...mi[nd]graine...

I was hanging out with my buddies when suddenly I was struck with the idea
to take pictures of bursting waterbaloons.

I started to restructure and redecorate our bathroom into
something that resembles a photostudio (the making-of photographs
will follow soon).

4 hours of hanging around in the bathtub, managing the lights and
contrasts, testing various balloons and trying millions of angles followed. During this session me and my roommate * fritsch came up with
even more ideas how to work this particular technique/concept into other
types of photographs. More of these will be on DA soon.

I'm still not quite satisfied with the lighting, but I thought this piece
would be a good start into this new series. Hopefully I'll get better along
the way.

Big thanks go out to *fritsch for the technical support and millions
of other things... Same goes for *aap for coming up with the title
and thereby giving the piece a deeper meaning.

It was a pretty tough project, but i think it was worth it...Well, it was fun, that's for sure..

Technical stuff:
Black fabric (160cm x 300cm)
Different types of balloons
Needles
Towels..
some other things i won't tell..

Canon EOS D60
Canon EF 24-85 mm 1/3.5-4.5 USM 
Canon Speedlite 420EX
Photoflex Multidisc 23inch (gold-side)

Photoshop work
brightend up the whole picture.
added contrast.
erased the needle that pops the balloon
touched up a few little things (erased drops and the rest of the balloon)
added a slight soft-light effect.

I think this is my most difficult and complex work so far, so please don't be do hard on me