Dolphin

Assignment: PCA50 - Glass

Deadline: December 28, 2008

Image tag: pca50

From: summerspot

 

Mission:

Glass. It's transparent, translucent, reflective, breakable. It can have optical properties, it can be colorful. It has been around since ancient times, and it still is all around us. Take a photograph that shows glass. Glass can be the main subject or play a stellar supporting role in your photo. Aim for an image you'd like to see on someone's wall or in an imaginary "Glass" exhibit.

 

If you're not sure what counts as glass, count it in.

 

This is a two week assignment.

 

WIT

This is a hanging ornament that my daughter made for me for my birthday a couple of years ago. It is made from Sea Glass that my wife collects on the beach.

 

I wanted to capture the way light plays through the glass.

 

I dunked it in water first (it gathers dust) and then hung in in a darkened room and used a flashlight and various exposures to get the image. I increased the saturation a tad and adjusted for white balance a little to remove a slight yellow cast from the flashlight and room overhead light.

 

I have another that I took that has better light but the dolphin shape is not as obvious so it didn't make the cut.

Done