light get under.
On top of the flower pot a jar, juice jar with nice round edges.
On one side had a strobe (800w) with a big cup and Waxing paper in front (1/4 power).
On the other side a strobe (800w) with a softbox (1/1 power).
After that it's fairly simple. Put in red colorant in the water. When I had my desired red shade, I swirled up the water with a stick and added blue colorant.
I had to repeat this a number of times... but after a few hours I had the "perfect" swirl... or maybe I've just seen too many and got tired so I chose this one! who knows!?!
Post-production:
PhaseOne (RAW file): White balance, brightness, contrast, saturation convert to TIFF.
PhotoShop: Saturation. Contrast. Clean-up lens dust. Unsharp-mark. Resize. Save as jpeg.
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