The drinking glass I picked up at a thrift store with the intention of planting sprouts in it this winter. But for now it has been sitting on a table next to the window. This morning I dropped two small tomatoes into it, just a placeholder until I chop them up for salad later. Then that thing happened again. While at the keyboard I happened to glance over my shoulder and there it was, a curious light on the tomato as the morning sun shone through the curves of the green glass. At first my focus was purely the tomato but as I hunched over my still life I noticed what was happening at the base of the glass. So I placed a piece of black cardboard beneath the glass, removed the tomatoes and added some water. This is what I saw.
I changed the level of the water. I placed the green glass on top of a clear glass to raise its height. At one point I dropped in an ice cube.
It was just fun to see what changes might take place.
I set aside the green glass and replaced it with a clear square glass that has a thick bottom. I photographed its pyramid like base and that was pretty cool.
Overall, my “experiment” took about 15-20 minutes.
Not much clean up. Just some glasses to dry.
Just some glasses to dry.
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