What an amazing sunset. From the moment I woke up this morning the sky was just amazing and I couldn’t miss the sunset. You would think that living in Hawaii there would always be these huge puffy clouds, bright skies, and amazing sunsets, but that hasn’t been the case for a while. However, so far, this year has been amazing for dramatic skies.

This shot is a view of one of my favorite places to go to relax and enjoy Hawaii.

Illustration of a fish jumping out of the water entitled "Freedom"

Jan

2013

06

2013 / Jan / 06

Freedom

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[title color=”dark” size=”h3″] An extended use of the previous sketch in made with Paper by FiftyThree.com. [/title]

I pulled the sketch I made in the iPad app Paper by FiftyThree.com into Ideas by Adobe.com and continued the process into Photoshop for the complete look.

The first drop of red into the clear blue water bowl.

Nov

2012

03

2012 / Nov / 03

Colorful Water Drop

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/ tags: art, blue, cliche, color, drop, flash, macro, motion, photography, picture, red, sale, still, stop, water

[title color=”dark” size=”h3″] The cliche water drop image! [/title]

Of course I am going to shoot this image, which is not as easy at it looks. In doing this shot I didn’t want to completely re-setup what everyone else has done, but with a little twist.

I set up two flashes under a glass bowl of water focused upward through the bowl to where the drop would hit the surface. Placed a blue piece of paper in the background to help with reflecting a nice blue color into the water, contrasting with the red drops. Then with a red food coloring dropper, squeezed one droplet at a time. The hard part is timing the droplet just before it hit the water surface, or while it hit the surface.