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Alchemy , a part of the Occult Tradition, is both a philosophy and a practice with an aim of achieving ultimate wisdom as well as immortality.
Hope you like it.
As always, all fav and feedback is very appreciated.
After my last image ( [link] ) a lot of you asked for another one, and some information regarding the set-up.
And a lot asked about manipulations.
None of my photos are manipulated, i use photoshop for contrast, grain removal, colortones and light. But i do not ad or remove objects other then dust and such.
The light circles here/bokeh are from small lights i placed behind the cup.
You can use all sorts of lights, but i really like working with small lights aka christmas-tree lights.
the F1.8 makes the lights totally out of focus.
I used a canon 50mm 1.8 lens here.
i used tape/glue and hang the lights from a ceiling.
It takes a while to get the set-up right, but i love working with it.
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first of all: great shot! really like it (: but if it's not manipulated, why are the light circles on the right a bit in front of the cup and why do they look a little truncated? just wondering (:
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This is just beautiful amazing. I love things that make me rethink how to use a camera and just take my breath away.
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I really love the idea! And the colors!
They are like... perfect!
I relly love the shoot
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I really love the idea! And the colors!
They are like... perfect!
I relly love the shoot
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Intresting tradition in a minimalist and artistic twist
Added to favourites
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You have been featured in my journal: [link] 
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So nice to share your tricks!Lovely serie by the way!
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I love the colours, and this bokeh is great! Fantastic!
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This is lovely. i don't know what else to say
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Merry Christmas!
Your work is featured here, take a look: [link]
Hope you like the article and have the best holidays ever
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Hei. Jeg forsΓΈker Γ₯ gjΓΈre det samme med Canon 1000D. Bruker de samme innstillingene. Bortsett fra Aperture: F/1.8, min gΓ₯r bare til 3.5.
Er det derfor jeg ikke fΓ₯r til bokeh effekten ?
Hilsen en ikke sΓ₯ teknisk hobbyfotograf
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Hvilket F du kan bruke har med hvilket objektiv/linse du har festet til kamera
Canon 50mm 1.8 er et billig og greit objektiv til lav F
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SΓ₯ innkjΓΈ
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Thank you for the feature
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my pleasure
wonderful shot
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what company makes this lens?
amazing shot
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this wonderful photo is featured here: [link]
don't forget to 
enjoy!
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Greatest job.
And if you try to pour a cup of hot water, then evaporation will
refract circles of lights!
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That wohooo smiley is just Hilarius!!
Thanks for the feedback.
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great photo , im waiting for my canon 500d , its my first slr and its sold with a 18-55mm lense , is it the same lense as yours u used in this photo ,
someone reply please , thank you
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this lovely picture has been featured in my
'a cup of bokeh.a mug of love.' news article-[link]
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Wow, what a great idea. This is really awesome.
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whoa, simply amazing! makes me wanna try something like this!
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This is a fantastic shot, no doubt about it.
I am struggling with one thing, maybe I am not thinking about this in the right way...
At the center of each circle is a point of light. Each point of light needs to be visible to the lens in order to create a circle. How are the pints of light behind the cup creating partial circles?
Alex
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your ideas of these lights are amazing the cup is very cute
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Great image.
And it's really nice of you to be willing to share how you set up the shot!
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