Fun with wine glasses and food coloring. 3 for C&C

[lyonsroar]

I was having some serious issues using paper as my white background. The texture of the paper kept coming through. I guess I need to use fabric instead of paper?

I took 100+ frames and kept 5.


#1

IMG_1071 by Lyonsroar91, on Flickr

#2

IMG_1108 by Lyonsroar91, on Flickr

#3

IMG_1070 by Lyonsroar91, on Flickr

Anyone have anything to say?
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[o hey tyler]

Did you happen to get a shot of your lighting setup? The end result is really neat, nice work! I like #1 the best, although the exposure could be up just a tiddly.

 

[lyonsroar]

Did you happen to get a shot of your lighting setup? The end result is really neat, nice work! I like #1 the best, although the exposure could be up just a tiddly.

Like every time, I didn't even think of it until I was breaking it down. Good thing it was crazy simple.

 

[Robin Usagani]

You pick a good color. Now you can experiment and mess with the green channel and change the hue to change the color to whatever you want.

 

[Corvphotography]

great work. i like them alot. the first one is my fav.

 

[KmH]

The texture of the paper was showing because the paper was way to close to the glass. That put the paper inside the DOF for your setup.

 

[GooniesNeverSayDie11]

Nice shots. Here is an article I read this week about using subtractive fill. It seems that you achieved a similar effect, but perhaps you may find this fun to tinker with giving you more control of the black outline effect.

How To: Light Glass Using Subtractive Lighting | Popular Photography

 

[lyonsroar]

The texture of the paper was showing because the paper was way to close to the glass. That put the paper inside the DOF for your setup.

I figured that was why. I experimented moving the glass towards the camera and away from the paper, but then I got background on either edge of the paper showing. Not a big enough background.

I'm going to pick up a large piece of white fabric today and we'll retry this. I was happy with the results for the first time trying something new though.

Thank you for your input.

 

[lyonsroar]

Nice shots. Here is an article I read this week about using subtractive fill. It seems that you achieved a similar effect, but perhaps you may find this fun to tinker with giving you more control of the black outline effect.

How To: Light Glass Using Subtractive Lighting | Popular Photography

Nice link. I guess I did kinda get that effect.

I was actually going off this:
Weekend Project - Playing With Food Colors | DIYPhotography.net

 

[GooniesNeverSayDie11]

Nice shots. Here is an article I read this week about using subtractive fill. It seems that you achieved a similar effect, but perhaps you may find this fun to tinker with giving you more control of the black outline effect.

How To: Light Glass Using Subtractive Lighting | Popular Photography

Nice link. I guess I did kinda get that effect.

I was actually going off this:
Weekend Project - Playing With Food Colors | DIYPhotography.net

Yeah, same effect in the shots where the bottom base is black instead of white, except now you have a black base, not just an increased effect on the glass. So you essentially are showing your subtractive fill card being used as your base. Notice the stark difference on the glass contours?

 

[gummibear]

these are pretty cool, I was actually thinking of doing something like this myself.

 

[lyonsroar]

Nice shots. Here is an article I read this week about using subtractive fill. It seems that you achieved a similar effect, but perhaps you may find this fun to tinker with giving you more control of the black outline effect.

How To: Light Glass Using Subtractive Lighting | Popular Photography

Nice link. I guess I did kinda get that effect.

I was actually going off this:
Weekend Project - Playing With Food Colors | DIYPhotography.net

Yeah, same effect in the shots where the bottom base is black instead of white, except now you have a black base, not just an increased effect on the glass. So you essentially are showing your subtractive fill card being used as your base. Notice the stark difference on the glass contours?

My base was white under glass in these pictures. Perhaps I should try a black base when I reshoot with my white sheet? As well as hanging two black sheets on either side to better control reflections.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

I question why you chose to half fill all the glasses? If they were full, you would have much more of the interesting color mixing.

 

[lyonsroar]

I question why you chose to half fill all the glasses? If they were full, you would have much more of the interesting color mixing.

No particular reason.

Just another thing to add to the list of things to try at the re-shoot.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Oh, ok. LOL


Another thing to try, is coating a small item like a BB or something with the color and dropping that in. It will quickly leave a trail of color, and some turbulance, rather than waiting for the color drop to fall. Just something to experiment with yo.