My Get Pushed partner challenged me to try vortography. I did use her link to start the research and continued on to a few others to look at images taken this way and how they were done. What I discovered is that it would be a lot easier if I'd had a photographer's helper to hold the prism while I shot through it. I used 3 mirrors taped together in a triangular shape. For this one I stood the tube on a glass table and sat the subject (a white feather down in it) then shot into the triangular tube. I did come up with some interesting effects although my focus was a bit off in a lot of the shots I took. Put this mirrored tube on the shelf in hopes I'll remember to use it again in the future.
@grammyn Thank you Katy. I really like how it turned out. @thewatersphotos Thanks so much Gary. @digitalrn Thank you Rick. I did have to play with the lighting a bit in post processing to get the look I was going for. @olivetreeann Thank you Ann. @30pics4jackiesdiamond Thanks Jackie. No. I got three mirrors, which were sold for plant bases, that were about 51/2" (14cm) square. I'm not sure more rectangular mirrors wouldn't be better, but they've got to be wide enough to be able to shoot down through them. Maybe play with some cardboard to find a good range. @wakelys Thank you Susan. It was a fun thing to try. @aikiuser Thank you Jenn. You might enjoy trying it. @maggie208 Thank you Maggie. Essentially a vortograph is kind of like a kaleidoscope. I made one using 3 mirrors which I taped together (reflecting side in) then shot down the middle of the triangle, aiming the focus more toward the side to get different pieces of the subject in the mirrors. I also did crop the original images and like I said above, played with the lighting to get the contrasts to my liking. I will say that I did not like the color versions that I shot at all.
@farmreporter Thank you Wendy. Like I said, the hardest thing was holding or resting the prism to shoot through it and finding the sweet spot for the best outcome. My sweet spot wasn't straight through. @lynnz Thank you Lynn. It was fun.
March 3rd, 2021
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@thewatersphotos Thanks so much Gary.
@digitalrn Thank you Rick. I did have to play with the lighting a bit in post processing to get the look I was going for.
@olivetreeann Thank you Ann.
@30pics4jackiesdiamond Thanks Jackie. No. I got three mirrors, which were sold for plant bases, that were about 51/2" (14cm) square. I'm not sure more rectangular mirrors wouldn't be better, but they've got to be wide enough to be able to shoot down through them. Maybe play with some cardboard to find a good range. @wakelys Thank you Susan. It was a fun thing to try.
@aikiuser Thank you Jenn. You might enjoy trying it.
@maggie208 Thank you Maggie. Essentially a vortograph is kind of like a kaleidoscope. I made one using 3 mirrors which I taped together (reflecting side in) then shot down the middle of the triangle, aiming the focus more toward the side to get different pieces of the subject in the mirrors. I also did crop the original images and like I said above, played with the lighting to get the contrasts to my liking. I will say that I did not like the color versions that I shot at all.
Always want to do it, but never have the time!
@lynnz Thank you Lynn. It was fun.