CHAT - August monthly competition - Refraction Photography

[alexharrison101]

this is my attempt, i think:


summer reading by alexharrison101, on Flickr

i tried! this technique is hard...but sugary water did help

[DigiDiva]

Im struggling with where to place the thing you want to refract...........I seem to need to suspend it in mid air somehow! It's driving me crazy. Do I have the refraction in focus, the drop in focus or do I take both then stack them?

[alexharrison101]

My set up was odd-propped up the thing I was refracting (a puzzle book) on about 4 coasters leaning on a box,then the drop was water mixed with a big spoon of sugar and dripped onto a metal skewer suspended between 2 glasses, I used a pipette from my science lab at school to put the drop on...I'm glad the missus was at work this evening,she would not have been impressed with me cluttering up the kitchen! I used liveview to try and focus on the refraction and just a crop and bit of a sharpen in pp. Can't bear to try and do it again(!)...

[Sabrina_De_Winter]

I think you should focus the refraction (But not sure about it) I keep struggling with light...

[DigiDiva]

Originally Posted by alexharrison101

My set up was odd-propped up the thing I was refracting (a puzzle book) on about 4 coasters leaning on a box,then the drop was water mixed with a big spoon of sugar and dripped onto a metal skewer suspended between 2 glasses, I used a pipette from my science lab at school to put the drop on...I'm glad the missus was at work this evening,she would not have been impressed with me cluttering up the kitchen! I used liveview to try and focus on the refraction and just a crop and bit of a sharpen in pp. Can't bear to try and do it again(!)...

Alex, for some unknown reason, I thought u were a female Alex, not a male Alex. No idea why, sorry...lol

[DigiDiva]

Thats where I thought stacking software would help.

[alexharrison101]

Nope,I'm a female Alex

Maybe stacking software would help...I don't think my shot has the drop in focus, really, but I was concentrating on the image in the drop.

[Sabrina_De_Winter]

ok, I'm sending in my entry. I have had enouch of this

[alexharrison101]

Looks good! How did you catch it falling?

[hssutton]

Originally Posted by DigiDiva

Thats where I thought stacking software would help.

Chris.
Take another look at this photo I uploaded a couple of weeks ago. No stacking, focus on the water droplet/grass.

Harry