Having successfully grown crystals on sunflower seeds, the next challenge was to capture an image in a make-shift home studio set up. Achieving suitable lighting conditions meant being dependent on sun light, since artificial flood lighting proved to be inadequate. This, combined with limited space were the main obstacles. The image capturing device used was the canon 5d mark iv and a macro lens.
Further development work resulted in an improved image, paradoxically achieved using a normal lens as opposed to a macro lens in the configuration shown below.
Developing this idea led to the construction of a sunflower formed by seeds and crystals. The image could be improved by more dramatic lighting to enhance the crystal structure and to mimic a sunflower more accurately. The image of the dried sunflower below, suffers from rot and is distorted, it would be improved by a better quality of subject. The images below do not fully reflect what was originally envisaged.
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