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redmoonComment by redmoon: Thank you all for the lovely AND helpful comments and of course the overly generous votes.
This was a completely straight forward image to compose. It was done thusly.
Got a sheet of card.
Placed upon the card one used light bulb (I was brought up with pearlescent bulbs, never realised how beautiful clear bulbs can be).
Got one camera, a little tiny tripod (free with a magazine), the Star Wars special edition video box set and an old walkman. Positioned everything in such a manner that the lens was pointing in a downward angle.
Used as my light sources: 1) one flashlight shining through a blue bottle of water (as per my abstract shot âTy Nantâ, 2) one infrared mouse lying on its back. I had to wave my hand in front of the mouse a bit to get the red light to shine, but that aside, it worked rather well.
Post editing included crop, curves (wonderful thing that, you can really improve the colours of an image, methinks), resize, and I think that was it. Oh, and neatimage, of course.
La fini.
If i did it again i would crop better, tone down the pink, and use something that wasn't a light bulb. possibly.
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