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Old 10-19-2009, 05:51 PM
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Hi everyone, just wanted to share my latest experiment. It was so fun to take this shot, one of a series I might add. It was simple take a clear container fill it with water and add some oil. It makes round "planets". You can change the colours by putting different coloured paper below...or after in post processing by playing with the hue and saturation:

Oil and water III
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Old 10-19-2009, 06:57 PM
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Cool! I like abstracts, and this one is great. Very nice texture, shapes and colors.

And thanks for the "how to", too.
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Cool, I will have to try it some time!
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Thanks for the comments It would be nice to see your results too!
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Very interesting...will have to give this a try.
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What a great idea... I love the effect you got.
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