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Posted by Kane Engelbert on February 22, 2013 at 12:31 AM
Stayed home sick today. Oil, water, laser disc, light.

"Bling"


http://www.kaephotography.com/gallery/macro/

Posted by Jimmy Gekas on February 22, 2013 at 12:38 AM
what's a laser disc? Is that the thing you put on a turntable and spin around with a hand crank to play music? :wink: Cool stuff, Kane.
Posted by Kane Engelbert on February 22, 2013 at 1:02 AM
Old School Jimmy...

Have you shot this stuff before? I got all into a recent Marc Adamus shot and did some research on oil and water. There's certainly a learning curve to this stuff but the opportunities are endless.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laserdisc
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on February 22, 2013 at 2:02 AM
A very productive "sick" day !
I especially like number one. You might want to consider cloning out some of the smaller bubbles ?
Posted by Doug Koepsel on February 22, 2013 at 10:20 AM
Way cool, especially the first. Since it's macro, would a CD work or is the area of the laser disc needed?
Posted by Paul Wegemann on February 22, 2013 at 10:56 AM
Wonderful stuff, Kane, especially #1. I do agree with Bill's suggestion to clone out some of the smaller bubbles in the first shot.
We should all be so productive when we're "sick" :smile:
Posted by Kane Engelbert on February 22, 2013 at 11:28 AM
Hi Doug, certainly use a DVD. Since I used to be a big laser disc fan I knew I had one if needed. The laser disc does not dissapoint.
Posted by Morris McClung on February 22, 2013 at 12:05 PM
Kane, you should be sick more often. :biggrin: This turned into a fun play day instead. The images are very cool. I like 1 and 3 the best. Great color abstracts.
Posted by Rick Decker on February 22, 2013 at 12:11 PM
Oil and water brings back the 60's but we used colored water and a overhead projector :wink: I do like the colors the laser disk brings out, very nice.
Posted by Jimmy Gekas on February 22, 2013 at 12:37 PM
Old school indeed. Thanks Kane. I will go to the library and research this "laser" disc creation. All kidding aside, I know which Adamus picture you're talking about and I love that type of art. So, yours is really an easy way to get what he was after. Wonder if there are different ways to light it...hmmmm, maybe it's time to find a laser disc and have a sick day, too.
Posted by Bob Miller on February 22, 2013 at 4:02 PM
Cool stuff. You can really get some color bouncing off those discs. My only experience is with a portrait set-up I did some years back.
Posted by Anne K. Rusk on February 22, 2013 at 5:17 PM
Love, love, LOVE the first one!!!
Posted by Stan Rose on February 22, 2013 at 5:35 PM
Too cool, Kane!!
Now, the question is--can you make them move with a beat? Like, replace my seltzer water in the video below with your oil?? Could make a weird vid--whatdya think?

http://vimeo.com/59695778
Posted by Joshua Hardin on February 22, 2013 at 8:07 PM
Very cool. Way to spend a productive day at home!
Posted by Brian Schrayer on February 22, 2013 at 8:14 PM
Wow, what medication were you taking?!? :biggrin:

Seriously, these are pretty cool - very creative.
Posted by Don Grall on February 22, 2013 at 9:15 PM
Outstanding creativity and results! Well done! :toast:
Posted by Richard Hartmann on February 23, 2013 at 10:25 AM
I’m telling you boss…..
Now, how can we backlight this?
Posted by John Mumaw on February 23, 2013 at 5:22 PM
Man, I just love what you produced! I notice tyou tacked a third one up since I first saw this. You should add '+ Repost' to the title so others might see it, because it's just as good (if not better) than the former #1. #'s 3 & 4 may not be getting the same amount of love, but they are really fine in their own regard.
Posted by Jack Brauer on February 23, 2013 at 8:45 PM
Really nice work, Kane! The first two are especially special - very abstract and amazing colors.
Posted by Kane Engelbert on February 24, 2013 at 1:41 AM
Well, when I first posted I wasn't sure if this idea had been worked to death somewhere else. The feedback has inspired me to jump back in tonight and what I discovered was there's a lot more to this stuff than I first thought. I'll post another 20-30 images tomorrow morning. If you come back, all I ask is "bring your imagination, and No Drugs Allowed!"
Posted by Debbie Yarra on March 8, 2013 at 10:18 AM
Wow those are so cool! I love the ones that are more "swirly" and abstract. I think they are beautiful! :toast: Makes me want to play with oil and water when I'm sick :wink: