Through the Onion Skin by Chipka

Photography • Abstract • posted on Jan 10, 2011

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Funny things happen with a simple sheet of white paper, a cigarette lighter endowed with a colored LED…and the fragile skin of an onion that should be eaten before it sprouts. Funny things happen with a simple sheet of white paper, a cigarette lighter endowed with a colored LED, the fragile skin of an onion that should be eaten before it sprouts. And a camera. The camera is what made all of the difference on the day I made this shot and other shots. There are lots of onion skin shots, this is the first of them. Well, actually it’s the second that I made, but the first that I’m posting. It’s a macro shot, as you can tell, with minimal postwork. In fact the only postwork is a bit of resizing for Renderosity. All other special effects are simply the end result of creative lighting: a desk lamp, a cigarette lighter with a white LED—funny how it reads as blue…and a sheet of white paper. I have multiple LED-endowed cigarette lighters; they come in handy when the urge to create strikes me. That happens quite often. Yesterday, it happened during a viewing Airplane!. Surely you’ve seen that movie…and no, I’m not calling you Shirley. The onion-skin (as well as the onion it came from) belongs to Corey. He hasn’t cooked with it yet. The white sheet of paper, largely invisible here, also belonged to Corey; there’s an upcoming 2D post involving the sheet of paper before this one in the stack. The vague insanity of a Zucker Brothers comedy (if it even made its way into this photo) is…well…it’s probably somewhere off screen, but present, nonetheless. As always, thank you for viewing, reading, and commenting, and I hope you’re all having a great week.

Comments (31)

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danapommet

7:13PM | Mon, 10 January 2011

You amaze me Chip. Always thinking - always looking. Wonderful shot and hope to see more onion skin shots. Dana

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jocko500

7:19PM | Mon, 10 January 2011

look like the end ot the tunnal as ones dies. I guess as that what I heard.. anyway I like this

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lwperkins

7:26PM | Mon, 10 January 2011

I was thinking the movie you were watching must have been a Bond movie! A careful unwrapping of that onion skin for a wonderful abstract image!

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kgb224

7:29PM | Mon, 10 January 2011

Stunning capture my friend.

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ANGELO54

7:30PM | Mon, 10 January 2011

Beautiful.

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MagikUnicorn

7:31PM | Mon, 10 January 2011

LOVE THIS...BIG WOWWW :)

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Orinoor

8:53PM | Mon, 10 January 2011

I love the colors in this and the vague uneasiness from seeing veins in the skin, as if it is part human or we are part onion? Wonderful.

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MrsRatbag

9:25PM | Mon, 10 January 2011

What a really fantastic image! From such simple beginnings you've given us art...gorgeous!

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DreamersWish

9:39PM | Mon, 10 January 2011

I love the simplicity of this image. Lovely colors, textures, and view!

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auntietk

9:53PM | Mon, 10 January 2011

Yeah. My friend Chip said something to me the other day ... anybody could have taken this shot, but nobody else did! This rocks! The color, textures, light, composition, dof ... and it's fascinating on top of that! I can't wait to see what else you're coming up with!

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mgtcs

11:18PM | Mon, 10 January 2011

What a wonderful photo here, splendid depth and colors, superb capture! congratulations!

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bimm3d

11:24PM | Mon, 10 January 2011

cool capture and great idea!!

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blinkings

11:52PM | Mon, 10 January 2011

GOODO!

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Sepiasiren

12:22AM | Tue, 11 January 2011

almost looks like some kind of spectral tunnel--very kewl shot!

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Crabbycabby

12:23AM | Tue, 11 January 2011

Fantastic work. Outstanding.

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beachzz

12:33AM | Tue, 11 January 2011

This reminds me of a kaleidescope, looking thru it and seeing all sorts of shapes and colors. But it also brings to mind another world, as seen thru some strange sort of sprial cloud or something. I'm sure it looks like other things too and if I look at it long enough, I'll see them!

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RodS Online Now!

12:50AM | Tue, 11 January 2011

Perfect example of seeing photos in the most unexpected places and things. Inspiring, Chip!

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sharky_

1:21AM | Tue, 11 January 2011

Something different and interesting. Aloha

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GARAGELAND

3:08AM | Tue, 11 January 2011

Your shear endless imagination never ceases to amaze me. Splendid work!!!!

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durleybeachbum

3:21AM | Tue, 11 January 2011

Like a delicate teepee.

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pauldeleu

5:59AM | Tue, 11 January 2011

Nice shot.

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makron

8:35AM | Tue, 11 January 2011

Impressive and funny capture. Very well done

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helanker

9:14AM | Tue, 11 January 2011

AAAH! What a great idea to take a shot inside a shell of an onion. The result is excellent. I have also once taken a shot of an onion shell but from outside :-) It was so glossy. Just never posted it, I think.

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