DVD Refraction

banjon

Hi,

I was trying some shots with water and DVD coasters I had laying around. I don't recommend doing this to a good DVD.

Some of them remind me some cosmic scenes... ELO comes to mind.

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polartownjunkie

holy! awesome, techna-spritiual

Arvan

the first one is cool..Nice and creative

Skippy

banjon wrote:

Hi,

I was trying some shots with water and DVD coasters I had laying around. I don't recommend doing this to a good DVD.

Some of them remind me some cosmic scenes... ELO comes to mind.

Ohhhhhhh wow Banjon :jawdrop
The first shot looks like a Galaxy Sci-Fi image .
You've got some awesome colour in these

Well Done! All of them are Great, All of them
... Skippy
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Dave Clee

Very creative, luv all of them but the 1st one is my favourite...

Cheers

Dave

JChurill

Wow
Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor!!! Very slick!!!!

banjon

Hi

Thanks to polartownjunkie,Arvan,Skippy,Dave Clee, and JChurill for all the nice comments. It was a blast to do - I think I took about 350 images, and before I knew it, 2.5 hours had past. Since then, I started doing other light experiments with the DVD's and came up with different light patterns on the disks. Once I get the post work done, I'll add a new thread.

I usually shoot them in raw format, but I made a mistake (not have a real macro lens) leaving it in JPG mode. Usually my camera does fine on 5-10sec exposures, but this time, maybe due to the intense lighting the color noise was really persistant on the JPG images. Is there a good technique that can help eliminate the color artifacts (they look like lint or squiggly lines).


ps. Is there a way to do multiple quote replies?


Thanks, this is a great forum. I've learned a lot in lurking, and decided to post some images. Scary stuff.

tlee

Very cool !!

ChrisJ

#1 is spectacular, but they're all really cool.

OsirisPhoto

Love the first one too.

I've tried CDs with a reverse-50mm setup, but disappointing results. Your photos motivate me to try again.

patricia kay

These are just brilliant...I love 1...but the others are such wonderful colors too!

Look forward to your next experiments....

Patricia.........:D

banjon

Hyperbaric wrote:

Love the first one too.

I've tried CDs with a reverse-50mm setup, but disappointing results. Your photos motivate me to try again.

Try adding something like a filter case under the CD/DVD. This will raise the back of CD to the light source causing about a 15-30 degree angle. Try light source close to CD and lens about and inch or two near the CD edge. You will get all kinds of colors, the steeper the angle towards the lens, the more color. I added an ND8 filter to my camera for some of the shots, it hides any dust particles and kills the glare, plus I notice deeper richer colors. I'm thinking of trying polarizer too.

Hope that helps.

I've been documenting the effects I get by using an LED to paint the CD in long exposures. Some nice effects - dancing waves and such.

OsirisPhoto

banjon wrote:

Try adding something like a filter case under the CD/DVD. This will raise the back of CD to the light source causing about a 15-30 degree angle. Try light source close to CD and lens about and inch or two near the CD edge. You will get all kinds of colors, the steeper the angle towards the lens, the more color. I added an ND8 filter to my camera for some of the shots, it hides any dust particles and kills the glare, plus I notice deeper richer colors. I'm thinking of trying polarizer too.

Hope that helps.

I've been documenting the effects I get by using an LED to paint the CD in long exposures. Some nice effects - dancing waves and such.

Cool. Thanks for the tips

Always looking for an excuse to turn the dining room into a photo studio