Make glass & chrome jump out!

[Raincheck]

Hi all,

I try to find a way to make glass & chrome jump out I over did it here in this example:

 

[Trever1t]

It's not jumping out for me. I see your shallow DOF, is that what you meant?

 

[Majeed Badizadegan]

Too many gray's across the spectrum of this image. you should try shooting against a background that will give your subjects more contrast and thus stand out more prominently.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Light!


"Light, Science, Magic", It's a book. Get it!

 

[Ron Evers]

I rather like the image but I do not think the lemon or cigarette fit in.

 

[Holydeath]

I would put some sort of backdrop behind to makes the background less distracting.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

But the background adds some context. Proper lighting would make that glass sing!

 

[jahcyber]

I'm noob. So, how does one use lighting on a subject where light just passes through it? Maybe, use a large reflector so it can generate a large reflection on the glass?

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Think about the properties of glass, and how it carries light (fiber optics), reflection, and refraction. How can that be used to highlight edges, and define the shape?
Science!

 

[KmH]

Yep, the light is for defineing the edges of the glasss.

Get the every-new-photographer-should-have-it book.....Light Science and Magic, Fourth Edition: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting

 

[wickedmouse383]

I would put some sort of backdrop behind to makes the background less distracting.

I agree. I have recently learned about controlling whats in the background of my shots due to distractions.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

You can also control the background by lighting the foreground.

 

[enzodm]

By the way, the chapter of the book describing how to light glass (black or white background) is the most intricate but also the most intriguing. Nice reading. I did not yet tried the exercise, but in exchange I stopped shooting glasses at random . OP: there is also a chapter for metals .