The grate escape by vikdaddy

The grate escape

I visited my parents today for the first time since Christmas. It was nice seeing them, especially my mum and her lovely home cooking. When I got home I looked through a photo magazine she had picked up for me, and it had a feature on shooting a kitchen grater close up. It intrigued me, so I wanted to try something similar; however being next to the kitchen sink gave me an idea to put my own unique twist on it.

The set-up was simple; I placed the cheese grater in the sink and ran the tap in to it. I processed this using very similar settings to yesterday's image.

I should shoot water more, especially when I'm struggling for a photo. It almost always yields interesting results, so like today it's just a case of finding different ways of exploiting it.

Canon 7D, f/8, 1/200, ISO-100
Wicked cool!!!!! Great idea and such a fantastic composition. Awesome!
January 30th, 2011  
Great shot, love it!
January 30th, 2011  
Ha! I get it lol Cool shot!
January 30th, 2011  
hah thats awesome! well done!
January 30th, 2011  
really creative, and superb effect. I agree, water shots create many opportunities - i have inly tried once but need to put it on the must do more of list!
January 30th, 2011  
Nice close up, i see lately you experimenting on monochrome, and the results are great... it enhance the object's character, IMO... :)
January 30th, 2011  
cool, awesome
January 30th, 2011  
sooo cool. Just love the b/w again. Never would have thought to do this. You're so creative.
January 30th, 2011  
i'm going to favorite this. this is genius.
January 30th, 2011  
Hahaha! Very clever and fantastically executed!!
January 30th, 2011  
Ha! How creative and cool is this? Nicely done sir!
January 30th, 2011  
this is so cool- and great play on words :D
January 30th, 2011  
Really like this - wish I had an imagination like yours. :)
January 30th, 2011  
This is awesome! Very inventive! :)
January 30th, 2011  
I’d love to try this out, but I think I need to go buy a shiny new grater worthy of a starring role in a picture. Pretty cool!
January 30th, 2011  
wow how clever!
January 30th, 2011  
Amazing! makes my aquarium bubbler look pretty lame LOL
January 30th, 2011  
Fantastic shot! Love it!!
January 30th, 2011  
ah, very creative...I think I need to follow you! :)
January 30th, 2011  
this came out great! Shame you couldn't make it to the meet up
January 30th, 2011  
wow love this shot .. what a grate idea !!!
January 30th, 2011  
Very nice and creative! I really enjoy ALL your work!
January 30th, 2011  
Funny, I've been staring at my grater, knowing there's just something cool I could do with it and there, you beat me to it! Great job!
January 30th, 2011  
Very imaginative!
January 30th, 2011  
Nin
wow!! very nice!
January 31st, 2011  
Oh, so good. Love the B& W choice too
January 31st, 2011  
nice shot! and pun :)
January 31st, 2011  
great photo...and thanks for the explanation too!
January 31st, 2011  
nice job! this is right up there with my candle in the cheese grater pic...........but really way better!!
January 31st, 2011  
Great idea - turned out well!
January 31st, 2011  
wow, great idea & great shot
January 31st, 2011  
Wow cool idea love it great shot :)
January 31st, 2011  
cool!
January 31st, 2011  
Beautiful and creative! Love the light.
January 31st, 2011  
How creative is that! Wow!
January 31st, 2011  
oh wow this is amazing !
January 31st, 2011  
Great!
January 31st, 2011  
Great shot!
January 31st, 2011  
very nice idea Vik. I should try my hand at water sometime soon here too.
January 31st, 2011  
great idea! THanks for the tip. Beautiful clarity too.
January 31st, 2011  
Wow nice shot!
January 31st, 2011  
I don't know if you have the same ad campaign we have in the states, but this reminds me of an ad for Moen Faucets.
January 31st, 2011  
so cool
January 31st, 2011  
Very creative. Great shot.
January 31st, 2011  
Awesome.
February 1st, 2011  
Amazing shot. This is a fantastic idea!
February 3rd, 2011  
Very good idea and execution. Love the title
February 5th, 2011  
Clever. Am digging it!
February 6th, 2011  
Brilliant.
February 6th, 2011  
seems to me you like water. Great idea!
February 7th, 2011  
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