Hydrophobic Universe

Posted on March 4, 2013 by spilledinkguy

Oil and water. Just chillin’. Or… not.

Ron Burgundy: “If you want to throw down in fisticuffs, fine. I’ve got Jack Johnson and Tom O’Leary waiting for ya, right here.”

– Will Ferrell – Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

About this image: digital photograph (Canon 600D) lightly modified in Adobe Photoshop

74 thoughts on “Hydrophobic Universe”

cocomino on March 4, 2013 at 5:59 am said:

How unique. I remembered a space. There are many planets.

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- spilledinkguy on March 4, 2013 at 7:28 am said:
  
  Thank you very much, sir!
  This reminded me of space, too!
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Carol O. on March 4, 2013 at 6:57 am said:

Good shot, good title! Daughter and son-in-law can quote, I think, the whole Ron Burgundy experience (which makes me guess you’re late 30s, early 40s!). They were horrified that I’d never seen the movie–foisted it upon me during an innocent visit, leaving me with the impression it’s almost a sequential *adult* version of Napoleon Dynamite, which I grew to love. Suffice it to say I grew up amid Ron and friends, and later gave Napoleon and friends rides to high school! You’re fun as well as talented, SIG.

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- spilledinkguy on March 4, 2013 at 7:31 am said:
  
  A very good guess, Carol – I just turned 33 about a week ago. Yeah, it’s a pretty ridiculous movie… I like to watch it every now and then, though (when I don’t feel like doing too much mental heavy-lifting). I’ve seen Napoleon Dynamite quite a few times, too. The sad part about that is how much of the film reminds me of how I grew up – in a very strange sort of alternate universe kind of way.
  And thank you! So very much!
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  - Syncopated Eyeball on March 13, 2013 at 5:29 pm said:
    
    Oooh! I hope your birthday was fun, Robert.
    Oh, I’m old enough to be your mum!
    
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    - spilledinkguy on March 13, 2013 at 9:50 pm said:
      
      Thank you so much, S.E… it was very nice!
      Well, I feel old enough to be much, much, much older than that, S.E…
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      - Syncopated Eyeball on March 14, 2013 at 1:23 am said:
        
        Uh oh! I know that feeling.
      - spilledinkguy on March 14, 2013 at 10:41 am said:
        
        Maybe it will pass after a nap.
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jbstoons on March 4, 2013 at 9:43 am said:

And they say oil and water don’t mix.

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- spilledinkguy on March 7, 2013 at 8:02 am said:
  
  Hahaha… I was thinking the very same thing!
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suitablefish on March 4, 2013 at 9:59 am said:

Beautiful blueberry universe!

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- spilledinkguy on March 4, 2013 at 4:45 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, S.F!
  I kind of want a blueberry muffin now!
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Mary on March 4, 2013 at 10:05 am said:

Wow! great mix! Love the shades of blues and violets…oil and water does mix (in this instance) 😀

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- spilledinkguy on March 4, 2013 at 4:45 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Mary! I kinda fudged the colors a bit… but something tells me you wouldn’t be too surprised to hear that!
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  - Bo Lumpkin on March 6, 2013 at 8:44 am said:
    
    First you mention blueberry muffins and now fudge. I’m going to have a snack.
    
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    - spilledinkguy on March 6, 2013 at 12:51 pm said:
      
      Doesn’t sound like a bad idea to me, either!
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Jackie Cangro on March 4, 2013 at 11:42 am said:

Tiny bubbles! What is it about little bubbles that makes me so happy?
(Reminds me of the dog-baby-bubble video clip I posted a couple of weeks ago!) Just so cheerful.

Have a great week SIG!

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- spilledinkguy on March 4, 2013 at 4:44 pm said:
  
  You find the best videos, Ms. C (I don’t know how you do it)! And thank you! Very much!
  I hope that you have a wonderful week as well!
  
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icastel on March 4, 2013 at 11:49 am said:

Awesome concept! 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on March 4, 2013 at 4:42 pm said:
  
  Many thanks!
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fernigan on March 4, 2013 at 1:32 pm said:

I love this! It really gets the imagination going 🙂
Did you used oil and water to do this sorry? 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on March 4, 2013 at 4:42 pm said:
  
  I’m so happy to hear that, thank you!
  Indeed – you have a very good eye! This is water and vegetable oil that I put in a clear pan (and experimented with different backgrounds / lighting / etc.)!
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The Bumble Files on March 4, 2013 at 2:01 pm said:

Oh, tres cool! I want to live there. Nice effects. I really don’t know how you do this, Robert. Once again, I’m stunned and amazed by your creativity. Beautiful work!

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- spilledinkguy on March 4, 2013 at 4:40 pm said:
  
  Thank you so much, Amy!
  Really I’m just stalling a bit until it gets a bit warmer outside (although I’ll probably still be doing the same kind of things then, too)!
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pattisj on March 4, 2013 at 2:41 pm said:

Was this leftover from your dish washing experiment? It’s way cool, seriously like your own little corner of the galaxy.

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- spilledinkguy on March 4, 2013 at 4:39 pm said:
  
  Hahaha… well, I did have to lower the dish soap level quite a bit to break-up all the vegetable oil I poured into the pan…
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Unapologetically Mundane on March 4, 2013 at 3:30 pm said:

Pretty sure you mislabeled this. It is, in fact, the cosmos. I think I just saw the Death Star. j/k. I’ve never seen Star Wars and have no idea what that looks like.

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- spilledinkguy on March 4, 2013 at 4:38 pm said:
  
  NEVER SEEN STAR WARS?!?!
  *dun dun dun*
  I… I…
  *dun dun dun*
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Derrick Birdsall on March 4, 2013 at 3:59 pm said:

Yowza!!! I will never look at grape soda the same way again!!!

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- spilledinkguy on March 4, 2013 at 4:37 pm said:
  
  Hahaha… you know me… I couldn’t stand sacrificing my Coke, so…
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Tony McGurk on March 4, 2013 at 4:37 pm said:

In space nobody can hear you drown.

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- spilledinkguy on March 4, 2013 at 4:47 pm said:
  
  Remind me to bring my floatation device!
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  - Tony McGurk on March 6, 2013 at 7:19 am said:
    
    Throw me the flotation device Hal!!!
    I’m sorry, I can’t do that Dave…
    
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    - spilledinkguy on March 6, 2013 at 12:51 pm said:
      
      Hahaha… space-swim at your own risk, I guess…
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pegoleg on March 4, 2013 at 4:47 pm said:

Coooool. Hydrophobia – isn’t that what you get when you’re bit by a rabid dog?

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- spilledinkguy on March 4, 2013 at 5:31 pm said:
  
  HA! I guess that would explain the foamy bits…
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  - Bo Lumpkin on March 6, 2013 at 8:46 am said:
    
    I thought Hydrophobia was a fear of fire hydrants. Guess I better do some research.
    
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    - spilledinkguy on March 6, 2013 at 12:51 pm said:
      
      Ha! I don’t think many of the dogs in my neighborhood seem to suffer from that…
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bearmancartoons on March 4, 2013 at 4:51 pm said:

Oil and water…don’t mix but they play well together

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- spilledinkguy on March 4, 2013 at 5:33 pm said:
  
  And they work very well together when making a mess of my kitchen / set.
  I probably had something to do with that, too, of course…
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Binky on March 4, 2013 at 5:34 pm said:

That’s a photo? I thought it was a painting you did. Very neat!

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- spilledinkguy on March 6, 2013 at 1:02 pm said:
  
  I like the sound of that, Binky… something like this would probably be a lot of fun to paint (I might just have to add that to my list-o-ideas)! And thank you, sir! Very much!
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frigginloon on March 4, 2013 at 6:02 pm said:

Looks like my bath water 😯

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- spilledinkguy on March 6, 2013 at 1:01 pm said:
  
  HA! Could be worse…
  I didn’t see any feathers floating around or anything…
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nrhatch on March 4, 2013 at 9:00 pm said:

Very cool!!! 😀

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- spilledinkguy on March 6, 2013 at 1:00 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Nancy!
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pix & kardz on March 5, 2013 at 1:54 am said:

wow – bubblicious eye candy! very, very cool indeed, SIG. i prefer a dishwasher to washing dishes by hand, but i see that i am missing out on a big, wide world of wonderful.

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- spilledinkguy on March 6, 2013 at 1:00 pm said:
  
  Hahaha… as the official dishwasher around these parts I can relate! These things have to have their perks, right?!
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jakesprinter on March 5, 2013 at 3:58 am said:

Great creation of abstract image Bob I love it 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on March 6, 2013 at 12:59 pm said:
  
  Why, thank you, sir! Very much!
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Syncopated Eyeball on March 5, 2013 at 4:53 am said:

Yummy rich colours. And the bubbles look like they’re really bubbling up. Cool!

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- spilledinkguy on March 6, 2013 at 12:59 pm said:
  
  Thank you, S.E…
  I think I’m happier with this than the soap bubbles at the moment…
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Syncopated Eyeball on March 5, 2013 at 4:56 am said:

Oh yes, I can’t access like buttons from my phone anymore. So unless I’m in the internet cafe or I’ve borrowed a computer proper my beady eye will not be present…

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- spilledinkguy on March 6, 2013 at 12:58 pm said:
  
  I sure know how that goes, S.E…
  and I always sincerely appreciate your thoughts (even if technology is being a bit off)…
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Deb on March 5, 2013 at 11:29 am said:

Looks like our outer space. Very cool looking! 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on March 6, 2013 at 12:55 pm said:
  
  Many thanks, Deb! I thought it looked a bit space-like, too!
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Patti Kuche on March 5, 2013 at 6:02 pm said:

A little Ron Burgundy sure goes a long way but I shall happily take the magic bubble ride!

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- spilledinkguy on March 6, 2013 at 12:54 pm said:
  
  Hahaha… I guess he’s a bit of an acquired source of entertainment, isn’t he?!
  Thank you very, very much Ms. K!
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Gray Dawster on March 5, 2013 at 7:04 pm said:

This reminds me of Sodium on water, have you ever
done that, dropped a piece in there and watched how
it glides along making a nice glow as it moves along?
I know that there is no flaming in this piece of art but
the bubbling is a cool reminder 🙂 I like this a lot SIG 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on March 6, 2013 at 1:04 pm said:
  
  Very cool, Andro – now that you mention it, I think I might have done something like that in a high school chemistry class. I wish I could remember if that’s what we were supposed to do, or…
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elmediat on March 5, 2013 at 8:24 pm said:

Excellent composition. Now what this reminds me of is a comic book. Really showing my age, Mighty Thor , illustrated by Jack (The king0 Kirby. Thor’s first encounter with EGO the Living Planet and and the Bio-verse. Kirby used a photo-montage to create the first full page shot of Ego. This was back in the day of basic pulp paper primary colour comics ( no computers). Just blew us away. 😀

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- spilledinkguy on March 6, 2013 at 12:53 pm said:
  
  Now I’m intrigued to find out more – I think I’ll have to do a little research!
  I love pulp illustration – so cool… I might be working on something very loosely related to that at the moment as a matter of fact…
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Bo Lumpkin on March 6, 2013 at 8:49 am said:

I love the Oil and Water picture. Usually I have no idea about the movie references. I also have no idea how you keep coming up with such amazing photographs. I have spent hundreds of dollars on digital equiptment and cameras, etc. and I have a very nice collection of pictures of my thumb and of my knee where I am trying to look at the settings and take a picture of it.

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- spilledinkguy on March 6, 2013 at 12:49 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Bo! And I wouldn’t worry about the movie stuff. I usually just put that in so folks who might not know what to say about my image have something else to talk about if they want (you never seem at a loss for a kind / entertaining comment, though – so it really doesn’t matter)!
  Hahaha… I’ve got plenty of those photos, too. I just take so many that sometimes I can find one or two to try work with.
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Japanese Ghost on March 6, 2013 at 4:58 pm said:

Very nice. Space the final frontier, and not very hard to get to apparently, just check your local auto mechanic after and oil change. 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on March 7, 2013 at 7:25 am said:
  
  Hahaha… parking-lot… warp one… engage!
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Martin on March 6, 2013 at 5:33 pm said:

Fantastic abstract with a name that suggests so much more 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on March 7, 2013 at 7:16 am said:
  
  Thanks, Martin!
  Hydrophobic / Hydrophilic are two of those ‘science terms’ that just seem to ‘stick’ with me for some reason (even this many years after studying about them)…
  it’s interesting… I never really know when they’ll ‘pop up’!
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naturephotorehab on March 8, 2013 at 4:12 pm said:

Truly excellent from conception through processing.

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- spilledinkguy on March 9, 2013 at 6:24 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much! This one was fun to play around with – I might have to try another version in the future!
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Sabina Brave on March 9, 2013 at 6:07 am said:

It looks really interesting Mr. SIG 🙂

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- spilledinkguy on March 9, 2013 at 6:21 pm said:
  
  I’m very happy to hear that, Ms. B! Thank you so much!
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ristinw on March 23, 2013 at 4:23 am said:

Woohoo! You play God!! 😀 What an amazing world you have created!!!

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- spilledinkguy on March 24, 2013 at 8:48 pm said:
  
  Hahaha… or the opposite of that, I guess… whatever that is!
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