Olive Oil: High key

[minicoop1985]

Alright, trying something else. Lit up a bottle of olive oil. I know there's remnants of the label on there (cloning would be a nightmare), but other than that, how did I do lighting wise?

Glass lighting experiment: Olive Oil by Michael Long, on Flickr

 

[tirediron]

Nicely done; the only nit is that the front is under-exposed. A tightly snooted speedlight right under the lens to throw a little light on the label & cap, and you'd nail this.

 

[Braineack]

so what sort of camera/sensor is this leaf thing?

the IQ looks amazing on all these shots.

 

[minicoop1985]

Thanks, John. Actually, I tried just boosting the shadows a bit and the label comes right back into properly exposed without really affecting anything else. That's dynamic range for ya.

@Braineack, it's a medium format setup. Sensor is 2x the size of a standard "full frame" 35mm based DSLR, or 5.8x the size of an APS-C based setup.

@tirediron is this what you meant by brightening them up a bit?

Glass lighting experiment: Olive oil 2 by Michael Long, on Flickr

Same shot, just adjusted the shadows.

 

[minicoop1985]

@Braineack This is it.

Leaf Aptus 22/Mamiya 645AFD by Michael Long, on Flickr

 

[tirediron]

...@tirediron is this what you meant by brightening them up a bit?

Definitely going the right way, still seems a bit dark, but much better.

 

[Didereaux]

In PS take your pen tool and put a point at each corner of the label to make a path exactly the size of the label. then convert that to a selection Mask everything outside the label and apply your curves adj to bring out the contrast etc.

 

[minicoop1985]

In all my time cutting out cars with the pen tool, you would think I would have considered that.

 

[minicoop1985]

In PS take your pen tool and put a point at each corner of the label to make a path exactly the size of the label. then convert that to a selection Mask everything outside the label and apply your curves adj to bring out the contrast etc.

Like this?

Glass lighting experiment: Olive Oil 3 by Michael Long, on Flickr

 

[Didereaux]

In PS take your pen tool and put a point at each corner of the label to make a path exactly the size of the label. then convert that to a selection Mask everything outside the label and apply your curves adj to bring out the contrast etc.

Like this?

lighting experiment: Olive Oil 3 by Michael Long, on Flickr

Nice job! Compare that now with your first post. Quite a difference!

 

[minicoop1985]

Thanks for the help!

Glass lighting experiment: Olive oil 4 by Michael Long, on Flickr

How about this iteration? I like the glass a little darker, but with the label nice and bright.

 

[minicoop1985]

Alright, I think we have a (close to) final product.

Glass lighting: Olive oil 5 by Michael Long, on Flickr

 

[limr]

Great shot, but that's not olive oil.

 

[minicoop1985]

God dammit, Leonore... LOL

 

[limr]

God dammit, Leonore... LOL

Sorry, feeling silly this morning