Bottle Bustin' Fun

Dogdots

While the older folks were inside playing card games this Thanksgiving I went out with my son's to break beer bottles :rofl Lighting used was the headlights of my Mom's car and a flashlight pointing into the garbage can. These aren't the best, but kinda neat how the bottom of a bottle can be blown out with the slap of a hand. For you beer lovers....no beer was wasted. It was consumed first and then refilled with water

1 -- Before shot





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Roadkill

Thanks for clarifying that was water… I nearly fell out of my chair. I remember doing that with bottles… it has been a while. Not bad considering the lighting you had to work with. Have you considered doing it again with better lighting?

Dogdots

Roadkill wrote:

Thanks for clarifying that was water… I nearly fell out of my chair. I remember doing that with bottles… it has been a while. Not bad considering the lighting you had to work with. Have you considered doing it again with better lighting?

Yeah....we didn't waste any of that good beer

I'd love to do it again with better lighting. After taking these photos I came up with other idea's, but the bottles were all gone.

What kind of lighting would you use? I'm soooo open to suggestions

Azzaro

HI Mary Kim.....You got pretty good reflexes to catch those shots......I didn't know you could do that.....:D I'll have to give it a try.......azzaro

lizzard_nyc

I didn't now this was done. I feel like I've been missing out.

I'm glad you took photos of it, otherwise I wouldn't have believed you.

Like the series, I like the harsh lighting too--I think it works for this set of shots.

00SS

Hello Mary Kim - I really like #4, it gives the "whole picture" on what was going on (and how). I also really like the lighting.. to me makes the shot.

Wil Davis

lizzard_nyc wrote:

I didn't now this was done. I feel like I've been missing out…

I agree Liz…

(must be my sheltered upbringing on the other side of The Pond)

…well, at least it was Bud Light (I mean, it could have been Dogfish Head 120 min IPA… )

Interesting pics, and well executed!

- Wil

PS: So, c'mon… tell us all how it's done?

Dogdots

Azzaro wrote:

HI Mary Kim.....You got pretty good reflexes to catch those shots......I didn't know you could do that.....:D I'll have to give it a try.......azzaro

Hi Azzaro --

I was surprised to that I could be that quick, but we practiced a few times first without breaking the bottle. Worked out good...I only missed one shot

Helped out too that I wasn't the person who emptied the bottles

Thank-you for your comment and taking a look Azzaro.

Dogdots

lizzard_nyc wrote:

I didn't now this was done. I feel like I've been missing out.

I'm glad you took photos of it, otherwise I wouldn't have believed you.

Like the series, I like the harsh lighting too--I think it works for this set of shots.

Hi Liz....

I didn't know you could do this either. So I was all game to try it out when my son told me about it.

It was amazing how the bottom just pops right off. Wish I could of gotten closer, but I was really worried about flying glass. Should of used my 70-300 on the shots, but I really wanted to use my trusty 24-105 lens.

Thanks for taking a look Liz and I'm glad you liked the lighting

Dogdots

00SS wrote:

Hello Mary Kim - I really like #4, it gives the "whole picture" on what was going on (and how). I also really like the lighting.. to me makes the shot.

Hi Devin

You like the lighting too I was going to use our car, but my Mom's car has halogen lights.

Yep....#4 shows how it's done

Thank-you for leaving a comment Devin.

rainbow

Ah, the useful life skills we learn on DGrin ... Like others, can't wait to try it. Does this work on camera lenses too? :cry

Thanks for sharing. Oh, thanks for the pics, too...

Dogdots

Wil Davis wrote:

I agree Liz…

(must be my sheltered upbringing on the other side of The Pond)

…well, at least it was Bud Light (I mean, it could have been Dogfish Head 120 min IPA… )

Interesting pics, and well executed!

- Wil

PS: So, c'mon… tell us all how it's done?

Howdy Wil --

I think it was my sheltered upbringing too because I didn't know about it, but makes me wonder about my son's friends because he knows how to do it

How it's done: Empty the bottle of beer because you don't want to waste the good stuff. Fill it up to the bottom of the neck of the bottle and then pour alittle out. After that...pop the palm of your hand down hard enough for pressure and to form a seal when you hit it. It will blow out the bottom.

We filled the bottles with warm water because it was cold out. You do have to be careful tho....glass does fly out.

If you do this...I'd love to see your photos. I wanted to take more photos, but the other bottles were in the garbage under the doggie poo...for some reason no one volunteered to dig them out and clean them up

I'm glad you liked the photos -- thank you for your comments Wil

Dogdots

rainbow wrote:

Ah, the useful life skills we learn on DGrin ... Like others, can't wait to try it. Does this work on camera lenses too? :cry

Thanks for sharing. Oh, thanks for the pics, too...

Hi rainbow....

Yes the useful skills we learn on dgrin

Have fun trying it and thanks for commenting.

Panther

Morning Mary,

I hadn't ever seen this done either, thanks for the enlightenment

Neat Captures and pretty crafty on the lighting.

Dogdots

Panther wrote:

Morning Mary,

I hadn't ever seen this done either, thanks for the enlightenment<G>

Neat Captures and pretty crafty on the lighting.

Howdy Craig

Amazing what a mother can learn/see over the hoildays when the kids come home <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/rolleyes1.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >

The lighting....Just used what I had on hand at the time. Wonder if I should of laid a white sheet over the headlights to soften the lighting????

Thanks for looking Craig...your turn next to try this. You could probably do this with a wine bottle too

Dogdots

MakeMeShutter wrote:

What a great party trick this would make. Nice images, I love it when I learn something.

Hi Shawn

It is a good party trick.

If you try it -- photograph it. I'd love to see it. There is so much room for improvement over my photos. Someone with the proper lighting and set-up could really catch the bottom blowing out. Using a cars headlights and a garbage can isn't the "best" set up

Cuong

Classic application of physics force multiplier. I'll keep an eye out for empty beer bottles to give this a try.

Cuong

Dogdots

Cuong wrote:

Classic application of physics force multiplier. I'll keep an eye out for empty beer bottles to give this a try.

Cuong

Have fun with it -- If you take any photos....I'd love to see them