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Challenge: Stopped Motion IV (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Seojong-Dong, Republic of Korea
Date: Nov 16, 2007
Aperture: f8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Action, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Nov 16, 2007

 Oye, this was a challenge getting this shot right.

I bought a softbox tent off of eBay in order to replace the one I made at home that sucked. When I got the softox I was impressed by the size and portability of it, so I am happy with my purchase.

I set the softbox up on my kitchen table with three flashes aimed at it. My Sigma 500 flash was in the rear lighting up the background to get rid of the wrinkles and make this a little more high-key. My two Vivitar 283's were on the sides amied at the center.

I started by focusing on the shot glass with the live view. Each time I shot this scene (and it was many) I refocused on the glass with live view. As we spilled the water we would clean it all up and that meant moving the shot glass, and hence the refocusing.

We then added the bottle of Soju. We started by having my spousal unit try to plug the end of the bottle and then move her thumb away in time to get the photo, but her thumb didn't quite cover the opening. So, we had to settle with her pouring the Soju in the glass. Needless to say, she missed more times than she made it. Go back to what I was saying about having to refocus everytime and you will get the idea.

Anyways, This was the best shot for the motion in the glass. She would pour and I woudl wait a split second before firing the shutter. Since we were using lights, burst mode wasn't an option.

Post processing was lightening the background some more. Then bumping the green saturation to make the bottle glow a little more. Then I did a levels layer with multiply and masked out the background and the label on the bottle. I did another layer with screen to make sure my background was white. I had to clone out a few water drops and some water rings on the wood.

Of course I resized, sharpened and saved for web.

Overall this was a challenging experience and when I look at the image, a rewarding one. Unfortunately I am quite sure that this will not be the only water pouring shot in this challenge. So, I lack originality, but the Soju makes up for that!


note: the writing on the glass and bottle are the same. The Soju came from the Doosan Soju factory that we toured on Monday the 11th of November. The Soju and shot glasses were free gifts to us.

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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 11/25/2007 09:08:58 PM
good shot...but the background seems too bright.....7
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Pentax Optio P70
 11/24/2007 10:27:23 PM
very nice
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Leica M9
Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux M MF - Chrome
 11/22/2007 12:20:08 PM
The blown out background adds a necessary contrast to the bottle and the glass. The focus is excellent and the column of liquid is precise. Very good.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 11/21/2007 02:16:16 PM
Great catch. Love the composition and idea. Perfect lighting. Nice work.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 L IS USM
 11/20/2007 06:52:11 PM
great shot
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 11/20/2007 04:48:33 PM
Great shot.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 11/20/2007 10:56:55 AM
nice setup, perfect exposure. wish the surface was monochrome to have less refractions in the liquid
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 II
 11/20/2007 12:43:00 AM
The green bottle really stands out against the white background, looks like a perfect poor. Very nice photo.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/19/2007 01:30:33 PM
OK, just curios - how many takes did it take? LOL
Fantastic capture, yet there is something dull about the image - perhaps the wood table.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 11/19/2007 11:17:11 AM
Nice shot!
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Canon EOS-50D
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 11/19/2007 05:35:52 AM
well done.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/19/2007 03:43:31 AM
Clever.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 11/19/2007 03:40:13 AM
The white in the background is somewhat distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 11/19/2007 01:55:57 AM
Choice of background could hv been better - 6
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