This is a double exposure, exposing one half of sensor at a time.
A lot of curve work. Uncreased the dark end and tweaked the red, blue and green.levels, hue sat. Converted to JPEG and applied curves again. This last step is needed to eradicate the intensity of the line. As you note there is a decrease in image quality.
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Set up: glass on wine balanced on wood over pail. Wine glass is empty and covered with lid. Have two filled bottles with air hole above center. One with wine and other with water.
First exposure, top half of sensor. Open shutter and pour wine as it hits lid on glass. Trigger the strobes by hand. Second exposure: remove lid and close top barn door and open bottom. Pour wine inro glass(angle hot or miss, 30 takes) release strobes. Finished. This is same exposure box I used for Split Bout.
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Check the thread, "water to wine in detail" under challenge results.
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Man, my digital camera broke about 2 months ago. I have kinda fallen off on voting, and paying attention to dpchallenge in general. But after seeing the effort you put into explaining this shot, I decided to log in and comment. Great shot. I'm surprised you did it in 30 exposures. The lines are absolutely perfect.
Thanks for taking the time to explain this wonderful shot.
Daniel, this is amazing! You'll always be able to say you can ribbon here with one eye closed:)! This is another image I sat and pondered as to how it could be possible, thought it might be yours! Congratulations on your Ribbon, hope to see you enter again soon. Now stop looking at the computer and get well!
Charmayne
I truly appreciate your kind comments and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. The moment I am set to go I will return. Meanwhile, the light of the screen bothers me and even with a patch and sunglasses it is rather trying. Thank you all, you are all a fine bunch.
Wow, my first guess was completely wrong. This is so cool. I read your comments and I'm impressed by all the effort you put into the setup and postprocessing. If this is not breaking new ground, nothing is. I'm impressed. Adding to favs.
Nice work! I'm developing double vision studying your entry. Well maybe it's the wine... Very creative and great entry for this challenge. I thought you would enjoy this one. Congratulations on another ribbon.
Reading your recent post though, I really think you should have called it 'Water to Wine'. The long-winded, descriptive titles never look nice after the challenge is over.
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I said it was WOW! :) Thank you so much for explaining how you did this, you are indeed a special person. And now I understand about the trolls with the 1 votes, I can take it on my photos but here NO WAY!
No surprise here except that I thought it would get the blue. We have all learned another lesson with this picture from you Dan. Always inspiring. Congratulations.
I admire your "off the wall" approach when entering the challenges. You seem to go on a completely different path than the masses. Hence the reason for your high rankings. Congrats!
Just a great idea! I appreciate not only your ingenuity, and creativity, but also your dedication to constructivly critiquing your contemporaries photographs. I have NEVER typed a sentence with more syllables, WOW! Great shot and thanks! I wish you the best! WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPH!
P.S. I never realized I spelled so bad?
This is just a stunning display of photographic prowess, and nothing short of magic. No way this shot scores under 7. Congratulations on your ribbon! 10
Clearly, since there is a note at the bottom of this picture that it has been validated, I am not the only one saying "how is this possible in basic editing?" Very cool, I am anxious to see how you did this. I hope it gets a ribbon, it has my vote! :)
No wonder why someone would raise a DQ request. It's amazing what you have done here besides limitations of basic editing. Excellent work. Would love to know how you achieved it. Best of luck.
WOW! This is definately BNG! How on earth... The only thing I can imagine is that the water that comes from the bottle is actually red and when there's no more red liquid the white one follows. Something with two liquids that don't blend. Well, I'll have to check your comments after voting. 9. (The background needs some more colour).
It has wit and a little humour, is sensibly and effectively composed and reveals no flagrant technical flaws. Unfortunately, this image relies almost entirely on the miracle of water-to-wine without conveying anything miraculous aesthetically. Its visual ambience remains cold and, perhaps, as dull as an illustration for a winery, drawn from a stock agency.
I am rating this capture accordingly, while adding two points: one to compensate for the limits imposed with regards to editing by the Basic Challenge rules, another for the title. The title, to me, clearly places this photo into a known context, and it does this without, overtly, soliciting a favourable perspective.
I think this image looks slightly better with a white background rather than a grey one. Very interesting effect. I look forward to reading about how you achieved the transition.
great shot. would be better if the liquid(s) were coming from a plain glass pitcher or something - but you score well for trying something new (unlike most other entries) - 7.
This is great. a good capture, and certainly shows inivation.
I've been racking my brain for some time on this one, I think there is a hint in the change in backgroung on a slight diagonal at the intesection between the red and the clear.
Now I need to think what colour you started with....
This is such a great idea (and innovative too)...it's a shame the lighting and background weren't more magical...seems almost stale, as opposed to miraculous.
Still, one of the truly unique photos in the challenge..good job!
What a unique and original idea. So simple and effective in its presentation. Very professionally done photographically. This has got to be a ribbon winner. Great job.
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