Light and Glass: Glass and More Glass! by auntietk
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Description
When I found out the February Forum Challenge was all about light, I got busy trying new things!
Here we have a small glass vase (about three inches tall) sitting on my desk, which has a glass top. What you see in the bottom half of the photograph includes the reflection of a print that's hanging on the wall above my desk (large watercolor flowers), and it's framed with a glass front.
The setup is as follows:
The computer screen is on as a light source, just to the right of the vase. There are three candles just to the left (they're lit, of course!). There's a table lamp behind me and off to the right to provide a bit of ambient light. (As a matter of fact, it's the lamp that I posted a picture of yesterday.) All other lights are off. There's a flat black piece of fabric as a backdrop. You can see the camera settings in the EXIF data that accompany this shot.
Oh ... and some postwork ... but not with the lighting!
Fun fun fun!!!
I've got more .....
:)
Comments (37)
dorothylee
Lovely composition and the reflection adds a nice touch!
picantilla
Nice!
GinoBossoleti
¡Amigo! ¡Un hermoso trabajo sin lugar a dudas! GINO B.
Merrylee
That turned out very nice Tara...thanks for sharing
bebert
excellent light
Geoaskier
Wonderful light and color I could use some of your talent to photograph a glass blown bowl my friend just bought me... Remember my "Looking at Glass Thru Glass" series? there was a shot of a glass bowl you & I both both liked. Couple weeks ago a friend of mine bought it for me... I have photographed it in so many ways and still can't get it right
anahata.c
I can appreciate what you did with light, but only as an outsider, as I don't photograph much. But I can appreciate the result even more...because of your setup, the glass shines as much against the dark as it does against the lighter background, so it looks like it has a life of its own. I like the red diagonal cutting right across the vase's bottom, and the reflection is gentle and quiet. Among the styles I've seen of yours so far, this feels like one, though I couldn't explain how. It's something to do with silhouettes that shine, deep reddish backgrounds, changing & living darks, and a sense of delicate balance throughout. Beautiful. (If I'm skipping all over it's because I'm just trying to catch up after being away a bit...)