Spectra by vikdaddy

Spectra

I wanted to set up a brief and simple shoot today. It's the weekend and I wanted to just relax this evening. Invariably however, it took longer than I thought to get the kind of shots I wanted. I basically put a few CDs on the floor and set up my tripod above them, and hoped for for some interesting light refractions from the ambient light.

In post-processing I increased the darkness using Adobe Lightroom, as this helped highlight the spectra on the CDs. I don't think it's the most interesting photo, but I do like the colours.

Over the past couple of weeks I've not planned any shoots. I do better work when I've planned ahead, knowing the type of shots I want that day and/or knowing what location to go to. I've got to get back into that rhythm again as I think my photos are better for it.

Canon EOS 450D, f/5.6, 1/2, ISO-200
Very creative! Nice colours :) I've been doing one of these in art :)
September 10th, 2010  
This is an amazing shot! It is so neat too! I love it!!! :)
September 10th, 2010  
Sometimes they can be gorgeous. Love this.
September 10th, 2010  
Cool pic, love the rainbows
September 10th, 2010  
LOL... I'm getting sick and tired of saying this... but have tried this once a long time back - bit of a failure as was hoping for something like this but can no where near it.. so snapped something else instead...
September 11th, 2010  
this is awesome Vik! The colors shooting off of those discs are fantastic!
September 11th, 2010  
Love the way this turned out.
September 11th, 2010  
cool!
September 11th, 2010  
Fab colours! Have a good weekend :)
September 11th, 2010  
very cool!
September 11th, 2010  
Nice
September 11th, 2010  
Reallllly like this.
September 11th, 2010  
Sweet! Love those lights on the cd's.
September 11th, 2010  
That's a cool pictures, i love the colors !
September 11th, 2010  
Pretty :)
September 12th, 2010  
That's a great shot - like your ideas!
September 16th, 2010  
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