weekly Delta Skies 2012 52 Week Challenge - Week 52 "Busy" added

lizzy23 · 25 Jan 2012

and well done for managing it Peter, if you hadn't said it was sugar i wouldn't have known, like the light on the top one

cazagee · 25 Jan 2012

Hi Peter,

Like the colours in your sigh shot, for me it'd be a sigh of relief that it landed safely!
Your take on sweet is lovely, like everything about it, the colour and the reflection. Was it shot on a mirror?

Carol

Southdowns · 25 Jan 2012

Wow, sweet is amazing; can't fault it! I'd love to know how you lit it, and what sort of background/base you used?

Delta Skies · 25 Jan 2012

lizzy23 said:
and well done for managing it Peter, if you hadn't said it was sugar i wouldn't have known, like the light on the top one

Thanks Liz. Sarah will vouch for how frustrating it was. I was going for a stack of 5 (odd number) but my record was 4 so I eventually settled for 3 instead. Even then the slightest nudge or movement and I was back to square one again. I even tried using a bit of water as a type of glue but as we all know sugar dissolves in water so that was no use. I was wondering whether to remove the colouring on the top one in pp but kept it in because I felt it added to the image rather than making look totally monochrome.

cazagee said:
Hi Peter,

Like the colours in your sigh shot, for me it'd be a sigh of relief that it landed safely!
Your take on sweet is lovely, like everything about it, the colour and the reflection. Was it shot on a mirror?

Carol

Thanks for the feedback

Southdowns said:
Wow, sweet is amazing; can't fault it! I'd love to know how you lit it, and what sort of background/base you used?

Thanks for the comments.

Carol/Mark - Believe it or not I shot it using my iPad as a light table. I experimented later with glass but struggled a bit. The ipad screen gave me both a mirrored effect from the surface as well as some upward coloured lighting. The main lighting source was a torch - I found flashes just too powerful given the effect I wanted coming up from the surface.

The_Oakster · 25 Jan 2012

Fantastic work!!

:clap:

Southdowns · 25 Jan 2012

Delta Skies said:
Carol/Mark - Believe it or not I shot it using my iPad as a light table. I experimented later with glass but struggled a bit. The ipad screen gave me both a mirrored effect from the surface as well as some upward coloured lighting. The main lighting source was a torch - I found flashes just too powerful given the effect I wanted coming up from the surface.

Fantastic! I have an app on my iPad called DavesLightBox, but I haven't found a use for it yet; you've inspired me!

But, given that set-up, how did you get the black background?

^Joe · 25 Jan 2012

That is an amazing shot - I don't quite believe it :lol:

Great work!!

Southdowns · 25 Jan 2012

By the way, I think it would have looked better 6 grains high

Treehugger81 · 25 Jan 2012

That is an awesome shot. :clap:

PINNACLE · 25 Jan 2012

That sugar stack is awsome and so well lit.

Nathalie · 25 Jan 2012

Sweet - What a brilliant idea! I love the reflection, the black background and the light. If you want me to be super picky, I would have preferred them a little off center in the frame rather than bang in the middle - but, regardless, I think this is an awesome photo.

blondie606 · 25 Jan 2012

Hi Peter

sorry for the delay in catching up with your thread

Fear....love it...color version for me...all cri's been posted so just a

from me

Sigh.....lovely shot , great colors

Sweet....impressed

Like the reflection...spent some time trying to workmout which grain it started at but gave up :lol:

Like the slight color top n bottom....really nice work mister :clap:

Delta Skies · 25 Jan 2012

The_Oakster said:
Fantastic work!!

Thanks Ben

Southdowns said:
Fantastic! I have an app on my iPad called DavesLightBox, but I haven't found a use for it yet; you've inspired me!

But, given that set-up, how did you get the black background?

Thanks Mark. The black background comes from the fact I didn't use a background so the drop off of light on the subject meant the rest comes out black. I'll also post another shot for you in a few minutes to show a different take on using the iPad for this. The even better news for me is that I've been told I've won one in a competition at work

^Joe said:
That is an amazing shot - I don't quite believe it

Great work!!

Thanks Joe

Southdowns said:
By the way, I think it would have looked better 6 grains high

Go away :razz: In fact I'll try it if you can manage it :lol:

Delta Skies · 25 Jan 2012

Treehugger81 said:
That is an awesome shot.

Thanks Phil.

PINNACLE said:
That sugar stack is awsome and so well lit.

Thanks for the comment Martin

Nathalie said:
Sweet - What a brilliant idea! I love the reflection, the black background and the light. If you want me to be super picky, I would have preferred them a little off center in the frame rather than bang in the middle - but, regardless, I think this is an awesome photo.

Thanks for the comments Nathalie. I did try the off centre version so know what you mean.

blondie606 said:
Hi Peter

sorry for the delay in catching up with your thread

Fear....love it...color version for me...all cri's been posted so just a from me

Sigh.....lovely shot , great colors

Sweet....impressed Like the reflection...spent some time trying to workmout which grain it started at but gave up Like the slight color top n bottom....really nice work mister

Thanks for the catch up on feedback Lynne. It's hard to keep with all this isn't it.

posiview · 25 Jan 2012

So, they are actual granules of sugar...as in the small ones :thinking:

Wow, if so. This is one of my favourites so far. The black BG is well done and the focus is a major

from me,

Yeah, liking this one :clap:

Cheers.

Dark Knight · 25 Jan 2012

Peter... well what can I say - Fantastic, from the thought, to the staging and through to the execution - Stunning Shot :clap:

*Sarah* · 25 Jan 2012

All I can say is well done Peter, I know how difficult it was to set this up!!

To everyone else - just be glad you were not in this house last night - patience!! :lol:

Delta Skies · 25 Jan 2012

posiview said:
So, they are actual granules of sugar...as in the small ones

Wow, if so. This is one of my favourites so far. The black BG is well done and the focus is a major from me,

Yeah, liking this one

Cheers.

Thanks for spoiling my fun Andy. Yes they are actually sugar crystals but they are still damn small when you try to pick them up with tweezers. Focussing was the other major problem I had with this. Finding something to focus on when the subject is translucent is a nightmare.

Dark Knight said:
Peter... well what can I say - Fantastic, from the thought, to the staging and through to the execution - Stunning Shot

Thanks for the comments DK

*Sarah* said:
All I can say is well done Peter, I know how difficult it was to set this up!!

To everyone else - just be glad you were not in this house last night - patience!!

I thought I was really well behaved :shrug:

Delta Skies · 25 Jan 2012

Especially for Southdowns.........

Mark, here's the other shot I mentioned above. Instead of shooting level with the iPad screen this one is taken looking down into the screen.

Sweet 2 by Delta Skies, on Flickr

I used a set of different photos on the iPad and chose the area of the image to shoot. This one was an area of sky.

*Sarah* · 25 Jan 2012

I thought I was really well behaved :shrug:[/QUOTE]

NO COMMENT!! Next time I will get photographic evidence!!

bensambrook · 25 Jan 2012

Great shot Peter, I too attempted capturing macro shots of sugar crystals but mine weren't too successful!

Rolyratman · 25 Jan 2012

Wow, love the way you stacked those sugar crystals Darren

Very good lighting and DOF, I likey a lot

posiview · 25 Jan 2012

Delta Skies said:
Thanks for spoiling my fun Andy.

Peter, not sure if you misunderstood what I was saying, in actual fact, I meant to type "So, are they actual granules of sugar...as in the small ones".

Just needed to clarify because it was very impressed and wanted to make sure I managed to convey this

mattd85 · 25 Jan 2012

Great set of photos, the sweet shot has literally blew me away, how the hell did you stack granules of sugar , seriously impressed.

Matt

Delta Skies · 25 Jan 2012

bensambrook said:
Great shot Peter, I too attempted capturing macro shots of sugar crystals but mine weren't too successful!

Thanks Ben

Rolyratman said:
Wow, love the way you stacked those sugar crystals Darren

Very good lighting and DOF, I likey a lot

Not sure who Darren is :lol:

, but thanks anyway

posiview said:
Peter, not sure if you misunderstood what I was saying, in actual fact, I meant to type "So, are they actual granules of sugar...as in the small ones".

Just needed to clarify because it was very impressed and wanted to make sure I managed to convey this

Andy - I maybe should have put a smiley after that. Don't worry I wasn't taking it the wrong way. I actually read it as a question anyway.

mattd85 said:
Great set of photos, the sweet shot has literally blew me away, how the hell did you stack granules of sugar , seriously impressed.

Matt

Thanks for the comments Matt. The stacking was done using tweezers and lots of patience (although as you can see above, Sarah is challenging the latter).

Nikon_Nick · 25 Jan 2012

Well, you are so much more patient than I could ever be!!

Well done on this one, quite a tricky theme to get an original image, but you have more than managed it!

The goblin · 26 Jan 2012

Wow, your sweet shot is awesome, such amazing detail.

ivandobski · 26 Jan 2012

I'll say this - you're much more patient than I'll ever be!

Good shot though and def an interesting one to look at.

Blank_Canvas · 26 Jan 2012

'Sweet'

Great idea I really like the concept. you must be very dextrous to arrange that shot ! look forward to seeing your week 5

Nick

zeb · 26 Jan 2012

Great idea and well executed

Delta Skies · 26 Jan 2012

Nikon_Nick said:
Well, you are so much more patient than I could ever be!!

Well done on this one, quite a tricky theme to get an original image, but you have more than managed it!

Thanks Nick. Yeah at first it seemed too easy (certainly compared with last week) and then I realised I wanted to do something different

The goblin said:
Wow, your sweet shot is awesome, such amazing detail.

Thanks Marsha

ivandobski said:
I'll say this - you're much more patient than I'll ever be!

Good shot though and def an interesting one to look at.

Glad you like it.

Blank_Canvas said:
'Sweet'

Great idea I really like the concept. you must be very dextrous to arrange that shot ! look forward to seeing your week 5

Nick

Cheers Nick.

zeb said:
Great idea and well executed

Thanks Trevor

cazagee · 26 Jan 2012

Delta Skies said:
Thanks Liz. Sarah will vouch for how frustrating it was. I was going for a stack of 5 (odd number) but my record was 4 so I eventually settled for 3 instead. Even then the slightest nudge or movement and I was back to square one again. I even tried using a bit of water as a type of glue but as we all know sugar dissolves in water so that was no use. I was wondering whether to remove the colouring on the top one in pp but kept it in because I felt it added to the image rather than making look totally monochrome.

Thanks for the feedback

Thanks for the comments.

Carol/Mark - Believe it or not I shot it using my iPad as a light table. I experimented later with glass but struggled a bit. The ipad screen gave me both a mirrored effect from the surface as well as some upward coloured lighting. The main lighting source was a torch - I found flashes just too powerful given the effect I wanted coming up from the surface.

Would never have guessed that in a million years! lol It worked very well.

Carol

Rico · 27 Jan 2012

Man, I thought focussing on water droplets was hard!

In some ways, I think Sweet was harder than Sigh to find original ideas for but you have certainly managed it and I have to say really well done for pulling it off as it's an awesome shot.

LauraJ23 · 27 Jan 2012

Hi Peter, a great idea for the theme and very well taken.

Delta Skies · 27 Jan 2012

cazagee said:
Would never have guessed that in a million years! lol It worked very well.

Carol

Thanks Carol

Rico said:
Man, I thought focussing on water droplets was hard!

In some ways, I think Sweet was harder than Sigh to find original ideas for but you have certainly managed it and I have to say really well done for pulling it off as it's an awesome shot.

Thanks for the feedback Richard. Focussing is definitely a fine art for these.

michael23 said:
Hi Peter, a great idea for the theme and very well taken.

Thanks Michael

Cowmageddon · 28 Jan 2012

Really great shot Peter. This is why I need a macro lens or extension tubes. Really want to get into taking shots with such detail.

nice work!

DrRusty · 28 Jan 2012

The sweet photo is both brilliant and bonkers !!

Stacking Sugar granules !!

blakester · 28 Jan 2012

You must have the patience of a saint Peter stacking sugar granules :lol:

Great lighting and focus on this subject, not much more to add, its all been said above

Iain

ChickenDipa · 28 Jan 2012

#1 brilliant, love the reflection.

Delta Skies · 30 Jan 2012

Cowmageddon said:
Really great shot Peter. This is why I need a macro lens or extension tubes. Really want to get into taking shots with such detail.

nice work!

Thanks Jon. If you want to borrow the macro lens or extension tubes to give them a go then give us a shout.

DrRusty said:
The sweet photo is both brilliant and bonkers !!

Stacking Sugar granules !!

Cheers Richard. It certainly felt bonkers when I was trying to do it.

blakester said:
You must have the patience of a saint Peter stacking sugar granules
Great lighting and focus on this subject, not much more to add, its all been said above Iain

Thanks for the feedback Iain.

ChickenDipa said:
#1 brilliant, love the reflection.

Thanks Alex.

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