Oil, water and a scarf

This is the glass dish with the raised circles. There is water and oil in the dish with a scarf underneath. And the camera reflection from the skylight in the other room. Some days it is hard to get away from bouncing light.

Oil on water again

Similar to the previous post with bubbles in a different position.

And once again I have been fighting passwords- a necessary evil in this world. All because I want to be able to post from my phone if I am away from my house internet.  I am in nuts-ville figuring out gmail name and password (seldom use the account)- or blog email and password. Did get into the blog on my phone but today's post that was saved I could not access. Okay back to the computer. Grrr.  I can schedule a post for a specific time and day, but if the computer is not on the internet it will not post. So there may be days in the future when I go out playing in my motor home that you will not get a daily post.

Oil and water

This is a oil on water with colored paper below for the colors. What I found with the oil is that it likes to stick to gather into one large blob and I had to stir it and wait until it moved to a good composition. What is interesting some of the small bubbles picked up the flowers on the paper.  Need to find a glass pan that doesn't have Pyrex stamped in the middle of it.

Just found a glitch in the way the photos are viewed. I had checked to see if this post was on the blog and it didn't show up in my search. This is going to get interesting as I go through the year.

More Oil on water

This is a variation from the one I posted yesterday. They took a long time so will post a few more later.

Oil on water

This was a challenging skill to learn. And back breaking. What I found out is that oil in water is like a bunch of lemmings. They all like to cuddle together and make one big splotch. So I had to stir the pot a lot, wait until the water slowed down, and oil spots were in a good place. First attempt was with a rectangle cake pan and that took too much water and oil. Another issue that I have had to deal with is the manufacturer stamp in the center of the glass pans. Also worked with 3 different lenses and finally used two Kenko extensions on my regular lens to get the right macro effect.  White bag is for weight to keep camera from falling over. Three food cans are in the bag. Once again I could have used the remote trigger that is MIA.

Trial and error

Another experiment in water, glass, and oil refraction. What I leaned is that I have a whole of of learning before I accomplish this technique. Back breaking, time consuming photography and I again need to get more supplies to achieve what I want. Clear glass cake pan, different paper, eye dropper to name a few.  This was done with a lid that had raised circles in it.