I always thought these shots looked so cool so I finally decided to try one. It was more work than I thought and there are still a few kinks to be worked out, but for now I tried.
Crop, Saturation, Unshap Mask, NeatImage
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Wow, thanks for all the great comments. For everyone that wanted to know how I did this here it goes........
Starting at the bottom I have a piece of black matte board.
I filled the large glass with water leaving enough room for the displacement of water from the second glass. The small glass I turned upside down and put in the larger glass. I had to let some air out so that the glass would stay at the bottom. The background was 2 pieces of construction paper taped together and propped up about a foot behind the glass. I had 2 light sources, 1 on the left and 1 on the right. Both placed behind the glass pointing towards the background.
I tried many times until i got everything pretty much how I wanted it to look. Repositioning everything until there were no reflections or bubbles or other imperfections showing.
5 - Colors seem ok. Base detracts slightly in my opinion. Overall, a little too close to previous Challenges that to enter a shot like this is taking a certain risk in my opinion, has to be 'extra good', if that makes sense. This with a variation as mentioned in the base and overall a lot cleaner.. likely help this in my opinion. Just doesn't hold my attention/interest enough.
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