When I do my ink drops, there is a layer of oil on top of the water. The ink drops come to rest between the water and oil layers before falling through. These two images are taken of the top of the container rather than from the side as for the ink drops.
The big splotches of color are from drops that have poked through. However, the ink droplets that haven't apparently cause a bump in the oil layer that is catching a tiny reflection along the edge. The oil layer is thick so this caught me off guard. I took a bunch of these in different colors and hope to save them but I don't like the reflection. I can't seem to figure out how to get rid of it though. Before I spend more time on this, I thought I'd ask those of you with more processing experience if it is even possible.
First one has distinct reflection. Second one is the most successful I was at removing it but the larger viewed the more obvious the shadow of it is.
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You may be able to markedly reduce the reflections with a polarising filter if your light source is unidirectional, Ruth.
Hmmmm. that might work as there is just one light shining straight down. All the others are from the sides. Thanks Chris!
Double hmmmm... that won't work, then I'm afraid, Ruth. I didn't look closely enough. It would only work with oblique lighting (as with polarising sunglasses on a lake). Can't visualise whether you could arrange that for this kind of image.
Its ok. This was sort of a "hey check out the top - it looks cool" kinda thing. And, like I said, I didn't even see the reflection until afterwords so I must not have been in too much of a thrall over them! "You can't always get what you want..."
:)
PS - these were cropped out to show the reflection. Should have mentioned that as they are too blown up.
you can see a reflection in the bottom right of this one too. Ug.