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04-DEC-2009 (c) Doug Cruden

5th - "Like A Hurricane"

Cheltenham, Glos

(from Neil Young's 1977 album American Stars 'N' Bars)

Another lengthy and seminally important geetar-based tune...maybe I'm actually an ageing hippy rocker after all! I must be, my kids tell me I am, and today's post just proves it :o))

A simple set-up here: tumbler full of water, camera pre-focused at the middle of the glass, off-camera flash positioned a bit behind and to the left. I set camera on 2 second self-timer, stirred the water with a long spoon until desired 'plug-hole' shape had formed, and pressed shutter, extracting the spoon just before the shutter fired. Not much post work needed - a bit of Levels and Curves, and I got rid of a few smudges with the Clone and Patch tools. The warm golden-brown colour is ambient light from the flash reflecting off the table-top

Saturday 5th's triangularly wind-blown entry to the Challenge; click here for other geometrically-shaped Pbasers this month


Nikon D300 ,Nikkor 28mm f/2.8D AF
1/60s f/11.0 at 28.0mm iso200 off-camera SB600 Speedlight full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
Antonio Ruggiero13-Dec-2009 13:51
Ottima photo....Bravo....V
Jola Dziubinska08-Dec-2009 01:17
Beautiful image, excellent capture. V.
Maaike Huizer07-Dec-2009 08:55
Great result again, Doug. I hope you kept it dry!!
Carl and Racine Erland06-Dec-2009 08:04
Great work....thanks for the recipe, I've got to give this a try! Is the trick to play Neil Young while you stir?
Cindi Smith06-Dec-2009 04:06
Great idea and great shot! I like this....very, very creative!!!!!!! And, a great song...love Neil Young.
LynnH06-Dec-2009 02:51
Very brilliant! Crazy bubbles! V
Guest 05-Dec-2009 22:33
Triangle and circles competing in the same glass, untill their extinction. Great
Walter Otto Koenig05-Dec-2009 20:41
Great result with this dynamic image. This looks really super. LOL@Marielou. Speaking of Deep Purple about Burn for your next shot?
lisamidi05-Dec-2009 19:05
Lovely warm coloured abstract triangle! v
Johnny JAG05-Dec-2009 19:00
Very nicely done.
Kevin Chester05-Dec-2009 18:06
Nice shot, just opening another browser tab so I can listen to Neil, cheers.
borisalex05-Dec-2009 17:24
What a twist and so intelligently done, Master Doug! V.
laine05-Dec-2009 16:54
This is more fun than watching lame reality shows on TV...great tones...great waterspout result...got to vote, can't help it V
Kathryn05-Dec-2009 12:27
Clever capture - Neil Young definitely a favourite of mine.
Wonderful start to Saturday.
wernere0105-Dec-2009 11:35
Well, you say it´s water, but I thought it´s whiskey (LOL).
wernere0105-Dec-2009 11:33
I suppose a hurricane in your stomach? Great shot and one of the greatest artists too. v
Pete Hemington05-Dec-2009 10:46
You getting very inventive and well worth it with good results like this
Phillip Normanton05-Dec-2009 10:40
A mini-maelstrom - I hope you didn't do a rain-dance as well! The little bubbles are fab!
Stephanie05-Dec-2009 10:03
Awesome! Looks like a tornado! V.! :-)
Marielou Dhumez05-Dec-2009 09:55
Great idea, Doug ! The result is an intriguing abstract triangle in the water !
And, as I'm too an ageing hippy rocker, I know next will be "Smoke in the Water"...!
lou_rozensteins05-Dec-2009 09:24
And a fascinating result. Well done.
Ann...05-Dec-2009 09:02
Great composition - including the apparently still surface gives a very good contrast as well as forming the triangle. Lovely work!
pascal05-Dec-2009 08:50
Excellent photo ! And great musicien. I saw him in a concert last year. Fabulous !
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