challenge 46, opposites

davev

Here's my thought.

Half Empty, Half Full

It's still a little rough, but I think the idea's a good one.

This is a picture of 2 glasses, not one mirrored in photoshop.





Thanks for looking.

purified

That's a good idea, but without the title would someone think 'opposites'?

Flyinggina

Wow!! I love this picture and the subtle and amusing idea behind it. The more I look at it and think about the challenge theme, the more I like it.

Va

Mitchell

Great idea. Hopefully the twist will give this one what it takes to make it into the finals.

mel

I think it's a very clever idea. I like a good photo with a title that makes me take a second glance.
On a VERY minor technical note, the bottom of the right glass appears to sit just a millimeter or two lower than the left one (to my eye).

~mel

davev

purified wrote:

That's a good idea, but without the title would someone think 'opposites'?

Thanks Kelly.

If two people were to look at this pic at the same time, one of them would
say, "Look, a picture of two half empty glasses." and the other one would say,
"What do you mean, they're half full." Then they would look at each other and
say Hmmmmm.:D

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

ginger_55

I like it, I thought about using it right off, by at least the second or third day. But I have not had a chance to even think about doing anything for the challenge.

I thought opposites. And I think it is well done, too.

ginger just MHO

davev

Virginia, Mitch, Ginger. Thanks

I tried another one, still low key, but with the glasses on a light board.

I need to try a high key one now. The glass is impossible to get perfectly clean.
Dust, fingerprints, lint. I never thought it would be that tough.
We, my laser wielding wife, and I tried a long shutter and pointing a laser pointer
into and around the glasses, but I didn't like those much.



What do you think?

mrqcho

I really love your entry, it's the one that has gotten my attention the most, there are other good ones.

I personally like the first one before the first one better.

I'm in by no means a photographer(though I'd love to learn and improve my photography). I just like to take a lot of pics, so this is just a sugestion coming with a person with no experience whatsoever.

When you mentioned about the smooches, and fingerprints, I kinda though about your whole theme. As in kinda having one glass "dirty" on the water side, and the other one on the top side of the water. Like somebody grabbed the half empty one to drink it (from the bottom), and somebody grabbed the half full to fill it up(from the top).

My sugestion might take away the whole deepness of your shot though,
I just thought it could look pretty cool, but then again, I don't know much about the photography subject.

Love the pic as it is though, you might want to put the title inside the pic though, as the title and the pic are what make the picture such a great image.

mel

I think the second one is a cleaner shot, but for some reason, I like the angle of the other one. No idea why.

On the subject of not be able to get the glasses pristine (always impossible every time I've tried, too...), what about changing to a lighter background and giving the H2O a tint? Also, the closest I've come to getting glass lint-free is with those little eyeglass cleaning cloths for glasses with anti-reflective coatings. You can get them at any optical shop, often free.

~mel

davev

mrqcho wrote:

I really love your entry, it's the one that has gotten my attention the most, there are other good ones.

I personally like the first one before the first one better.

I'm in by no means a photographer(though I'd love to learn and improve my photography). I just like to take a lot of pics, so this is just a sugestion coming with a person with no experience whatsoever.

When you mentioned about the smooches, and fingerprints, I kinda though about your whole theme. As in kinda having one glass "dirty" on the water side, and the other one on the top side of the water. Like somebody grabbed the half empty one to drink it (from the bottom), and somebody grabbed the half full to fill it up(from the top).

My sugestion might take away the whole deepness of your shot though,
I just thought it could look pretty cool, but then again, I don't know much about the photography subject.

Love the pic as it is though, you might want to put the title inside the pic though, as the title and the pic are what make the picture such a great image.

Hi Albert. Welcome to dgrin.

Thanks for looking at the pics and commenting. I don't want to leave the
fingerprints cause I don't think it would add anything to the photo, other
than the fact that I don't wash the dishes very well.:D

If I take the photo from to high or to low, you won't get the feeling that
I'm trying to show. I think I'm going to try a white background to see what
that will look like. I will probably try a different set of glasses, maybe 2
different kinds of glasses in one picture.

You should try a couple of your ideas for yourself. I don't have Dibs on this
style of pic. You have a interesting idea about the dirty/clean take on it.
Give it a try and see what you come up with.

Thanks again for commenting. I appreciate it

davev

mel wrote:

I think the second one is a cleaner shot, but for some reason, I like the angle of the other one. No idea why.

On the subject of not be able to get the glasses pristine (always impossible every time I've tried, too...), what about changing to a lighter background and giving the H2O a tint? Also, the closest I've come to getting glass lint-free is with those little eyeglass cleaning cloths for glasses with anti-reflective coatings. You can get them at any optical shop, often free.

~mel

Hi Mel.

I agree. I think putting the lens on the water line works better than even with
the bottom. But with the sides disappearing and leaving kind of a halo on top,
well I just thought it looked cool. : My wife thinks I should try one behind,
partially being blocked by the other one. I'm not so sure about that one.

I have plans to shoot this on a all white background, but I didn't have time
to do it yet. The tinted liquid might be a good thought also. We have those
glasses wipes at work, I never use them, but for this it may work.

Thanks for commenting. Hopefully I'll get a new version up Wednesday.

auraflora

Hi,

The concept is wonderful and very original indeed.

Michal

muddyknees

I like the minimalism and subtlety.

I'm thinking... (but it would destroy the subtlety) ...add a straw to one and capture a stream of water flowing into the other.

davev wrote:

Virginia, Mitch, Ginger. Thanks

I tried another one, still low key, but with the glasses on a light board.

I need to try a high key one now. The glass is impossible to get perfectly clean.
Dust, fingerprints, lint. I never thought it would be that tough.
We, my laser wielding wife, and I tried a long shutter and pointing a laser pointer
into and around the glasses, but I didn't like those much.



What do you think?

Flyinggina

I like the first take best too. The second is a stunning photograph but the high contrast turns it into an almost abstract picture for me and the theme (already a subtle -- but good -- one) gets lost. Just one woman's opinion.

It sounds like you are having fun working the idea, though. That's what I love about the challenges. They are a challenge!

Va.

davev

First, to everyone, thanks for commenting and throwing in ideas.

3 new ones.

high key.



half and half



and dark.
I can (and probably will) clean this up a bit.



As always, thanks for looking.

burke

davev wrote:

3 new ones.

high key.



half and half



and dark.

The high key is too high for me.. and although I like the dark one, the lighting is much more consistent on the glasses in the 2nd one.
So my vote is for half n half - plus, it further exemplifies your 'opposites' (black/white)
great idea, btw

G K

Dave
I would go with No. 2 or half and half if you really want the visual opposites- I really like your level perspective in that shot.
nice, subtle idea too.
~gk

davev

Autumn, GK, thanks. My wife voted for #2 also.

I'm going to switch to that pic.

Now, for photoshop gone wild. (I had to play with them a little bit)

davev

Last thing. I got some really strange looking ones using a flash.
The water turned a silver color, almost like Mercury looking liquid.

These are straight from the camera, I didn't think they were good enough
to process



This was one of the wife's suggestions. One glass a bit behind the other.



Thanks for looking.

erich6

Hi Davev,

The original half & half is my favorite of all of these. Very nice high key/low key setup and the shot of the glasses is great. Nice job!

Erich

Flyinggina

I agree with Erich. But the one you now have in the contest is the best of the new ones. Good luck!!

Va.

davev

Thanks folks, for all of your replies.