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Challenge: Chemistry (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di for Canon
Location: School of Biosciences, Univerisity of Liverpool
Date: Jun 9, 2008
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Abstract, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Jun 10, 2008
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Having worked in science most of my life, I had to try something for this. I didn't get the picture I wanted, but I think its cool with quite a few principles of Chemistry and Physics on display.
I borrowed some stuff from the lab for this challenge, basically, a clear glass thin walled vessel that had a cavity of 1.5mm between the front and back glass plates. This allowed me to form some liquids with different densities that would lay upon each other. Much like mixing oil with water.
I made a thin layered 10% SDS (a colourless, viscous, soapy substance) and covered this with an blue layer of bromophenol solution.
When you add acid to this, the upper blue layer turns yellow / orange, and the motion of falling acid solution forces through the layers to give a blebbing effect, which could show both the principles of gravity and brownian motion.
Luckily, a bubble shot up through the mix at the same time as taking the picture, which I think adds something interesting to the picture (and title).
The original was taken as a RAW file, with some brightness, shadows, levels and saturation adjustments to modify the look and feel of the picture. I rotated the picture slightly, cropped the picture, and added a small border.
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06/17/2008 08:22:26 PM |
| I like the colors and sense of motion, especially the bubble. 7 |
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06/17/2008 04:51:40 PM |
| Cool shot but a bit blurry. |
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06/17/2008 04:22:38 PM |
| it's interesting, looks like a matte painting! |
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06/17/2008 09:20:57 AM |
| excellent abstract macro shot. |
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06/16/2008 12:14:12 PM |
| Not sure what I'm looking at, but I like the yellow and that "drop". |
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06/15/2008 05:07:45 PM |
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06/14/2008 05:09:39 PM |
This is certainly a very interesting effect which meets the challenge well - provided you know what brownian motion is of course (or like me, you can use google!). Nice choice of colours and the fall off in the blue/white section I find particularly appealing. The yellows are looking a bit dirty in places though but I guess I can't have everything!
I think the only area this picture falls down in is that, although the subject matter is interesting, this effect is quite abstract and that for some is an aquired taste. 7 from me. |
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06/13/2008 06:30:12 AM |
| Intriguing. I don't really get the title..."escaping" from what the picture seems to be about? I hope you explain a little in your notes. I really like the little bubble, it adds a little twist. Great color and smoothness. |
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06/12/2008 09:01:34 PM |
| love the attempt to capture the motion of molecules through liquid - very good work 8 |
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06/12/2008 02:31:14 PM |
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06/12/2008 01:04:55 PM |
| whats that? looks cool, like the colours. |
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06/12/2008 09:37:00 AM |
| had to goggle 'brownian motion' so I could properly vote on this one, thanks for the enlightenment |
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06/11/2008 06:00:09 PM |
| cool abstract...not so sure how it fits the challenge though, I mean other than the title. |
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06/11/2008 05:05:34 PM |
| Not really sure what I'm looking at here, but the colours are nice. |
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06/11/2008 12:33:24 AM |
| hmm you'll have to tell me someday what this is...:) |
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