Dancing paint

I have been looking at photos with dancing paint for years and years and years. Bought the speakers and paint last year. Had to shoot a photo to demonstrate 'sound' and decided it is time.

Brilliant photos and tips here.

My, totally unsuccessful, attempts here:

Will I do it again? Never ever :(
Looking at it again I can see that I focused on the drops on the other side instead of the moving paint. When you look at successful dancing paint photos you don't have an idea how small it actually is - it is only when you do it that you realise you have to go in sooooo close and wipe paint off the lens every now and then. And I didn't use a tripod as I had the whole setup on the floor, should have put the camera on a book or something, instead of holding it.

Light painting

Been wanting to give this a try for a long time. It happened to be a challenge this week for a group I belong to on Flickr (never submitted to this group before, although I have been a member for quite a while). I have kept a coke bottle with the name of my youngest son on it with the idea to use it for light painting.

You need:

• a very dark room
• flash light/ light stick
• tripod
• I recommend a black backdrop
• ISO 200 works fine
• long shutter speed - I used 30 seconds
• aperture f/8
• an assistent - I didn't have one :)

Found some good tips here!

Orbs

Haven't entered anything here for a long time, but discovered how to create orbs today! (thanks to Crow on Flickr)

Whatever program you're using, start with a square-cropped image. Some will work nicely, others may not work as well. Under Effects, select "Distortion," and then select "Polar Coordinates."

1) Convert Polar to Rectangle.
2) Flip the image
3) Convert Rectangle to Polar.

Pencils

I wanted to do this ages ago, but didn't have colouring pencils, then didn't have tape, then didn't have lemonade. Today I gathered everything I need, out into the sun on the deck and took the photos. I am very happy with the result.

Basically used: lemonade, colouring pencils taped together, a dish on top of the pencils to keep it down, clear dish, white background, natural light and lemonade