Spiritual Collapse

parmi

Spiritual Collapse

Round two of the Rainbow Drowning project.

See here for how I created this shot. (The stack of dvds were implemented after this shot was taken)

Was holding the camera portrait for these ones, to get a bit more depth and length in the shots. The dye squirted harder than expected, causing a fast and long rippling effect in the water.

Loved the contrast between light and dark in these ones and the background blur too.

Crop of original shot, with adjustment of brightness and contrast. No other enhancements to this series.

Featured in The Male Photographer

Canon 50D
58mm, 18 – 55
F5.6, 1/80, ISO 400





MCN:CW9F2-AMK6S-WPAKR

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Spiritual Collapse by parmi
Spiritual Collapse by parmi
  • Lorena Maria

    Lorena Maria

    FABULOUS BLUE!!! ..very interesting work!! ..Andrew?... U Rocks!!

  • parmi replied

    Haha, that was fast Lore! Thanks so much!! :)

  • Vanessa Anderberg

    Vanessa Anderberg

    Beautiful!

  • parmi replied

    Thanks Vanessa!

  • Aileen David

    Aileen David

    Beauty and grace in hydrodynamics! I like the third one>

  • parmi replied

    Thanks so much Aileen, interesting you say the third one, I’ve been contemplating changing the main one over since I put it up!

  • Michael Rucci

    Michael Rucci

    Outstanding work your having some fun experamenting with this huh?

    mike

  • parmi replied

    Hey Mike, been having a ball mate! Love playing around with shots that don’t require me to leave the home haha. Thanks a lot mate!!

  • Maria Moro

    Maria Moro

    oh my!!!!!! your titles are so profound….very dark & mysterious….

  • parmi replied

    Thanks Maria! These shots look so ethereal to me, wanted to convey something along those lines :)

  • Maria Moro

    Maria Moro

    Are you bringing out more colours in this series?

  • parmi replied

    Definitely will be, but I can only take so much of an organised shoot like this lol.. new and more colours will be done soon though!

  • Trish Woodford

    Trish Woodford

    This ones great too Parmi, almost dreamlike and surreal – really effective piece. Looks like your having some fun with the food dye, great work :)))

  • parmi replied

    Thanks Trish! Glad you like them. I’m definitely having a great time with it, happens very quickly, so it’s a nice change from what I’m used to!

  • Matthew Dawkins

    Matthew Dawkins

  • parmi replied

    Oh thanks heaps mate! That’s awesome news, I’m thrilled :)

  • hologram

    hologram

    A total “Blown away Blue” shot here, my favourite colour of them all, luscious liquidity captured. “Champion” (as we say in Geordieland-UK)
    Weekend Regards !
    h

  • parmi replied

    That is a comment worth framing mate! Thanks so much H, really appreciate your great feedback!!

  • Noah .

    Noah .

    Sweeet capture!

  • parmi replied

    Thanks Noah, much appreciated mate!

  • greenstone

    greenstone

    the twisted blue dragon!!! great shot!

  • parmi replied

    Ahh that it is! Thanks a lot greenstone!

  • netmonk

    netmonk

    I’m glad the dye squirted that much where it gives more variety of blues in-which helps with the depth view, so excellent job!

  • parmi replied

    Very pleased you think so and like it netmonk! Thank you very much!!

  • cammiecakes

    cammiecakes

    Wonderful work, this is awesome.

  • parmi replied

    Thanks a lot Cammie!

  • Shelly Hiebert

    Shelly Hiebert

    Love this one Andrew! I can feel the movement and flow of this like coloured water modern dancing :) Brilliant title as well :) Fave! (and I still want to copy you….is that ok?!)

  • parmi replied

    Thanks heaps Shelly! It’s really interesting to watch the movement in the water, when you actually pay attention, there’s so much going on in there. So glad you like it.. You HAVE to do this, I really want to see what happens for you with it :)

  • blueeyesjus

    blueeyesjus

    Beautiful image Andrew, like the bottom of a fine silk skirt on a twirling flamenco dancer, well that’s what I saw for some reason. Oh I just saw Shell said a similar thing maybe I’m not nuts after all (or we both are lol). The DOF is brilliant and gives such movement to this, I’m drawn in and out of the image as the swirls float past each other. I was going to ask if this was a food colouring in an aquarium type job but you’re probably explained it elsewhere. Great wokr my friend

  • parmi replied

    Wow Jus, this is a comment worth framing mate! Thank you so much. It’s so interesting to hear what everyone sees with this shot. I can see the flamenco dancer in the image now, but not until you said so. I think we are all a bit crazy to see any image in something like this haha! This is actually my computer monitor with a blank word document open in the background for bright white effect, and the water and dye are in a glass candle burner, about 10 cm wide. Of course that was sitting on a pile of dvds lol! Thanks heaps for the thoughtful comment mate, that means a great deal :)

  • blueeyesjus

    blueeyesjus

    You’re so welcome for the comment. I would never have thought about using my monitor as a light source, bloody good idea, I have a light box for looking at negs that I sometimes use but other than that it’s usually a desk lamp or two that provide the illumination. I’m really surprised that you got such great effects only using a 10cm wide ‘vase’, I have just the thing so now at least I don’t have to drain the aquarium lol. It’s a pity you don’t have a pic of the actual set-up, I don’t know whether this spoils the ‘magic’ but it would be really interesting to see how people like you and me improvise with out home made studios, maybe there’s even a group in it?

  • parmi replied

    Haha, I could just imagine the hell draining the aquarium would involve mate! I should just set it up again and take a shot of it all for you. I’ll make a journal entry with how it all happened. That’s a really good idea mate, I always enjoy sharing the love, and maybe that would give others inspiration to try it as well. The idea of a group is awesome! Amateurs producing studio set up results, without the studios! Fantastic!! Stay tuned for the journal entry mate :)

  • Jay Stockhaus

    Jay Stockhaus about 1 month ago

    Fantastic work. It’s amazing what you can do with a little water, and food coloring.

  • parmi replied about 1 month ago

    Thanks a lot Jay, I agree, simplest of things can create some amazing results!

  • Susie Peek-Swint

    Susie Peek-Swint 25 days ago

    Beautiful work .. love the colour and airy abstract feel ~ great image!

  • parmi replied 25 days ago

    Thanks so much Susie! So nice of you to say :)

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