P E T R O L
Today as I was walking to the bus stop I was distracted by a shiny puddle on the ground. I immediately thought this might be useful to my project as I had not thought of looking at light reflecting onto things in this way. The iridescent colours in the puddle were really vibrant and I loved the way they merged together to create a rainbow. After discovering this colour pallette I then went onto do some further research into these reflections.
These patterns occur because the oil spreads out to form a very thin film on the surface of the water, but of varying thickness. In some places it is literally a molecule thick, whilst in other places it is much thicker. When light passes through the oil some of it is reflected back off the different layers of oil, whilst some carries on and is reflected off the surface of the water lying below. Because the light waves have now travelled different distances before being reflected they mix together producing a spectrum of colours - because the thickness of the oil layer varies.
I feel like this photography is key already within my project, as it brings together all the aspects of my project so far. Light. Urban. Colours. Edgy.
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