Rainbow Refractions
by gerard

Comment:
Thanks for all the comments! I thought of using the Galileo themometer (again) for this challenge, since there are so many great colours in it. I also thought I could do something creative with light, liquid and glass.

At first I had planned to have the thermometer in the upper third with the light shining through making a coloured shadow. After a bit of experimentation, I took this shot without a tripod from an overhead angle so that the coloured shadows were restricted to behind the glass itself.

I did think of coming in closer and reducing the white space, but I wanted to show the range of colours from red to blue.

This was photographed outside with just bright sunlight.

I used unsharp mask on the final image and tweaked the levels a little to even out the white background, though at the expense of losing a little detail in the white highlights.

Message edited by author 2003-04-15 15:31:18.

Egg on Edge
by gerard

Comment:
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, the egg has water on it. I was trying to give the impression it was breaking into a sweat while balanced precariously on the edge of the basket. The water would have looked better had it formed beads - I did try, but it didn't work too well.

Sew Near
by gerard

Comment:
Thanks for the feedback. Although the photo was intentionally cluttered, like a sewing box, I guess there's a bit too much to look at, and no real focal point.

Spilt Salt
by gerard

Comment:
Thanks everyone for the feedback, it's very helpful. I think while the red glow in the background adds some warmth, the backdrop would look better if it was out of focus, slightly sharper on the shakers themselves, and a little more focus on the grains of salt in the foreground.

Vanishing Dolls
by gerard

Comment:
Thanks for the comments and advice. I'm sure most people figured out that this was a multi exposure, with 5 exposures in total. I guess the shot was spoiled a little by the line... ah..
Well, the line was the meeting point of two sheets of paper. I think the multi-exposure made the line more noticeable. Although the line wasn't intentional in the original shot, I thought (as inspzil suggested) that it helped the overall illusion.
I thought the line dividing the picture was like a metaphor for the dolls, which also were divided in two, and also helped the transparency illusion. But I guess it was pretty distracting and the shot would have looked better without it.

Galileo feels the heat
by gerard

Comment:
Thanks for the feedback guys! It was my first entry on dpchallenge. Although I was initially happy with the picture, trying to do "dramatic" lighting, I can see that the light source was much too harsh.

It would have looked better with a more plain, white background, and a more interesting angle to elminate the space at the sides.