Having spent all today’s daylight hours doing my admin work once again I decided I wasn’t just going to cast around the house for some miscellaneous object to photograph for my daily post. Instead, inspired by some of the water droplet photos I’ve seen on PB recently, I decided to create one of my own. I tried this a few years ago and still had some glycerine in the cupboard (it’s easier to use than water for droplets as it’s thicker) so I put a couple of drops on the lid of a casserole and tried to capture reflections of objects I placed below. Sadly this didn’t work well at all – I couldn’t quite get the distances between droplets, subjects and lens quite right. In desperation I thought I grabbed a notebook which has a sparkly turquoise cover, put it underneath and found it created some wonderful abstract shapes when lit with a torch. I did consider trying to clone out the scratches from the glass of the casserole lid but rapidly reconsidered as I haven’t got the patience and my Photoshop skills are frankly not up to the task!

Wow! This color and bokeh are amazing :) Kovac · 2012-01-23: 15:56

I love them Helen... you should consider joining the Challenge! ;)) McMommy · 2012-01-23: 16:00

Excellent, imaginative photo! I did something similiar the other day, but it only displayed the bokeh...I like yours much more!! KatysPassionata · 2012-01-23: 16:08

these are excellent!look beautifull! gonia · 2012-01-23: 16:08

ORIGINAL AND BEAUTIFUL CAPTURE HELE,AS ALWAYS..... I LIKE THE TURQUOISE COLOUR ????? · 2012-01-23: 16:20

i love this!! jennyLit · 2012-01-23: 16:39

Scratches and all , a fabulous image . You are so creative with your photos. MoMac · 2012-01-23: 16:48

The color is so beautiful, Helen! You had a great idea here and carried it off wonderfully!! When I was working with droplets I found it took much trial and error....it was fun though :))) lookagain · 2012-01-23: 17:08

I just love the color and the bubblies, Helen!!! Great experiment! You always come through! danrav · 2012-01-23: 18:43

I have to try this! Great imagination, Helen! lgnelson · 2012-01-23: 18:52

great outcome and thank you for sharing the process slowpete · 2012-01-24: 01:04

I like the result which you obtained. It is unreal as an unknown world ! Bravo Helen josy63 · 2012-01-24: 02:20

wow! Impressive work Helen! TFS Riyaz · 2012-01-24: 08:00

How beautiful, the color, the sharpness, WOW!! Ryana · 2012-01-24: 10:30

this is so smart! love it miltonjacob · 2012-01-25: 03:44

Super! hannamagnusson · 2012-01-29: 04:25

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