A Watched Pot ...by
GeneralEComment by GeneralE: Thanks everyone for the comments. In particular ...
Originally posted by postaltheclown:
Aww 'com on.... it's great. They really didn't get it... |
Thanks! As you can read below, at least a few people "got" it. :)
Originally posted by Dave Gordon:
The gas flame is so clear it makes it hard to see this as a pot with depth. Great idea, though, and great colors in the flame, metal and glass. |
First time I've had a problem with excessive optical clarity, but you are right. I was expecting there to be more rippling or bubbles or reflections but it didn't happen (see further below).
Originally posted by skylen:
Pretty cool. But I can't tell what I see... is it looking down on a burner with a glass pot? |
I see you
can see perfectly well. This is the bottom half of a Pyrex double-boiler ... about the same as a 4-quart saucepan; the handle is exiting the frame tot he lower-right.
Originally posted by photom:
While others had the same idea - no one else captured it so graphically. Perfect idea to use a glass pot and a gas flame. It makes a very unusual but pleasing image. Not sure I like the "dirty looking" area to the left of the flame and in the bottom / top right corner areas. |
No one else (including me) much cares for the dirty stove (mostly stray coffe grounds) either, but I was up against both the submission deadline and getting dinner made, so, since I wanted to isolate the pot anyway, I (mostly) covered up the worst of it in the corners with the white vignetted border. Hey, maybe with a can of white spray paint ... :)
Originally posted by undieyatch:
Like an eye! A interesting gas burner beauty... a circle shape and near abstract elements seen through the water would be a common view, but this makes me look. Apparent strong daylight mixed with the burner flame is a different take to this often used theme. To me very good colour and composition. Excellent work. |
You even see more in it than I did :) I just wanted it to look like a pot waiting to boil. I took this at about 6:30 pm with an east-facing window, so it was more diffuse sunlight (coming from the direction of the handle) and overhead incandescent lighting. The color came out surprisingly well -- it was on complete auto-exposure/white-balance. It probably looks "brighter" than it really is because of all the white border I added.
Originally posted by Kolya:
Clever - I assume its looking down at a glass bowl on a gas stove. Well done. Perhaps waiting a little longer to see some of the boiling... |
I REALLY wanted to wait for some tiny bubbles! I was 1) up against the photo deadline and trying to make dinner at the same time; 2) Too chicken to stick my camera into the path of that much rising water vapor.
My original idea was to shoot from the side, just as the bubbles started to form, but it didn't look good.
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