Image Bank - Water TBC

In this image taken underwater the photographer has used the natural furrows created by the water on the sand to lead the eye into the image. Although the horizon is in the middle of the image. The light dancing on the surface of the water reflected on the sand and the disappearing horizon create depth and the colour palette is really coordinated. The depth of field is not large and the sand disappears out of focus which adds depth to the image. 

Another image of light dancing on water. This looks like it was taken in a blue swimming pool in a bright sunny day which gives great random patterns. I think this would be taken with quite a fast shutter speed to freeze the motion of the water. 

The main focus of this image is the dam. We have the water gushing though and landing on the rocks on the bottom which then creates the mist at the bottom of the dam. The vibrant colours of the water contrast with the grey dark rocks which creates a beautiful image.

This image is computer generated but we can clearly see that it is of a rose created from water. This is an interesting concept of creating objects from water. Due to the way in which water works we can tell that it is impossible to actually create an image of water in this style.  This looks like it was done in photoshop probably using many layers and setting each to be transparent to one degree or another.

This image of a dripping tap could be much better executed. I like the narrow depth of field. but the water droplet is a bit blurred and it would be a much better image if a faster shutter speed was used to freeze the movement of the water.

Really will lit and shot. This image gets across the purity of water.  It looks crystal clear and the perfectly frozen water adds to this.  Obviously a studio shot. 

I think the photographer would only be able to do this once. Timing would be very important and difficult to do and the reflection of the coloured water hitting the shiny surface adds to the effect. It would have been better if you could see more of the reflection.

By using a small depth of field the photographer has thrown the background out of focus but it looks like the background is sharply captured in the water droplets. This looks like a macro lens was used. 

This image of a sunken aircraft looks really atmospheric. There is no clutter to distract you from the object and the position of the divers adds a sense of scale to the image. The blue water fading into darkness also adds to the feel and scale of the plane.

Capturing water drops is a fine art. This studio shot looks heavily retouched as the water around the drop is perfectly flat.
The red colour is either red food die in the water or the clever use of a coloured gel over the flash gun. 

I think this shot was taken upside down and the base of the image is actually the surface of the water into which an oil like substance was dropped. The colours in the substance are probably reflected coloured light. 

This looks like two different colours of paint poured into water. This has caused turbulence which has created beautiful shapes. Captured by flash. I don't like the yellow background.

This image is a montage. Probably of 3 or 4 images. The curved horizon would be miles away from the viewer but you can still see water ripples. Fake. The foreground and mid ground also don't appear to be the same shot. The moon is cropped uncomfortably close to the top of the image.  This just does not work.

In this montage of two water drop effects one into water and one above the angle of view makes this look like a bomb explosion. The colour s are probably created by using coloured gel over the flash.

I think this is a montage of a few image as the liquid the cherry is dropped into looks like a milky substance but the water drops appear clear and more free flowing. It would have been nice if an additional flash had lit up the front of the cherry.

I am not sure what message this is trying to convey. It might have ben better if the water was oil as spanners tend to be used in engineering as does oil, not water. However the photographer has lit the shot well and the shutter or flash speed is just right to freeze the motion of the water.

This image is of blue in being dropped into a small pint of water. We see the interesting thing about the image is the way in which the ink interacts in the water. But the jug and the green surroundings just get in the way of the effect.

This image was probably ink dropped into water. It has been turned upside down and the effect of the swirling ink has been captured to create an interesting image.

A beautiful image. The background is knocked out of focus and dark and the narrow DoF is just right to highlight the leaf and the water droplets, which are in turn perfectly lit. A really professional photo! 

A beautiful image. The background is knocked out of focus and dark and the narrow DoF is just right to highlight the rocks. A long shutter speed gives the water a nice etherial effect. Which contrasts well with the sharp rocks.  A really professional photo!

I like the way spiderman is perfectly reflected in the water drop.  This droop might be Perspex actually as it looks slightly plastic.  But it is still well composed and lit.

A really narrow depth of field draws the eye to the large rock and the use of colour also does this with there being one brown stone and all other colours being shades of blue. The water drops look like they are just clinging to the rock which adds to the effect.

This looks like two different colours of paint poured into water. This has caused turbulence which has created beautiful shapes. Captured by flash. I don't like the yellow background as this detracts from the strength of the bellowing paint mixing. But it is captured at just the right time.

This image of water in a stream is captured at just the right speed to capture the natural speed of the water flowing over the rocks.  All the colours are from the same blue palette which also adds to the pleasing look and feel of the shot. 

These water droplets on glass are  so regular and uniform I think this image may have been retouched. It looks like it may have been shot outside as I think I can see houses reflected in the water drops. Overall this is a rather flat and dull image.

I really like this image of a balloon full of water exploding. The flash speed is just right to capture the moment. The shot has also been vary carefully lit from both sides in a studio. I little bit of light has been spilt onto the background but a really great image. Looks like a fish.

A clever montage of images. Well lit and retouched. This may be 3 images. The background the candle and the water. But all come together and look real.

This perfect freeze frame of a drop of water hitting a pool of water is nicely lit and well timed. Also I suspect the the use of blue reflectors was used. The motion would be stopped by the flash of the speedlight rather than the camera shutter speed.

Water droplet photography taken to extremes. This looks like coloured die dropped into water. It might be two images as the pool of water is so still. 

This shot of a white wolf on a white background with white water all adds to the feeling of cold. There is no distractions so the eye immediately focuses on the wolf.

Definition - Water

Web Definition:
A colourless, transparent, odourless, liquid which forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.

My Definition:
A liquid in the form of H2O which is colourless transparent and forms the seas and rivers.

Here we see an example of a water splash. The water is transparent but slightly reflects blue light, but in photoshop the photographer has increased the blues in the image creating the affect we see in the image. This makes the water somehow seem more pure and cleaner then it would have been if it was left transparent.

In this image we see a drop that has hit the surface but the surface tension hasn't broken yet so there is water resting on the top of the water. We also see a ripple effect going across the surface of the water and a drop which was lunched up from the original drop into the water.

The water in this shows us the direction in which the water has come from and also we can tell that it has then hit a surface created the wave like image.

The water portrayed in the image is of bubbles a form of water which a soapy solution.

Discusion - Water

For this project my subject of matter is water and I have decided to try and mainly focus on up close water. My initial shoot will be of some droplets of water to get some general idea of how to take up close pictures of water and to start of the project of water by investigating how drops of water interact with each other.

As stated above my main focus this project will be on investigating water up close because I believe it will be an interesting way in which to explore water. I am going to start off this project in the studio an then evolve it into an outdoor shoot towards the end of the project then possibly go back to the studio to bring it all full circle. I also plan to start of with small drops of water and ink to see how they all interact then move onto larger objects being dropped into a fish tank and capturing the splashes created from the drop. Then I would like to move to experimenting with fire on water both in and out of the studio.

Here is an example of the fruit being dropped into a tank of water.

This allows me to get the transition from studio to outdoors as well without it being a sudden thing. Then I plan on doing some reflective shoots in the forest of water and seeing how that turns out. After which I then wish to go back to the studio and put small droplets of water on a glass sheet and see how they interact with each other.

Here we have an example of fire on water which I plan to do late in the shoot.

For my exam shoot I plan on doing a beach shoot where I keep the exposure open for a long period of time because I believe it will be rather interesting. I have seen one photographer do this previously and found it to be very interesting so I plan to do it myself for the exam because I think it will be a strong shoot.

Even though this isn't a beach shot this is still a good example of the technique I plan to use.

To sum up I have the main shoot ideas which are above. Close up water shots which links directly with water for this project. Then I will continue the theme with the exam shoot but using a separate technique for most of it.