My Blue Heaven (1 pic)

alisande

13 years ago

This morning's photography project.....waddya think?

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trinitytx
13 years ago
stunning.
Trin
lydia1959
13 years ago
Love it!! Looks like you discovered some new planets in the solar system.
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We imported soil for the raised bed which came mixed with a generous amount of well rotted horse manure. In spite of the added manure, I was quite disappointed in the quality so over the years I’ve regularly added compost 2”-3” deep, which has much improved the soil, but I’ve no idea what the ph is. The plants there seem quite healthy and I haven’t fertilized so it must be okay. i really dislike drip irrigation, but I grew tired of hand watering every day, so that seemed the easiest to install, though as I said, I do supplement with the hose at least weekly and sometimes more because some of the other plants seem to need it and it can get very hot in the afternoon sun in my microclimate. The Bluestems don’t seem to mind either the heat or the extra water. That said, my Bluestems are real size wimps compared to yours. The Blue Heavens are barely 6” tall. The Standing Ovation nearly twice as wide and half again as tall. The Blue Heavens are just sending up bloom stalks and I’ll be interested to see how tall they will be.
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Jasdip
13 years ago
Wow! Explain the pic please Susan.
hgl_gaylemarie
13 years ago
Water droplets? Pretty!
alisande
Original Author
13 years ago
Wow! Explain the pic please Susan.

WHAT?? Reveal my secrets??? Oh, all right. LOL

But first, here's a hint. I call this one "Space Debris."
nicole__
13 years ago
What kind of prcessing are you using?
alisande
Original Author
13 years ago
I process all my photos through Photoshop Elements, but I hardly did anything at all to these. Really! :-) I reduced the saturation on the second one because the colors were a little strong for what I had in mind.
casey_nfld
13 years ago
Looks like oil on water, I've done some of these before as well. They're cool.
alisande
Original Author
13 years ago
Yes, oil on water. Care to share yours, Casey? These are my first attempts, and certainly not the best I've ever seen. But I had a blast doing them. Shot over 100 pix, and got eight that I consider usable. I did them outside, which is not a great idea. I had to deal with breezes moving the water and pollen dusting everything.

Not to mention this bug. :-)
glenda_al
13 years ago
Neato!
jannie
13 years ago
Very nice, unusual.
susan_on
13 years ago
Love it!
ronf_gw
13 years ago
Way cool!

Ron
mcmann
13 years ago
Oh those are really neat. I love the bug and the little rippled effect in the bottom photo on the red circles. Great job!
jennmonkey
13 years ago
I like the one with the bug! Those would be perfect photos to hang in a bathroom.
lindyluwho
13 years ago
Beautiful!

Linda
kacram
13 years ago
very fun!
kathi_mdgd
13 years ago
Beautiful!!!
Kathi
casey_nfld
13 years ago
LOL at the bug! The worst I've had in mine are little bits of dust. I can't imagine doing it outside with a breeze, I found the oil moved around a lot inside. You must have more patience than I do! Where is the colour coming from? I put a CD at the bottom of a bowl and got these results:
alisande
Original Author
13 years ago
Those are great, Karen! I particularly like the first one. They look very three-dimensional. I had envisioned more of the smaller "spheres" like that, but I think next time I'll have to use more oil and work more quickly.

I painted the colored backgrounds myself. And in "My Blue Heaven" I used a blue glass pie plate.

Thanks for sharing!
casey_nfld
13 years ago
Thanks! For the first one I poured the oil from a height of maybe 1 foot and quickly took the picture as the oil bubbles were rising to the top.
joan_mn
13 years ago
Those are gorgeous! What great abstract prints those would be. I will have to try that sometime!
phyllis__mn
13 years ago
I will never see oil on water in the same light again. Love these pictures.
susanjf_gw
13 years ago
like watching avatar last night, lol...
clubm
13 years ago
Wow!!! That is cool!!!
hayjud_mn
13 years ago
Those are all so gorgeous!

What makes the very big curved lines? Is that a big ball of oil?

Thank you for the fun!

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