According to psychologists, human mind has a tendency to see faces or shapes in the most common of the objects. And by sheer coincidence, this floating ice did exactly the same. I could see the fin of a dolphin, the mouth of a lion and so on.

Photo setup

1. This photo actually came as an accident shot when I was trying to capture the image shown in ‘Juice glass shadow‘ post
2. As part of the original setup I had ice floating in ice cold water ( ice melts much faster in normal warm water) which was in a glass tumbler ( the same glass tumbler used in ‘Juice glass shadow‘ post, although the ice had melted when I was taking the photos for that post)
3. I took some side shots and tried different angles but I was not getting what I wanted
4. Kept the glass on the table and adjusted the tripod to make the camera directly above the ice with the camera facing down on the ice
5. Reverse mounted the lens ( for macro photography ) to get a full frame view of the ice
6. And here comes the most interesting part – Lighting. I used a table lamp that had 31 round LED lights that illuminated the light in the way show in the picture
7. The LED lights were casting beautiful patterns on the ice
8. I moved the ice a bit around the water to get some nice shapes
9. Finally, a few adjustment using the table lamp as well as with the right aperture( manual control ) and focus, I got what I want

Details about the image

Post processing

1. Increased contrast by several points
2. Added a green tint
3. Decreased brightness

Original Image

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