Post Challenge
First of all, let me apologize to Larus for the touch of vertigo my pic caused him ,-)
I started off photographing a seashell for this challenge. 1 hour and over a 100 shots later I had to admit to myself that I can’t get ONE decent image of a shell!
Soooo, I got a glass out of the cupboard and started again. One glass led to two, three and then four. Looked fine but needed a spot of colour (water mixed with food colouring). After what seemed like a million shots I started looking at them on my laptop. Aaarrghhh! The two blotchy sensor dust spots I’d forgotten about. I know you’re allowed to remove sensor dust in basic editing, but I just didn’t want to take any chances so I wet cleaned my camera sensor with trembling fingers (hadn’t dared to clean the D2X before) and then took some more shots. Checked them and thankfully the very last one was exactly the one I wanted.
A few mentioned the glass bottoms at the top of the image. I had intended to crop them but when I saw the reflections and refractions, I decided to keep them and I’m glad I did because I think it adds an added unusual touch to the whole thing.
Thanks very much for the comments and votes. I’m totally thrilled with my ribbon and my score.
To ephln Evelyn, I promise you the glasses were backlit. It’s the only way I know to make glass look like this.
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Where are the droplets? I know there in the photo somewhere. I just got done shooting about 240 shots of glass at the "Carriage House Glass
Features the area’s largest selection of decorative glass." and Museum.
Hey John! I did a good job on hiding the droplets REALLY well ;-D
Do we get to see some of your glass shots?
Where are the droplets? I know there in the photo somewhere. I just got done shooting about 240 shots of glass at the "Carriage House Glass
Features the area’s largest selection of decorative glass." and Museum.
Wow, Irene you are on fire! This setup is so unique with incredible lighting. Your vision in photography is outstanding. Congrats on another well deserved ribbon and keep up the great work!
the first thing that came to my mind was an hourglass.
one of the most appealing shots in this back-lit glass category. the way curves are intertwined is just priceless. i personally would have cropped the base of glasses from the top to make this excellent shot a bit "cleaner" though. they add unnecessary complicated element to the shot and takes away viewer's attention from beautiful curves. one of my favorites of this challenge. good luck.
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