Forum: Photography

Subject: Lava Lamps

TwoPynts opened this issue on Feb 08, 2006 ยท 11 posts

TwoPynts posted Wed, 08 February 2006 at 11:56 AM

Has anyone ever had any success photographing lava lamps? I have one so I figured I'd give it a go. This was just a quick attempt, but it tells me that I need to put some more effort into it if I'm gonna get a decent image. Anyone else? C'mon, I know a bunch of you guys have them! ;^]

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

solrac_gi_2nd posted Wed, 08 February 2006 at 12:59 PM

I would love to share one but ... I do not have any of these lamps. It is not easy to photograph !

Onslow posted Wed, 08 February 2006 at 1:36 PM

Lava lamp ! Nope sorry lost mine in the 60's :( Neat looking jar of pickled eggs you got there :)

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

TomDart posted Wed, 08 February 2006 at 9:46 PM

I lost mine when I got rid of the "fondue pot". Sorry!

DJB posted Thu, 09 February 2006 at 12:54 AM

Never had one. Used to just stand outside the store and stare at them in the window. Hey mannnnn... You can do some pretty cool things with the photos of them though. Have seen a few in this site.

"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions."


TwoPynts posted Thu, 09 February 2006 at 9:43 AM

Got any links?

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

coolj001 posted Fri, 10 February 2006 at 3:59 AM

One of my first uploads here was back in Feb.03' was a picture that included a lava lamp. I used a 2.1 MP point-&-shoot HP Photosmart..my first digital :-)

TwoPynts posted Fri, 10 February 2006 at 8:08 AM

Ahhh, cool. Thanks for joining the fun. ;] Guess I need to dust mine...

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Misha883 posted Fri, 10 February 2006 at 7:25 PM

I bought one from Wally-Mart a few months back with the same intention. The glass inside has many wax blobs stuck to it, so was not really happy with result. Any way to clean the insides of these, or do you just get used to it after staring for awhile?

silverhalide posted Sun, 12 February 2006 at 4:43 PM

shot this for Christmas 2003 and was in my old gallery...my trick was to watch it for a very long time and place a black card behind the glass to minimize reflections, then postwork the crap out of it. The background came with Paint Shop Pro in the texture files...happy belated Christmas! (lol)

Tip of the ole Hat

[]/;^)

TwoPynts posted Mon, 13 February 2006 at 8:30 AM

Hey, pretty cool! THanks for the tips!

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations