Lesson learned...it's a lot harder than it looked.
1. successful trip to store for m&ms, glass, lights
2. failed trip in attempt to buy dropper (ran out of time to go to other store(s)
3. do other things that I needed to do until after dinner
4. set up according to photos from other 365ers
5. figure out a way to do drops with toothpick and bottle cap
5. try different heights, lighting, settings
[eat m&ms in between when attempt doesn't work]
[endure teasing from life partner, eat more m&ms]
6. can't see the m&ms with any of the settings
7. decide I like the floating flat globules and it's okay not to see the m&ms
8. try one more time and sort of see one m&m, but not like in the 365ers photos
9. have even more respect for those who were able to replicate m&ms, jelly beans, and marshmellows in little tiny oil bubbles!
Oil and water photo for the day: http://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2013-02-23
hehee, good description of the process! This still looks cool! All the tutorials I have seen say that you needs lots of light and some rainex (?) stuff on the glass to make the drops bead. They also suggest a special medical dropper..forget the name of it...to get the uniform drop size. Hope this helps, it's on my bucket list of things to try some time!
Love your lessons learned list! It perfectly captures the ups and downs of a project like this. This is a great result. Love the color and reflection. Good job trying something new and very challenging!
You must have a lot of patience to do this for so long, or was it really not that long because the M&M's were getting less and less? ;) ;)
At least you gave it a go and ended up with a truly superb shot, that you should be really proud of Taffy!!
I would have probably ended up eating the packet and cracking open a beer with the sheer stress... ;)
@ness50. I think I deleted your comment instead of hitting reply! So sorry -- I just pasted it back in because of your note to Kazzy. Thanks so much! Here is your original:
I love the way you describe you process for taking a photo, I think it's a great effect, @kazlamont my partner uses rainex on the car window which makes the rain water 'bead' creating a great effect, not to raid his garage and pinch the rainex hehe” @kazlamont
@salemslot Thanks Paul! The M&Ms definitely were going down as the project went on. The thing with these setups that take time, I find, is that I end up keeping going just to justify all the time I put into getting it ready! I've also learned not to start something like this if we've got any other plans for the evening. At least with this one, you have the reward of a little hit of chocolate for every miss with the shot.
@david68@pflaume@kazlamont -- Thanks for the support! I like reading what others have done to set up their shot, and this one felt particularly ridiculous when I looked back on it. I'm glad you liked the result.
@taffy your welcome ;) and i agree it does justify the time you put into these projects, and yep you do need a heck of a lot of time put to one side to compleate them. I know this from my Water Crown project...
@tuesdaygirl I looked up your antibiotics -- what fun! And not nearly as good to eat when it's over. @sjwyatt30 And I'm still eating them -- probably didn't need the super large bag!
February 26th, 2013
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At least you gave it a go and ended up with a truly superb shot, that you should be really proud of Taffy!!
I would have probably ended up eating the packet and cracking open a beer with the sheer stress... ;)
I love the way you describe you process for taking a photo, I think it's a great effect, @kazlamont my partner uses rainex on the car window which makes the rain water 'bead' creating a great effect, not to raid his garage and pinch the rainex hehe” @kazlamont
Thanks Kevin and Scott!
@sjwyatt30 And I'm still eating them -- probably didn't need the super large bag!