In the Mirror
This theme will probably see me post both final "candidates", but I still had to decide which one goes into the MM pool. This one won because it has the catchier colours and is closer to my original idea, which was photographing a miniature tile's reflection in another tile that has a kind of warped, uneven mirror surface. The miniature tile is decorated with a beautiful, stylised sketch of the Moon. The problem was just that the mirror tile is super shiny (= unwanted reflections and dust), and that it has many scratches (in fact, the surface already scratches when you look at it). Plus, the Moon's reflection didn't look that nice.
So, on to the next tile, made of differently brushed, small hexagons. One candidate is a photo of only the brushed tile (my second choice). The other, this one, includes the abovementioned mirror tile, only this time, instead of placing the tile I wanted to reflect onto the mirror tile, I did it the other way round: I put the mirror tile vertically onto the tile with the brushed hexagons, thus avoiding both the dust and the scratches. And as a bonus, I was able to get the desired reflection.
No focus stacking this time, just a single shot. For the golden/yellow colour accent, I equipped one of the LED lamps with the semi-transparent yellow plastic bottle cap. The blue accent was achieved by putting a small blue glass jar on the other LED lamp. The reflection was highlighted by the flat daylight photo lamp (light from above).
Size info: The mirror tile is also made of hexagons, but much larger ones than the brushed tile. Each side of the mirror tile is 5 cm / 1.9 inches long, which defines the width of the scene.
HMM, Everyone!
In the Mirror
This theme will probably see me post both final "candidates", but I still had to decide which one goes into the MM pool. This one won because it has the catchier colours and is closer to my original idea, which was photographing a miniature tile's reflection in another tile that has a kind of warped, uneven mirror surface. The miniature tile is decorated with a beautiful, stylised sketch of the Moon. The problem was just that the mirror tile is super shiny (= unwanted reflections and dust), and that it has many scratches (in fact, the surface already scratches when you look at it). Plus, the Moon's reflection didn't look that nice.
So, on to the next tile, made of differently brushed, small hexagons. One candidate is a photo of only the brushed tile (my second choice). The other, this one, includes the abovementioned mirror tile, only this time, instead of placing the tile I wanted to reflect onto the mirror tile, I did it the other way round: I put the mirror tile vertically onto the tile with the brushed hexagons, thus avoiding both the dust and the scratches. And as a bonus, I was able to get the desired reflection.
No focus stacking this time, just a single shot. For the golden/yellow colour accent, I equipped one of the LED lamps with the semi-transparent yellow plastic bottle cap. The blue accent was achieved by putting a small blue glass jar on the other LED lamp. The reflection was highlighted by the flat daylight photo lamp (light from above).
Size info: The mirror tile is also made of hexagons, but much larger ones than the brushed tile. Each side of the mirror tile is 5 cm / 1.9 inches long, which defines the width of the scene.
HMM, Everyone!