Karina Leeson won first place in Grade C, with the intriguing and colourful image above, in our recent ‘Colour Burst’ competition held at The Midleton Park Hotel on 06/09/17. This is how she made the image:

This image took quite a bit of time to do but was great fun.

First I got 2 chairs and positioned them a few inches apart and lay the glass from a picture frame across the gap. Then I laid some coloured paper on the ground below the glass. I placed a table lamp on the ground with the light shining on the coloured paper. Next I filled a clear glass bowl with water, poured a few drops of oil in the water and placed the bowl on top of the glass. With the camera positioned on a tripod above the set up I got to work. I took lots of shots with different coloured sheets and wasn’t happy with the colours I was getting. It just wasn’t vibrant enough.

I was trying to find some really vibrant coloured paper when I remembered the new shower curtain I had bought. It was multi colured stripes and when I laid it on the ground below my setup it gave exactly the effect I had hoped for.

Well done Karina!

See also:
How I took that Shot – Gráinne Davies
How I took that Shot – Zane Llewellyn
Competition Gallery
Competition Results and 2016 League Table