February 2, 2013

Staying Afloat

I ran across a tutorial for photographing fruit submerged in seltzer water.  I thought I'd give it a try.

I must buy a bigger vase - the one I have on hand is very small - not quite 3x3.  It would be hard to place any fruit in it.  Besides that, I didn't have any fruit in the house that I thought would look good floating in the seltzer - a banana - doubt it.  I did have some lovely flowers on the kitchen table and thought that might work instead.   

The flower kept floating around, so it was necessary to hold it down.  I swished it around to create the bubbles.

This is my favorite!

green-patterned scrapbook paper behind the vase in the first two shots; replaced with pink for the one below

This was a lot of fun to do.


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34 comments:

  1. oh what a great idea - I love this - I'm totally going to try this out!

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  2. Wow! Very creative photography ~ lovely!

    Carol of: A Creative Harbor ^_^

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  3. Oh, that does look like fun! Very cool images - but no floating banana? Hehe

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  4. What a fun idea! I must try it...sometime. :)

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  5. Wow, that second photo stopped me, made me click open your post. What fabulous photos and so interesting how you got them!

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  6. Your second is my favourite too! Great shot. When I saw your title I thought you may have had floods this week too - thankfully nit.

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  7. I LOVE how these turned out! I must try that myself.

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  8. So much fun and they all turned out really well. Now, I'm gonna have to try it at home myself. I love them. Great job.

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  9. Your shots came out really well! I wonder what other kinds of things you can dip in soda for a shot? Hmm... Now I want to play with my camera and some soda. :)

    Thanks for stopping by my blog!

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  10. hm. have to try it. I actually did something similar today. I put a flower in sweet water and froze it, then shot it. I have not posted it yet. :)

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  11. Beautiful photos, I love those flowers, beautiful yellow. They are visual poems. Greetings.

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  12. Oh my...these are just amazing!!!

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  13. What a fabulously fun idea Pat. I'll have to remember that for when I have the right thing to put in the pop. Hum...maybe that silly frog...

    I love your images and the way you processed them!

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  14. Very cool effect! Thanks for sharing the technique. I also love the frame you chose.

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  15. I've seen this experiment a few times and I've bought the fruit and the seltzer water but never seem to get around to doing it.
    I think you did a wonderful job!
    I like the idea of the different paper for backgrounds - a great idea.

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  16. Looks great! I like the 2nd one most!

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  17. What a creative approach to "water" photography! I loved this
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  18. I saw the same blog and have been playing with this too! So much fun! I only have huge backdrops so I've been using colored poster boards...but I will try your scrapbook idea. They came out great!

    ~L

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  19. What a cool idea. I liked how you changed the background color so easily too.

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  20. beautiful and creative. I like the idea and the framing. happy sunday!

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  21. I love your take on this water photography! You have a true creative heart! Hugs Anne

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  22. Your favorite is my favorite too! pretty great shots

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  23. Wow!! Just wow!! The second photo is my favorite of the three!

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  24. What a clever and creative project. I think I'm going to have to try this. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  25. What amazing captures!!!

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  26. That is SO cool!! I think the flower was much better than the fruit anyway! Lovely blog. Thanks for the visit. Happy Trails~

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  27. *´¨)
    ¸.•´¸.•*´¨) ¸.•*¨ simply wonderful work!
    ~Linda

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  28. Wow! These are wonderful shots. . .and what a great idea! I have some bubbly water in my refrigerator right now, and apples, or blueberries. Hmmmmm. Great job!

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  29. Very creative! I'll have to give it a try... I'm so glad you came by to share on Weekly Top Shot #68!

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  30. What a fun exercise! And I do love the results. I agree, that second one is gorgeous - but I'm not sure I don't prefer the last! Very, very nice.

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  31. I just found your blog and then I spotted this post...how amazing! I love the shots....so glad you tried the flower instead of fruit! the second shot of the floating flower is spectacular....great work!
    Cath from Cath@Home

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