Well, this was fun. I’ve never done oil droplets before though I have admired the results of many who have, including lots today.

And I wasn’t going to. But I had ten minutes spare at lunchtime so I thought I would give it a try. I placed a little water in a light-coloured flowerpot saucer outside and dripped oil on top. It was really shallow so you can see the droplet shadows on the saucer from the bright sunlight.

The red oil on the left is multigrade car oil from the Boy’s Garage. Curiously when I first added the oil it didn’t form proper blobs at all, just a yellow mush. And then I sprayed it, as one does, with WD40 (a very light DIY oil in an aerosol can), and suddenly it formed blobs. How strange! My scientific curiosity is piqued, but I decided to leave further experiments ‘til later.

The yellow is rapeseed cooking oil pernickered from the Mistress of the Estate’s Kitchen.

And that was the problem.

Alas, Favourite Wife spotted the theft and I was caught (oily- and) red-handed. As a result (and the fact that the ‘ten minutes’ overran ever so slightly, cough…) I am in the doghouse, and my ranking has dropped immeasurably way beneath that of Favourite Husband.

She was distinctly not amused that I was so free to squander the last remaining cooking oil. It was not so much a fall from grace as a plummet over the precipice into the fathomless abyss. I doubt now that Favourite Husband will ever be an attainable goal, and I’d worked towards it for so long. Sigh…

I took about 120 shots, struggling to find a good composition (I was definitely on the steep learning curve experimenting mode here). This was a crop from one of the more interesting results. I rather like the little cascade of mini droplets or bubbles from the top right droplet.

There was a little magic in the processing and the image was also flipped vertically to tell a better story.

This is for Smile on Saturday’s Oil on Water theme today.

Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Smile on Saturday :) (Sympathy always welcome! ;) )

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My good friend and photo collaborator Michele.

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Seen recently in Santa Barbara California.

vista del edificio

Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal

I found this amusing to see!

a teeny version of my usual pasta dish.

for friday food fiesta (pasta week)

home

with kabosu and green tea

Self portrait in my tiny room. Do you ever get the feeling that we are distracting ourselves with nonsense while a group of rascist oligarchs burn humanity to the ground? Or is it just me?

buff capitol

Sorry dude these flicks suck dope spot nonetheless

photomerge

Amusing Muse - Week 0 Saturday

The long and winding road

That leads to your door

Will never disappear

I've seen that road before

It always leads me here

Lead me to your door.

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tangara bec-d'argent (f)

Amsterdam, Dam ( Square )

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Was amused after researching this bird at home to find out it is an aptly-named Grasshopper Sparrow.

Watercolour on Arches paper, 18 x 24 cm, 2010

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