Bubble and Spice

Took some time yesterday evening to have a play with oil, washing up liquid bubbles and water.  Been a while since I have shot any oil on water, and a wet February evening seemed like a good time to try it out again.

I had the water, oil and said washing up bubbles in a small clear plastic tube, supported by some books.  Under this was a light table, and a couple of old DVDs, onto which I bounce the light from a permanently on LED light source (Amaran Aperture AL198c).  This reflected a spectrum effect up through the water and oil.  I took the shots on a 2 second timer at a wide aperture,  using live view to preview the colour mix.  I used my 100mm Lens for these shots.

After processing the images in Adobe Camera Raw ( CC ), I used Topaz Adjust 5, and some different vibrant preset mixes to finish of the image to a kind of grungy look.  (One of the presets used was Spicify – hence the corny image titles).

The following four images are my favourites from the shoot, and below are a couple of shots of the setup – taken on a phone camera.

Bubble&Spice(1).  Taken on Canon 650D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens.  ISO 200 F3.5 1/60.  Processed with Topaz Adjust 5.

Bubble&Spice(2).  Taken on Canon 650D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens.  ISO 200 F3.5 1/8.  Processed with Topaz Adjust 5.

Bubble&Spice(3).  Taken on Canon 650D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens.  ISO 200 F3.5 1/13.  Processed with Topaz Adjust 5.

Bubble&Spice(4).  Taken on Canon 650D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens.  ISO 200 F2.8 1/15  Processed with Topaz Adjust 5.

Below shows the camera and tripod, looking down to the water box.

And below a closer shot of the water box and dvds.