Sadly I don’t have an Adaptalux system yet. So I put a brightly colored scarf under my coffee table and light it with a desk lamp. Then I do what you do on top of the table. Warm water helps the oil to make lovely bubbles. Ben, thanks for getting me started!
"this is one of the most common macro photography... " Thank you sooo much for this as I'm just now getting into macro photography and just absolutely blown away by this "most common photography subjects"
@@Adaptalux One gets a different image every time you move the water. metalic powders can be used i.e.gold silver copper etc., Try different mixes of colours.
After seeing your video, I tried it. I really liked your video because it gave me the idea of how to set it up. I used "colored fairy lights" under the glass pyrex, then on top, I put a glass vase with oil & water. It worked beautifully. THANK YOU!
The best macro photography tutorial. If possible, could you please share the lights and different color filters and where can we buy them from. Also which camera and lens are you using ?
Top shelf video! Excellent information, professional and inspiring enough to make me dive right into the.... (excuse the pun) oil and water. Cheers from Cincinnati, Ohio!
I love this macro photography very much and have already taken many pictures with the oil. Really nice to do in the winter period! grts Carina , Edegem Belgium.
I use a 40mm macro for idk lol. But I found that with the lower minimum focus distance I did this with a tablet with a moving rainbow background in a dark room at full brightness and it came out great.
i love this! ive been doing it for several yrs. however i am trying to find out how to get really clear water? would boiling help? i like to get most of the specs out and cloning is a pain. any ideas?
Hey Patti, I imagine most of the specs you are seeing are coming from elsewhere. Fibres from the cloth used to dry the bowl, perhaps just dust in the air settling in the water. My best advice would be to try and get everything involved as dust free as possible before you introduce water.
@@Adaptalux You know what, I was thinking of the same thing. Too close actually. I was seeing the lights too much and not the oil bubbles. I think the lights need to be further away. Thank you for your reply and I really love your videos. Makes me motivated during this tough time. Work went to a screaming halt.
Hey Paul. I'd say you can probably get some shots with that, it depends on the minimum focus distance of your lens and how close you can get. You might struggle to fill the frame. If you need to get closer, try some extension tubes, they are a really cheap way of getting closer without a dedicated macro lens.
I found this in a rather unique way -- I googled if it was possible to get rid of air bubbles from honey (for the purpose of photography!). I love this and wanted to pursue it and now I have your support. Thank you so much!
Nice to know we are out there for all the honey photographers! You might want to check out the other bubble photography video we did too, shooting the bubble suspended in dish soap - th-cam.com/video/dXIpyTTsHLA/w-d-xo.html
I’ve used colourful wrapping paper instead of coloured lighting. Works really well. Love your clever lights but balk at spending that much on a glorified torch.
There are indeed many other effective ways to do this kind of shot including placing coloured objects under the oil as you do! We definitely found that having an actual light source under the oil makes the kinds of smooth colours you see here much easier to achieve. There are countless objects we haven't tried though, would love to see some of your results if you have them? Ps. Do check out some of our other videos before you write it off as something less than it is. This is just one of the hundreds of ways to use the Studio, many of which would not be easy to achieve without the features of a dedicated macro lighting setup like this.
Another great video @Adaptalux. I have watched the majority of your videos and found them to be very informative, giving me plenty of inspiration. I can confirm that the Adaptalux system is on my to buy list for 2020. I notice that you are using the Novoflex Tripod system, I've been considering this set up but have seen a few bad reports. I was just wondering if I could get your opinion on this tri pod. Regards Kevin from Scunthorpe.
Hey Kevin, thanks for the kind words, glad you are enjoying the videos and finding them useful! The Novoflex is a solid tripod, great construction and materials and the ball head is extremely useful and sturdy compared to others. Only thing missing is a vertical adjustment rail of some sort. If you want to tweak the height of the camera, you have to reposition the legs, which can be frustrating.
Sure! The joy of this technique is that you don't need a super high end or modern camera. Just need to get it positioned right with the right colours and lighting under the oil and you're good to go.
Hi there! Thank you for creating this video...really helped! I just have a quick question though...Instead of using lights under the table, can we use an image (print or digital) which would be reflected in the oil bubbles??
Glad you enjoyed the video. A colourful screen would certainly work, a printed image would do well too, but it would need to be lit up using a bright light source.
@@Adaptalux Thanks a lot for responding! I plan to use an iPad to be honest, so I'm hoping that it should suffice! Thanks again for your upload and reply :)
Excellent I'm really looking forward to my Adaptalux, come quick, I have a Nikon D5600, i have normal kit lens, an AP-F 18-55mm and a Nikon AP-F 70-300mm, for macro what is the lens that used ma Nikon .. From Portugal greetings, Excellent product that you have ... A possible video talking about techniques with the Laser arms and UV arms.
Hey Pedro, our next video will be using the UV arms, and check out the recent Lego Noir video to see some lasers! We mostly use our 90mm Tamron lens for macro work. We used it in this video but it broke shortly after which is a real shame as it was a classic old school lens. With oil and water its pretty easy to use a non-macro lens, just crop your pics down a bit afterwards to capture the best bubbles in your shots! Look forward to seeing your shots when you get your pack!
Try adding oatmeal flakes. What would confetti do ? Add heat on one end and see what it does to circulation in a circular pyrex. Use a fishbowl and dissolve vitamin c crystals or fizzing tablets of anything . I save objects that go in a fishtank and play with textures.
Looks like the 77d can take different lenses, so you just need a lens that gets the subject In frame. All it takes is getting the dish in frame without showing all the edges.
A very helpful and informative video! I don't seem to have the right camera, unfortunately. I have a Canon EOS T7i with an 18-55mm zoom lens and a Vivitar 2x macro lens attached to that. It's impossible to zoom in close enough to get those lovely, round bubbles and the camera won't focus on the few bubbles that do appear--there's no extra zoom dial on my camera which is much more basic than yours. I guess I'll have to wait until I can afford a real macro lens before I can expect good results with oil and water. I did try dish soap in a bottle, as demo'd in another of your videos and also had disappointing results with that.
Hi Ann, Sorry to hear you're not able to get close enough for this kind of shoot. The soap bubbles, in particular, do require very high magnification. Could I suggest some extension tubes as a very cheap way to get more magnification at a relatively low cost.
@@PeterDeLucia I don't see why not, the focal length you will need to shoot at will be determined by the minimum focusing distance of the lens. Give it a go, you will soon figure out how much you can get in frame and how big your bubbles will be.
Super cool thank you!
Sadly I don’t have an Adaptalux system yet. So I put a brightly colored scarf under my coffee table and light it with a desk lamp. Then I do what you do on top of the table. Warm water helps the oil to make lovely bubbles. Ben, thanks for getting me started!
"this is one of the most common macro photography... " Thank you sooo much for this as I'm just now getting into macro photography and just absolutely blown away by this "most common photography subjects"
Glad you found it interesting! It's certainly worth giving this a go as you get started!
No.1 photography. 👍👍
Thank you for the tutorial!
So easy and so genious! :)
I used Christmas lights that changed colors constantly so each shot was different
Awesome idea! Did you have to diffuse them somehow?
@@Adaptalux I used the same thing you did. Here in the states we call them paper towels. great freaking idea by the way.
Thin enough to let the light through but thick enough to give some great diffusion. Handy for clearing up spills too :)
@@Adaptalux XD
Simple and creative. Thank you !!!
Thanks for watching :)
Thumbs up man! Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you. This has been so incredibly helpful
beautiful, brilliant friendly lesson, Thank you.......
Glad you liked it!
Excellent bro it’s super excellent
Just watched this today. Really so simply delivered. Thank you. Have to try it.
Glad you enjoyed it Esther! Thanks for watching.
I use a washing up bowl, water and rapeseed oil, cheap fabrick paints and metallick powders/glitter/ sequins.
How does it look with glitter etc in the mix? I imagine you can get some interesting effects!
@@Adaptalux One gets a different image every time you move the water. metalic powders can be used i.e.gold silver copper etc., Try different mixes of colours.
Beautiful and very inspiring, greats from the netherlands
Thanks Terry, glad you enjoyed it!
Hi! Thanks for very nice and useful video!
which tripod model?
I love the images of Oil droplets.
Thanks!
Learning with relaxing nice
Glad you enjoyed it :)
Great video! The color movements are so soothing! ❤️
Thanks, they really are fun to watch!
After seeing your video, I tried it. I really liked your video because it gave me the idea of how to set it up. I used "colored fairy lights" under the glass pyrex, then on top, I put a glass vase with oil & water. It worked beautifully. THANK YOU!
Glad you gave it a go and managed to get some pleasing results, Suzie.
Great content, thanks.
Most welcome, thanks for watching!
great 👌 love it , hope you will create awesome tutorials like this
We have lots more tutorials on the channel!
Superbe merci pour ce tuto ! Thanks a lot wonderful 👍🏼
Thanks for watching!
This is really a fantastic idea!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
So interesting..I must try today..
It's a very fun project to try out!
I love this.
Thanks for watching!
The best macro photography tutorial. If possible, could you please share the lights and different color filters and where can we buy them from. Also which camera and lens are you using ?
Qué fotografías macro más hermosas !! Felicitaciones !!
Congratulation , Men !! Saludos cordiales desde chile 🇨🇱
Gracias, estoy feliz de que te haya gustado el video!
Great video, cant wait to try it.
It's great fun! Thanks for watching Susan!
Top Video. Where can I get the lights?
They are available on our website - adaptalux.com/studio/
Liquid soap mix with oil will work fantastic 👍
I've used all sorts of fabric and paper but i've not tried different colored lights. Sweet!
Worth a try for a different effect!
Top shelf video! Excellent information, professional and inspiring enough to make me dive right into the.... (excuse the pun) oil and water. Cheers from Cincinnati, Ohio!
Glad you enjoyed the video, come back to let us know how you got on trying it!
Difenetely i will make it...thank you!
Let us know how you get on Vlad!
I love this macro photography very much and have already taken many pictures with the oil. Really nice to do in the winter period! grts Carina , Edegem Belgium.
Glad you enjoyed the video Carina!
Could you please link the light you have in this video please, great video love it
It's the Adaptalux Studio, you can learn more here - adaptalux.com/studio
I use a 40mm macro for idk lol. But I found that with the lower minimum focus distance I did this with a tablet with a moving rainbow background in a dark room at full brightness and it came out great.
Some moving colours under the moving oil looks awesome, glad you got some pleasing results!
I haven't tried yet but gonna! Just have to figure out how to do without the glas coffetable ...
Any transparent surface should do, try propping up a bowl between 2 book towers... make sure it's sturdy though!
Brilliant
great tutorial, tnx u... sorry, What brand is the lighting system you used?
It's the Adaptalux studio, you can learn more about it here - adaptalux.com/studio/
@@Adaptalux tnx a lot !
Sorry if this was covered already. i didn't see a link or mention - What is that 3 tier light device?? Great vid.
Nevermind - I see it's the Adaptalux Studio
Amazing pictures ❤️ what tripod did you use? Thanks
Thanks! Tripod is from Novoflex.
@@Adaptalux thanks for super fast answer :)
Vary vary nice
Thanks for watching
i love this! ive been doing it for several yrs. however i am trying to find out how to get really clear water? would boiling help? i like to get most of the specs out and cloning is a pain. any ideas?
Hey Patti, I imagine most of the specs you are seeing are coming from elsewhere. Fibres from the cloth used to dry the bowl, perhaps just dust in the air settling in the water. My best advice would be to try and get everything involved as dust free as possible before you introduce water.
What Tripp’s ball head are you using here? Do you mind to tell which one please?
It's a Novoflex tripod and ball head, very good build quality.
Adaptalux thx for your answer 🙏🏻
I love it. Thank you
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much. I have not played with my 100 Macro, Used small colored twinkle "fairy" lights, but not getting the clarity that you got.
Fairy light work great! Clarity might be down to your diffusion or the distance between the camera, oil and lighting.
@@Adaptalux You know what, I was thinking of the same thing. Too close actually. I was seeing the lights too much and not the oil bubbles. I think the lights need to be further away. Thank you for your reply and I really love your videos. Makes me motivated during this tough time. Work went to a screaming halt.
brilliant idea brother, thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Love this! I’m saving for Adaptalux lights. In the meantime I’m using coloured scarves and a desk lamp!
Coloured scarves, great idea!
Just a pan of water in the kitchen sink I use. Cooking dyes can be used in combination with the rapeseed oil or washing up liquid. Not together.
What camera are you using please?
Nikon D5600
Really like this video - have you any experiences using text, drawings etc in a setup like this?
I haven't tried it, but I suspect it will have some very cool effects! Let us know if you give it a go.
Great work
Thanks for watching!
Great and detailed tutorial. It's easy to follow for me as a beginner.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Super done ,I like Your explantion sir:)
Thanks for watching Johnny!
I just found your channel and I subscribed. You put a lot of work into this video and it's very nice. Well done!
Thanks and welcome to the channel Clark!
On my focusing distance range (on 100 mm Macro lens) what should the setting be? .3-.5? .5-infinity? or Full? Thank you
Probably .3 - .5 as that will get you slightly closer. Depends on your setup though.
Could this be done with a 35mm prime lens as it’s all I’ve got that will go down into the F Stop 2 range ??
Hey Paul. I'd say you can probably get some shots with that, it depends on the minimum focus distance of your lens and how close you can get. You might struggle to fill the frame. If you need to get closer, try some extension tubes, they are a really cheap way of getting closer without a dedicated macro lens.
I’ve tried it and got some great results with a bit of cropping 👍👍
Thanks for this m8. I really appreciate it.
You are most welcome, thanks for watching!
nice video!
Thanks Janic, glad you enjoyed it!
@@Adaptalux I subscribed! great info and things to try out myself.
Thanks for the sub, welcome to the channel!
👍👍👍👍👍 Subscribed!!
Thanks Jules, welcome to the channel!
I found this in a rather unique way -- I googled if it was possible to get rid of air bubbles from honey (for the purpose of photography!). I love this and wanted to pursue it and now I have your support. Thank you so much!
Nice to know we are out there for all the honey photographers! You might want to check out the other bubble photography video we did too, shooting the bubble suspended in dish soap - th-cam.com/video/dXIpyTTsHLA/w-d-xo.html
I’ve used colourful wrapping paper instead of coloured lighting. Works really well. Love your clever lights but balk at spending that much on a glorified torch.
There are indeed many other effective ways to do this kind of shot including placing coloured objects under the oil as you do! We definitely found that having an actual light source under the oil makes the kinds of smooth colours you see here much easier to achieve. There are countless objects we haven't tried though, would love to see some of your results if you have them?
Ps. Do check out some of our other videos before you write it off as something less than it is. This is just one of the hundreds of ways to use the Studio, many of which would not be easy to achieve without the features of a dedicated macro lighting setup like this.
How and what did you shoot yourself with? Great!!!!! Video, will try after I get a macro lens.
You mean the camera used to film the tutorial? It was just my Samsung S8+
Another great video @Adaptalux. I have watched the majority of your videos and found them to be very informative, giving me plenty of inspiration. I can confirm that the Adaptalux system is on my to buy list for 2020. I notice that you are using the Novoflex Tripod system, I've been considering this set up but have seen a few bad reports. I was just wondering if I could get your opinion on this tri pod. Regards Kevin from Scunthorpe.
Hey Kevin, thanks for the kind words, glad you are enjoying the videos and finding them useful!
The Novoflex is a solid tripod, great construction and materials and the ball head is extremely useful and sturdy compared to others. Only thing missing is a vertical adjustment rail of some sort. If you want to tweak the height of the camera, you have to reposition the legs, which can be frustrating.
what lens did you use?
An old manual Tamron 90mm
Brilliant video! Thanks. Grease proof paper may work as well as paper towel.
I think a couple of layers would give a really smooth effect for sure!
Very nice video
Thanks for watching!
I loved the video. Will a Canon 550D with a macro lens produce images like this? Thanks
Sure! The joy of this technique is that you don't need a super high end or modern camera. Just need to get it positioned right with the right colours and lighting under the oil and you're good to go.
hello what brand of lights are you using.
They are our own! you can find out more here - adaptalux.com/studio/
Hi there! Thank you for creating this video...really helped! I just have a quick question though...Instead of using lights under the table, can we use an image (print or digital) which would be reflected in the oil bubbles??
Glad you enjoyed the video. A colourful screen would certainly work, a printed image would do well too, but it would need to be lit up using a bright light source.
@@Adaptalux Thanks a lot for responding! I plan to use an iPad to be honest, so I'm hoping that it should suffice! Thanks again for your upload and reply :)
What exactly, do you call the device with the tree colors?
It's the Adaptalux Studio, you can learn more on www.adaptalux.com
Excellent I'm really looking forward to my Adaptalux, come quick, I have a Nikon D5600, i have normal kit lens, an AP-F 18-55mm and a Nikon AP-F 70-300mm, for macro what is the lens that used ma Nikon .. From Portugal greetings, Excellent product that you have ... A possible video talking about techniques with the Laser arms and UV arms.
Hey Pedro, our next video will be using the UV arms, and check out the recent Lego Noir video to see some lasers!
We mostly use our 90mm Tamron lens for macro work. We used it in this video but it broke shortly after which is a real shame as it was a classic old school lens.
With oil and water its pretty easy to use a non-macro lens, just crop your pics down a bit afterwards to capture the best bubbles in your shots!
Look forward to seeing your shots when you get your pack!
@@Adaptalux thanks Ben
Nice and informative. Can you please send me the details of the lighting and amazon link ❤️
Glad you enjoyed the video, you can check out the lighting here- adaptalux.com/studio/
Very well done. What lens are you using, your lens look quite far from the subject. Thanks a lot!
Thanks Dania, It was a Tamron 90mm Macro. It could go much closer if needed but for the size of the bubbles, it worked quite well!
Very nice.
Thanks Tim, taking some abstract inspiration from yourself!
Sir how i shot like this woth Mobile...?
You should be able to use all the same techniques from this video using a mobile, though a macro lens is going to be better most of the time.
Great and detailed tutorial. It's easy to follow. Please send me a link where to purchase, thank you again!
Hi Sisomphou, I put a link in my other comment, but you can check it out here - adaptalux.com/
Thanks!
SIR THANKS FOR NICE VIDEO OF PHOTOGRAPHY, I TRIED IT, WANT TO SEND SOME SAMPLES , USED VERY VERY BASIC EQUIPMENT, WHERE CAN SEND SAMPLES ??
pictures@adaptalux.com
Send PHOTOS via mail
Did you purchase those lights from Amazon? What are they called so i can look for them? Great ideas. I have been looking to change up my photography
Hi Lisa, The lighting is the Adaptalux Studio, me make it! You can learn more and purchase on our website here - adaptalux.com/studio/
Interesting! I'm looking to do more macro photography out in nature and this gives me some fun ideas.
Glad to hear it Elizabeth, let us know if your ideas pan out, would love to see what you come up with!
Try adding oatmeal flakes. What would confetti do ? Add heat on one end and see what it does to circulation in a circular pyrex. Use a fishbowl and dissolve vitamin c crystals or fizzing tablets of anything . I save objects that go in a fishtank and play with textures.
Those are some awesome ideas, I may have to do another shoot with some added ingredients.
Please what is the LENS that you used?
It's a 90mm Tamron.
Good tutorial. I need to have a go at this I think :-)
Thanks Brian, I think you should, it's a lot of fun!
On a scale of 1-10.....1 being nothing and 10 being beyond awesome I'd give you a definite 15
Thanks Anon, that made me smile :)
Beautiful and well explained. You deserve more subscribers, so... 😉
Thanks for the sub!
What a good idea! I have never seen this before ;-)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Camera body and lens?
I think this was the d5600 and 90mm Tamron Lens
Followed all the instructions, instead of the lights in the video I used a prism creating a rainbow pattern in the oil and water
Wow that sounds cool, how did it turn out?
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Wow, really interesting effect!
I have a Canon 77D - Not a micro camera. Is it possible I can get same result? Thanx.
Looks like the 77d can take different lenses, so you just need a lens that gets the subject In frame. All it takes is getting the dish in frame without showing all the edges.
I'm new to this channel. Couldn't help but notice the South African flag at 7:30.... Are you a fellow Saffer???
Only until I was 3ish, then to the UK
@@Adaptalux ah cool 😁 glad you have a flag to honour that heritage 👍
Nice
A very helpful and informative video! I don't seem to have the right camera, unfortunately. I have a Canon EOS T7i with an 18-55mm zoom lens and a Vivitar 2x macro lens attached to that. It's impossible to zoom in close enough to get those lovely, round bubbles and the camera won't focus on the few bubbles that do appear--there's no extra zoom dial on my camera which is much more basic than yours. I guess I'll have to wait until I can afford a real macro lens before I can expect good results with oil and water. I did try dish soap in a bottle, as demo'd in another of your videos and also had disappointing results with that.
Hi Ann, Sorry to hear you're not able to get close enough for this kind of shoot. The soap bubbles, in particular, do require very high magnification. Could I suggest some extension tubes as a very cheap way to get more magnification at a relatively low cost.
What lens are you using here? - thank you
90mm Tamron if I remember correctly.
@@Adaptalux Thank you. do you think a 55-200 @ 90mm would work?
@@PeterDeLucia I don't see why not, the focal length you will need to shoot at will be determined by the minimum focusing distance of the lens. Give it a go, you will soon figure out how much you can get in frame and how big your bubbles will be.
@@Adaptalux I will definitely give it a shot! thank you.
I add a drop of washing up liquid to the water before dropping in the oil. Makes a big difference, I think.
Nice video.
Thanks!
Where i will get that led light??
You can find out more here - adaptalux.com/studio/
Sincerely. Could you tell me where I can find these lights that you use to do these wonders,
Thank you
We make them! You can learn more here - adaptalux.com/studio/
Thank you.
Great video thanks - excellently presented but would much prefer no background music when you're talking.
It's much better balanced in more recent videos :)
I used coloured card underneath
That's a great way of doing it, do you illuminate the card too?
I want to buy that light.... I'm from India... Can I..?
Sure can, worldwide shipping from www.adaptalux.com/shop