Hi Ben! One thing I did a few years ago was photograph not ice cubes, but ice crystals, which made for some very interesting shots. This was outside though, under natural light. I'll give this a go and let you know how I get on. 😊😊
Ice crystals are super cool, just a bit harder to find if the conditions aren't right. Ice cubes can be done year round though so let us know how you get on with this shoot!
What timing! I just froze a yellow rose in a bowl of water and will be taking photos of it tonight and never thought to try to add in the Adaptalux into the mix. Now I'm looking forward even MORE to get to it, Ben. Great video...per usual!
Just had a ball doing this. I bought a bag of ice from distilled water. It was perfect since the cubes were very clumped and frosty. That made for background mountains, crevasses, etc. I was pretty happy with 2 colors shooting. Editing was fine and then I started really messing with the tone curve... mind blown.
Hi Ben! Just discovered your videos and I'm already so excited to start doing macro photography! I have a Canon EOS 500D, just wondering which lens you would recommend for it? Looking at a budget between £200 - £500, would love your advice :)
I use a Tokink f2.8 100mm macro or an old Tamron 90mm for most of my shots, both are very reasonably priced lenses but I don't have a huge collection to recommend so I'd have a look at some reviews of Laowa too, they seem to be popular at the moment.
i have this macro ice type shoot on my bucket list and seeing your lights working from under the ice is very intriguing and looks beautiful! Question: your extension tubes move in/out 🤔 can you please give a name & link to those along w/ size they are - i have used ext tubes but they are of diff thickness and stack together but no focus movement as yours appear to do. thank you
Stackable extension tubes are the way they are done these days. The extendable ones we have are a bit of antique, there's no markings or brand on them and have been passed around quite a lot so we're not really sure where they came from unfortunately! Bellows would give the same effect.
@@IonutNedelcu Cool stuff, are you stacking them to make startrails? I've done a few of those in the past but never managed to get the mily way due to light pollution.
@@Adaptalux I am stacking but not for star trails. I'm doing Deep Sky (nebulae, galaxies etc) and Moon. Unfortunately light pollution is very bad almost all over the UK. In my area it's Bortle 6-7 but I'd love to take a trip to Wales or North Scotland where there are sore really dark skies. Now that the rainy season is upon us, I'm going back to macro. I want to try ice and lightbulbs like you did :)
Probable solution to the "cloudy ice cube" problem mentioned at 1:42 in this video: I have not tried this yet, but see no reason that it would not work. My suggested solution would be to use distilled water for making the ice cubes instead of tap water. Distilled water has had all the minerals and impurities removed by the manufacturer. Therefore, there should be no cloudy ice cubes when using this technique. Note, that one would still have to take care to not freeze the distilled water when there is a chance that it might contain multitudes of small/microscopic air bubbles. However, letting the distilled water sit in one place for a relatively short period of time before freezing should eliminate any bubbles (if present).
The lens is a Zuiko 50mm for Olympus, very old, was probably a kit lens with a film camera at one point. The extension tubes are equally ancient and unfortunately have no branding at all so we're not sure where they came from originally!
Hi Ben! One thing I did a few years ago was photograph not ice cubes, but ice crystals, which made for some very interesting shots. This was outside though, under natural light. I'll give this a go and let you know how I get on. 😊😊
Ice crystals are super cool, just a bit harder to find if the conditions aren't right. Ice cubes can be done year round though so let us know how you get on with this shoot!
Love your videos the lights make the shots love to get my hands on the lights to try out they would be fun.
Glad you're enjoying the videos! Thanks for watching!
What timing! I just froze a yellow rose in a bowl of water and will be taking photos of it tonight and never thought to try to add in the Adaptalux into the mix.
Now I'm looking forward even MORE to get to it, Ben.
Great video...per usual!
Can't wait to see the results of that shoot! Some extra light in the background will make things interesting for sure!
Just had a ball doing this. I bought a bag of ice from distilled water. It was perfect since the cubes were very clumped and frosty. That made for background mountains, crevasses, etc. I was pretty happy with 2 colors shooting. Editing was fine and then I started really messing with the tone curve... mind blown.
There's so much that can be done with something as simple as Ice, glad you're having fun with it!
Love the texture & colour. Another great video
Thanks for stopping by as always Jean!
Those two color setups look amazing! Awesome video!
Thanks Wolf! Ice is pretty cool, but I think a bit of colour really makes it stand out!
Hi Ben! Just discovered your videos and I'm already so excited to start doing macro photography! I have a Canon EOS 500D, just wondering which lens you would recommend for it? Looking at a budget between £200 - £500, would love your advice :)
I use a Tokink f2.8 100mm macro or an old Tamron 90mm for most of my shots, both are very reasonably priced lenses but I don't have a huge collection to recommend so I'd have a look at some reviews of Laowa too, they seem to be popular at the moment.
I did a frozen bubble, thick bubble mixture I bought from Amazon & used my white Adaptalux light
I saw it in the Facebook group, really good stuff! Not something I've tried yet but I'm sure we will get around to it one day!
Hint. Stand the ice block on a rubber band to stop vibrations and keep it still
Oh, clever! Great idea Rob.
Icecome video!
i have this macro ice type shoot on my bucket list and seeing your lights working from under the ice is very intriguing and looks beautiful!
Question: your extension tubes move in/out 🤔 can you please give a name & link to those along w/ size they are - i have used ext tubes but they are of diff thickness and stack together but no focus movement as yours appear to do.
thank you
Stackable extension tubes are the way they are done these days. The extendable ones we have are a bit of antique, there's no markings or brand on them and have been passed around quite a lot so we're not really sure where they came from unfortunately! Bellows would give the same effect.
I've been meaning to do this for 6 months now :)) I need to get off my lazy ass and get it done!
It's surprisingly addictive once you get into it... cold hands though!
@@Adaptalux I know. I've recently started astrophotography and that is so addictive. Just like macro!
@@IonutNedelcu Cool stuff, are you stacking them to make startrails? I've done a few of those in the past but never managed to get the mily way due to light pollution.
@@Adaptalux I am stacking but not for star trails. I'm doing Deep Sky (nebulae, galaxies etc) and Moon. Unfortunately light pollution is very bad almost all over the UK. In my area it's Bortle 6-7 but I'd love to take a trip to Wales or North Scotland where there are sore really dark skies. Now that the rainy season is upon us, I'm going back to macro. I want to try ice and lightbulbs like you did :)
@@Adaptalux funny enough, for many of my astro photos I've used my Sigma 105mm Macro lens :)
Probable solution to the "cloudy ice cube" problem mentioned at 1:42 in this video:
I have not tried this yet, but see no reason that it would not work. My suggested solution would be to use distilled water for making the ice cubes instead of tap water. Distilled water has had all the minerals and impurities removed by the manufacturer. Therefore, there should be no cloudy ice cubes when using this technique. Note, that one would still have to take care to not freeze the distilled water when there is a chance that it might contain multitudes of small/microscopic air bubbles. However, letting the distilled water sit in one place for a relatively short period of time before freezing should eliminate any bubbles (if present).
Yep, distilled water would do it. Boiling before cooling and freezing should reduce air bubbles too.
Hello what is the lens and extension tubs you are using as I brought some cheap ones a while a go and there rubish
The lens is a Zuiko 50mm for Olympus, very old, was probably a kit lens with a film camera at one point. The extension tubes are equally ancient and unfortunately have no branding at all so we're not sure where they came from originally!