Vladimir 2020 34 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Images of human faces from the water surface 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iDigitalMedium Research Team Andres Ramos 120 Posted December 14, 2020 iDigitalMedium Research Team Share Posted December 14, 2020 Very impressing Vladimir! Did you use "natural" water in a lake or creek or water in a bowl? Did you apply special forms of light? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vladimir 2020 34 Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 (edited) I am using a very simple setup. This is a cuvette with clean water. There is a mirror at the bottom of the cuvette. There is also a screen, and a small flashlight that shines on the water. The surface of the water fluctuates slightly. I shoot a short video shortly after turning on the flashlight. Then I preview my movie in a video editor program. I go through successively frame by frame, I search and find human faces! Of course, before filming, I invite guests from another world to visit. The images I find are very low in contrast. I use Adobe Photoshop, I increase the contrast of photos. Edited December 14, 2020 by Vladimir 2020 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vladimir 2020 34 Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 There is a photo here that I especially like. This is a girl in a beret who drinks from a dark cup. During the audio contact, I asked the question, what is the name of this girl? They answered me - Natasha. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iDigitalMedium Research Team Andres Ramos 120 Posted December 14, 2020 iDigitalMedium Research Team Share Posted December 14, 2020 Yeah, I can see her! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shaye 1 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Spectacular images - Thank you for sharing your technique! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iDigitalMedium Research Team Andres Ramos 120 Posted December 15, 2020 iDigitalMedium Research Team Share Posted December 15, 2020 A very interesting and clever setup you made, by the way. You combined reflection and refraction. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vladimir 2020 34 Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 In 2015, I got my first images of human faces. The images were of poor quality, as I now understand, for a number of reasons. I did not use a mirror at the bottom of the cuvette, the surface of the water fluctuated strongly. Then for several years I didn’t get any results at all. It wasn't until early 2020 that I returned to the idea of water photography again. I slightly changed my setup, put the mirror on the bottom of the cuvette, the surface of the water in the cuvette fluctuates very weakly with the help of the micro-fan. In January 2020, images of people began to appear on the installation screen. The image appeared for a while, then disappeared, was replaced by another. Currently, unfortunately, such images that are visible on the screen do not appear, or appear very rarely. Now I shoot video for 10 ... 20 seconds, go through frame by frame in a video editor, and find low-contrast images of human faces. Then increase the contrast in Adobe Photoshop. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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