Vampire Within
Please see RoyAllenHunt’s written piece: Are You Ok With This. His incredible song is a compliment to this piece.
See here for how I created this shot.
I really thought I would wait at least two weeks before I tried this again, but then I went hunting in the pantry and found more dye and well, curiosity and motivation got the better of me tonight!
Red and green dye this time around. Green was dropped in first, and allowed to swirl around a fair bit, then the red came in. It looked so much like blood coursing through someone, or something..
Backlit by my computer monitor, showing just a white page.
Canon 50D
18 – 55, 58mm
+4 Filter
f5.6, 1/60, ISO 1600
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Edited 9pm
Original image has been cropped slightly and contrast adjusted slightly. No other enhancements.
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Isa Rodriguez
wow.. what a flow! gorgeous feeling here.
parmi replied
Hey Isa, thanks so much! Hope you’re well :)
Isa Rodriguez
Congratulations this image is being featured in First Things
parmi replied
Too too kind Isa, thank you very much, made my night :)
Ursula Rodgers
Extremely cool idea and great abstract Andrew! I don’t think I could’ve waited two weeks either ;)
parmi replied
Thanks so much Ursula! Set up shoots are such a different thing to what I’m used to. Test of the patience, but this makes it worthwhile! So pleased you like it :)
JonRussell
Nice work! Looks like silk!
parmi replied
Thanks so much Jon, you’re right, it does look just like silk!
gail anderson
parmi replied
Oh wow, that’s awesome news, thanks so much!!
valzart
Absolutely stunning sweetheART beautiful capture ‘} happy hippy hugglez
parmi replied
Hey there Val, thanks so much!
Vanessa Anderberg
Very beautifully done:)
parmi replied
Thanks so much Vanessa!
CJTill
Excellent work, Andrew.
parmi replied
Hey Colin, thanks a lot mate!
Alixzandra
I saw this the first time you uploaded and unloaded just as quick lol…I am glad it has made a re-appearance as I was intrigued the first time!!! I like it, it does look like blood swirling and the colours are cool. Looks almost like smoke!
Alix
parmi replied
Haha, yeah I reconsidered this one, but so glad I put it back up again! Thanks so much mate, really pleased you like it. It does look a lot like smoke, I really like the way smoke and water can resemble each other. :)
Ushna Sardar
parmi replied
You are so kind Ushna, thank you very much for the feature!
-Lilith-
Fantastic image! I love the red!
parmi replied
Thank you so much Lilith :)
JUSTART
fabulous
parmi replied
Thanks a lot J!
Ric Alexander
Looked like ribs to me !!! This i do like. Did you use just natural light ?
parmi replied
Yes! I’m so glad you said that mate, ribs were the first thing that came to my mind when I was this too. That’s where I started thinking about the human body, people, dead people, vampires.. it all flowed! It’s my computer monitor behind the glass, with just a white page open from word, found natural light didn’t give enough contrast and show off the colours enough. Glad you like mate :)
DragonFlyer
Brilliant ‘take’ on the traditional vampire – great work!
parmi replied
Thanks very much K, I’ve been wanting to incorporate something of vampire nature or folklore for a long time, but never had the right piece or mind frame. So glad this happened the way it did!
dlamb
Great piece, especially in conjunction with the apt title.
parmi replied
Thanks heaps mate, glad you like it!!
Trish Woodford
Fabulous title parmi and just love the combination of colours, they work so well together. Love the flow that these dye pieces have about them, great abstract pieces of art :))))
parmi replied
Thank you so much Trish! I tried after this round of dye to get something similar, but it never turned out the same again. Such an interesting experiment. I’m thrilled you like this, turning out to be one of my fav pieces! :)
Tara Turner
fantastic!!!
parmi replied
Thank you so much Tara :)
Maria Moro
God love you Andrew….. did you cut yourself shaving in the bathroom again?...lol…... I love it my friend… well done
parmi replied
Haha, I think this would be more like cutting the jugular open! Thanks so much Maria :)
sendao
Absolutely stunning image!!!
parmi replied
Thank you very much mate!
ROUBLE RUST
Wondrful piece xxx
parmi replied
Thanks heaps mate!
ROUBLE RUST
Sorry for the typo tho… :))))
parmi replied
lol, I hadn’t even noticed! :)
coppertrees
Congratulations, Fantastic Digital Art
parmi replied
Thanks heaps! That’s so awesome, made my day!
reflector
Interesting effects and capture !
parmi replied
Thanks heaps mate!
Elizarose
Fantastic capture. Looks awe-some!
parmi replied
Hey thanks a lot! Much appreciated :)
luanda
COOL! Ongrats on ur feature! Luv, Daniela
parmi replied
Ah Daniela, how nice to see you! Thank you so much my friend!!
Colleen Milburn
Wow. Wow. Wow. This is sooooo beautiful, Andrew!!
parmi replied
Thanks so so so much Colleen! Thrilled you like this :)
Sean Jansen
Looks awesome…..I like how these have turned out….very unique : )
parmi replied
Thank you so much Sean! It was such a touch n go experiment, each round produced such different results, but I could never get anything like this back again. Cheers for the comment mate :)
hsien-ku
beautiful – like salome’s veils
parmi replied
Thanks very much HK, I’m yet to see Salome, but this comment is enough to make me hunt out a copy :)
PPPhotoArt
this is just awesome and isn’t cool how out of something so simple emerges a WOW, well done
parmi replied
Thanks a lot mate! It was really interesting to watch the colours emerge and change. Really satisfying project, and I totally agree, very cool when something comes from a potential nothing! :)
Joanne Bradley 29 days ago
This is really cool! Love the colors and fluidity! I am not sure I am familiar with the technique used….
parmi replied 29 days ago
Thanks so much Joanne! This is red and green food dye, dropped into a water filled glass jar with an eye dropper, while the water is swirling slightly. I filled the dropper up with each colour, to get maximum colour coming through the shot. It’s a great experiment, each round of colour adding produced such different results. I couldn’t get this one to happen again, no matter what I did! :)
* RoyAllenHunt * 27 days ago
I wrote a song called Are You Okay With This? about a vampire’s tryst. This image immediately brought to mind what I envisioned when I wrote it.
parmi replied 27 days ago
That is one incredible piece of writing mate! Would you mind if I add a link to your song on my page? I think the pieces so brilliantly together.
* RoyAllenHunt * 26 days ago
Parmi: You most certainly may. And May I in turn link to your image?
parmi replied 26 days ago
I would be honoured to be associated with your writing mate :)
Kathy Reid 26 days ago
Cool effect, congrats on your features!
parmi replied 26 days ago
Thanks so much Kathy!
Kayla L. 23 days ago
Beautifully composed…the colors are perfect.
Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting on my work!
parmi replied 23 days ago
Thank you so much Kayla! And you are most welcome, your creations are fanstastic :)