This is my recreation of water movement inspired by Bill Viola. All of the images above are still frames taken from the videos in the post below. As you can see the motion within the images makes them slightly blurry which does represent the movement of the object, however it's the water movement I've set out to capture.
In each of these excluding the last slide I have placed the enhanced photo shop edit to the right. The final slide contains two unedited still frames.
1- This image is probably the best representation of reflection in the above edge of the water, because the camera is placed at the bottom of the sink when we look up to the surface of the water we see a mirror image of the ripples within the water reflection through this, this also reflects colour as you can see from the vibrant orange and yellow bracelet, my favourite convention in here is the use of patterns and the obvious difference in textures. I'm pleased that in the reflection you can see the colours rippling through the movement of the water reflection the bracelet but not to an identical state.
2- This image creates the same reflection style but is also a great example of my own photo shop manipulation. Here it is clearly obvious how I have enhanced the contrast and brightness increasing them to quite an extent which now makes the movement and the patterns within that more visible. This does however make the movement of the strawberry its self-more obvious and the blur around the object becomes enhanced, this doesn’t create the strength of a professional standard image.
3/5- These images are amazing examples of water movement around the object; these ones have captured stills of oxygen bubbles ecstatically moving around. This is such a strong image to create in water photography. I'm really pleased with the outcome of these and would consider them as the strongest images I have collected in this shoot.
4- This image in particular is really fascinating to look at as the change here is the texture of the sauce within water. See as this isn't a solid object it was interesting to see it's reaction against the water. Water is a much thinner fluid compared to the sauce there four when it's added the sauce sticks together creating a strong line which is placed on the right third but as you can see as it reacts with the water further down (the middle of the line) it slowly becomes thinner and starts to evaporate within the water. The stronger parts of the sauce is at the bottom where it's all collected and at the beginning where it's still and independent feature without any watery influences on the substance. This image unlike the others doesn’t create movement within the water but shows the movement of it through the sauce substance. This makes it really fascinating to view.
6/7- These images have not encountered any Photoshop manipulation. I'm really pleased with the strength of the water movement I've managed to capture within these of ripples (6) and light reflection through the surface (7).
From this shoot I want to look at different editing styles which will enhance the capture of water movement and also up my standards by looking at larger areas of water and also larger objects (furniture, people) which will be able to create stronger movement and also test out the reaction of different materials within the water (clothing, hair). I also want to develop my findings and see what other ways I can capture water movement without using an underwater camera.
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