Blue Shifted by Chipka
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While Corey watched Airplane! on DVD, I fiddled around with a sheet of paper, an onion-husk, and little cigarette lighters with LEDs on them. I have a habit of collecting those: I’m always fascinated by how bright the lights actually are—for as small as they are. They come in quite a range of colors. Unfortunately, my orange LED lighter continues to reside in Dortmund, Germany. As do a couple of my flashing ones. Oh well…I guess I’ll just have to go back to Dortmund. My paltry, little DVD collection is there too! And the best reason to head to Dortmund…well…there are three reasons: Ronny, Anja, and Carsten…so there you have it. Anja is cool! I love a woman who drives a fork lift at work and then whips up a mean dish in the kitchen, a dish I can’t pronounce, but it’s got plenty of umlauts in its written name. She has a half-blind cat named Lucky also…but according to her, Lucky is only half lucky. And lazy. The last time I saw Lucky, he was a kitten, watching the sofa and pouncing on it if it moved. It never moved, but he was always ready.
Anyway, all of that is to say that I have no shots of onionskins with an orange LED. Yellow, yes. Orange, no.
I was without my blue LED lighter when I took this picture, but I’m rather amused at how blue so much of this image looks. Had I used an actual blue light, things would have oversaturated anyway. Pure LED colors, when photographed in this way, tend to be a bit too…um…pure. White light is a combination of all colors, and thus, easier on a camera with low batteries—or a photographer half-watching Airplane!…surely you’ve seen that movie.
This is, approximately, the sixth or seventh onion skin shot I’ve taken, and now it’s the second one posted. I rather like posting them out of order; it gives me a chance to alternate, mix and match, and…well…just play around. Playing around is inordinately fun, especially when you’ve spent the previous day in a moving truck with a wonky transmission and snow falling in sheets. Onionskins are far preferable to that!
And so here you have it, the second in my onionskin series. There are more. It’s amazing what the skin of an onion on paper can show you. It’s amazing how different one little piece of husk can look when it is the center of focus.
As with the previous skin shot, there is minimal postwork done to this image. It’s been resized, and that’s about it. This has a bit of grain in it that I probably could have removed, but I like the texture of the grain. I don’t know why, but it appeals to me.
Thank you for viewing, and reading, and commenting, and I hope you’re all having a fantastic week. For those who may be buried under snow…I hope that you’re having fun indoors, where it’s toasty and warm.
Comments (28)
ANGELO54
Very good picture. Congratulations.
jocko500
I too have a halve blind cat name cat. cool shot
lwperkins
The grain is pretty--there are a lot of subtle textures in the skin, and I think the grain helps that. For some reason it looks a bit toothy at the bottom, too!
durleybeachbum
Gorgeous! I may have to have a go at 'skins'!
flavia49
fabulous image!!
GARAGELAND
I use skins for other things (wink) Original as always!! 11+
sandra46
SUPERB IMAGE! QUITE EXCELLENT! ACTUALLY AN ONION IS GOOD NOT ONLY AT BEING EATEN AND MAKING POEPLE CRY....
lick.a.witch
A cocoon left behind by some wondrous - what, I wonder. Love it and I'd love to see more of the 'onion skin' parade! Personally, I think the blue tinge adds to it. ^=^
bmac62
My past military experience brought me to conclude that this was most likely an inflated parachute...as you would see it weathervaning into the wind right after the paratrooper had landed and before he had time to collapse it and gather it in for repacking or burial (if he was on some sneaky covert mission like they always are in the movies). Corey might have thought the same thing if instead of watching Airplane he was watching "The Longest Day" or perhaps Richard Burton in "Where Eagles Dare". As for your fiddling with onion skins and LED lighters...great idea and result. I never would have thought of doing this in a million years:)
evielouise
Very creative indeed and I love the blue color look
Orinoor
There is something very appealing about your onion skins. I want to say they are both familiar and other-worldly, all in the same breath. Perhaps we all have onion memories, I know I do.
lior
Superb capture: congrats!
faroutsider
Once again, you've tapped into the beauty of nature's fractals. Wonderful shot.
Crabbycabby
Love the almost translucent look to the skin.
RodS
Hmmmmm - onion skins and LEDs. Your imagination seems to no know bounds, my friend! And that's a beautiful (and inspiring) thing... Very cool!
anianiani
excellent .special.
auntietk
Wow. The same subject, yet a totally different image. What a great idea! The lighting is fantastic. One time a bunch of us were having dinner and I wanted to take a picture of my drink. My nephew had some sort of flashlight source thingie on his phone, and he gave me several different colors to shoot against. They didn't turn out as cool as your onion skin! (I did get a fantastic shot of my scotch, though.)
SSoffia
Dear Friend A pleasure to see you again wonderful effect transparency and color composition:)
rainbows
I like this, Chip. Always a joy to read what you say. I like the blue too. Hugs for all day. Di. xx
kgb224
Stunnin g capture my friend.
Ilona-Krijgsman
I love the colour and the magic of light...such a poetic image in my view.....
helanker
WOW ! I was so sure, you created a story about an alien cocoon that now was empty and your wondered where the alien went. I am a bit disappointed with you Chip ;-)))) Well in spite of no "really" spinnings today, I find this shot pretty amazing. I Love it. I am looking forward to the next shot of this.
pauldeleu
Great lighting.
marybelgium
fabuleux !
MrsRatbag
I love the grain, there's a graphic quality to this that's just wonderful! Wow!
jac204
Beautiful image. Nice series and commentary.
danapommet
Your now famous onion skin has wonderful textures and the lighting is fantastic. Dana
praep
Looks great on that background - I think I will do some macro-shots with fruits and vegetables soon.