I just loved this assignment....It was one of those I threw away 20 pictures for everyone I kept, and everyone I kept, the more I looked at it, I wished I'd have done something a little different, more light on the cup, less light on the steam, less steam, more steam, it never ended, but I really had fun with it....I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed taking them, and I'm really looking forward to see the others so I can get ideas where to improve on my efforts...
#1 This was my first attempt at work with my iPhone.
the steam was a burning piece of paper in my coffee cup.....lol
#2 was an attempt at using string to make the steam...I must have taken two dozen of these and was never completely satisfied
#3 is real steam....that was a novel idea...LOL my
biggest problem here was not getting too much steam
taken with Nikon D70S @f/5.6 ss 8sec
#4 same as three but with longer exposure
#5 same as 3 and 4 but with 12 second exposure and f/11
#6 8 seconds at f/11 using a flashlight to light the stream as I poured into the cup
#7 identical to #6 but I held the light on the cup longer
#8 I cut the exposure down to 5 and opened the f stop to 5.6
All the actual Steam shots were taken by boiling either water or coffee, and pouring into
cups that had been in the refrigerator all afternoon...
WOW brother - I love that you put so much effort into these! I don't own a teakettle and my attempts using the microwave to heat water was a dismal failure.
ReplyDeleteAll of my darn pix were using a string or thread....and it shows. Not a 'great' week for this girl's submissions. Ah well - always next week. I love what you did on the last one here! I also really like #1.....LOL - now why didn't I think of that??!!!
Nice work.
Hi Mark, I really like 1, 2 & 3. The burning paper in one really looks like good steam. I also read that cone incense makes good steam/smoke too. I have no idea where they sell incense anymore! I like the solitary hot coffee in #2 and the entire look of #3 - I think we all learned a lot on this one! I learned that it is also very important to have the camera angle just right or the shot just doesn't work!
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ReplyDeleteYou're writing the book on this one. I saw the string thing on youtube. You have enough data to get any effect you want. Although I didn't do it I thought about a smokey fire in the cup.
I guess you can compare the steam shot to driving in the fog with your brights on.
You pretty much got in 3,4,5. Very good! I can see you had fun.
Is the absolute fun and creativity has always and will be time shots good start love It Mark....I used to do this ..with a box camera in 1940
ReplyDeletethat steam is great WOW DAD
Ingenious, Mark, to use a flashlight, boiling water and a cold cup! Love the color in #3,4, and 5- beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGREAT JOB. I LIKED 4 THE BEST.
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