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Alchemy , a part of the Occult Tradition, is both a philosophy and a practice with an aim of achieving ultimate wisdom as well as immortality.
Hope you like it.
As always, all fav and feedback is very appreciated.
After my last image ( [link] ) a lot of you asked for another one, and some information regarding the set-up.
And a lot asked about manipulations.
None of my photos are manipulated, i use photoshop for contrast, grain removal, colortones and light. But i do not ad or remove objects other then dust and such.
The light circles here/bokeh are from small lights i placed behind the cup.
You can use all sorts of lights, but i really like working with small lights aka christmas-tree lights.
the F1.8 makes the lights totally out of focus.
I used a canon 50mm 1.8 lens here.
i used tape/glue and hang the lights from a ceiling.
It takes a while to get the set-up right, but i love working with it.
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Comments: 137
Joolissa [2009-02-26 21:51:14 +0000 UTC]
All my comments for the previous photograph apply for this one. I love this series. You have amazing bokeh. I do prefer the previous photograph, because it had an element of surreal-ness about it because it looked like the light was spilling out and up from the cup, but this one is very nice as well. Your focus is excellent for 1.8! Great work.
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jenniferstuber [2009-02-26 21:22:21 +0000 UTC]
Thank you very much for sharing this with us! I love this technique, christmas lights seem to work excellent with a good bokeh.
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katieowensart [2009-02-26 21:03:57 +0000 UTC]
I like this much better now I know this isn't a cheap manipulation.
I hate it when people depend so much on photoshop.
this is a real great photo, I adore the colors.
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NoreeCorrino In reply to Sortvind [2009-02-26 20:44:21 +0000 UTC]
oh...that's not as far away as I thought. thanks! and you did a great job!
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Sortvind In reply to NoreeCorrino [2009-02-26 20:46:17 +0000 UTC]
It depends on how big you want the circles to be
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NoreeCorrino In reply to Sortvind [2009-02-26 20:56:00 +0000 UTC]
hmm, yes, I guess that figures
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buffalosabresfan In reply to ??? [2009-02-26 20:25:23 +0000 UTC]
I love the lights, it looks so cool (:
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aMorle [2009-02-26 20:15:50 +0000 UTC]
This is truly amazing! I love your concept, saturation and DOP! Great job... flawless!
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llinderv In reply to ??? [2009-02-26 19:50:29 +0000 UTC]
That's a wonderful title for this! I love the colours.
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silvercat444 [2009-02-26 18:51:31 +0000 UTC]
Magical... Thank you so much for sharing your set-up method
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venomousey [2009-02-26 17:51:54 +0000 UTC]
you do such an amazing stuff too lovely work once again
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crazyamazinglisa In reply to ??? [2009-02-26 16:58:12 +0000 UTC]
I love this series.. soo cute
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Hutcha [2009-02-26 14:50:52 +0000 UTC]
Nice!
It's like those orange dots are coming out from the cup.
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sandranataly In reply to ??? [2009-02-26 14:45:57 +0000 UTC]
wuao... just wondering how ur cath the light in that way...! Oo.. seems we have similar camaras.. lol.
good shot.. lovely..
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