Water in the Dark

CoreyCorey Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
edited January 11, 2007 in Holy Macro
Hey everyone, I'm new the these forums though I see some really beautiful shots here. I like that everyone shares and comments. I've been trying to get more into night photography (well dark photography also) since I got my 30D, any suggestions on making night scenery images more sharp would be much appreciated! (I tried closed apperture, no wind, mirror lock etc), unless my tripod just sucks (it isn't that great). Anyway, thought I'd share some stuff I was playing with last night.
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Cheers all, comments and suggestions always welcome :)

Corey

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  • PhyxiusPhyxius Registered Users Posts: 1,396 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2007
    Welcome to DGrinwave.gif I'm still pretty new myself, but most everyone here is really nice!

    I may be totally crazy, but this looks like champange (or other sparkly beverage) being poored into a wine glass? I think the first one is really cool, cool light, interesting subject.

    I'm don't like the second one as much because there is no stem. I'd love to see the entire stem. But, I love the fact that the liquid is being poored. thumb.gif

    Also, if you want to know, here's a little pdf explaining which shape glass to use for which type of wine, be it still, sparkling, white, red, blush, etc. :)

    Welcome again and cool images!
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  • CoreyCorey Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited January 10, 2007
    Hehe, thanks Christina, yeah it's a wine glass (red wine glass I would guess, I find the wine world very interesting after having worked on a few vinyards, though I'm far from an expert, very far in fact :) ). It's actually water being poured into the glass, I set it up over a sync with a large black board as a background and had the glass lit from the side with a 1 Watt LED headtorch, though it was only water being poured in :) (Chapagne all gone... :P) Exposures were at about 10secs at F8 or so.

    Cheers
    Phyxius wrote:
    Welcome to DGrinwave.gif I'm still pretty new myself, but most everyone here is really nice!

    I may be totally crazy, but this looks like champange (or other sparkly beverage) being poored into a wine glass? I think the first one is really cool, cool light, interesting subject.

    I'm don't like the second one as much because there is no stem. I'd love to see the entire stem. But, I love the fact that the liquid is being poored. thumb.gif

    Also, if you want to know, here's a little pdf explaining which shape glass to use for which type of wine, be it still, sparkling, white, red, blush, etc. :)

    Welcome again and cool images!
  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2007
    I love it. I would love to learn how to do these and anything in the dark. I'm clueless about night/dark photography. Tried it, and nothing. Hey, you can always share, right? :D
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  • CoreyCorey Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited January 10, 2007
    For sure! I'm more than happy to share any of the techniques I use, or help anyone that's trying the same thing :) Give and take hey :)
    ShepsMom wrote:
    I love it. I would love to learn how to do these and anything in the dark. I'm clueless about night/dark photography. Tried it, and nothing. Hey, you can always share, right? :D
  • frgfrg Registered Users Posts: 583 Major grins
    edited January 11, 2007
    Cool ..... I like what you've done with the lighting on both shots.......

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  • BigAlBigAl Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited January 11, 2007
    Nice lighting! I really like the first one... thumb.gif
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited January 11, 2007
    Corey wrote:
    Hey everyone, I'm new the these forums though I see some really beautiful shots here. I like that everyone shares and comments. I've been trying to get more into night photography (well dark photography also) since I got my 30D, any suggestions on making night scenery images more sharp would be much appreciated! (I tried closed apperture, no wind, mirror lock etc), unless my tripod just sucks (it isn't that great). Anyway, thought I'd share some stuff I was playing with last night.
    Cheers all, comments and suggestions always welcome :)
    Corey




    Hi Corey and welcome to the forum :D
    Ohhhh these shots look great clap.gif care to share how you did these ??
    Your obviously very creative, and the one thing I also love about Dgrin is how much you can learn from other people :D

    Nice to see you on board, and Im really looking forward to seeing more of your work ...... enjoy the forum ...... Skippy

    # Psssssssst Skippy he already told ya how to do it ya great Ozzie Goose! hahahaha

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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited January 11, 2007
    Both excellent shots and interesting experiments :)
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited January 11, 2007
    Welcome to the party these are really beautiful weldone artistic photos
    loved them
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  • CoreyCorey Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited January 11, 2007
    Thanks for all the welcomes :)

    I think I got motivated for dark shots by the ``painting with light" shots on the site, they are really great. Though this one done with a black board behind the sink, then I had my wine glass sitting up on an upturned pot (to get it high enough) with my camera about 70cm away (using Sigma 18-55 EX DC on a 30D shooting in raw). I filled the glass with water to the top and light it from the side with a small head torch (any torch with a narrow-ish beam). Then using 8-10" exposures between F6.3 and F8 I would just start pouring water in (using a water jug) and open the shutter (with the remote). There's actually very little post production done, I just adjusted the curves and changed the hue / saturation, then USM. I noticed that the more water you pour into the glass (faster pouring) the more little bubbles it creates, so the glass becomes less opaque. Sometimes it was nice to move the pouring around a little so it sloshed over the edges too! I'm actually trying to find a nice raw tool for Linux, anyone know of one? (other than Bibble, which isn't open source)

    Excited to see what other people can come up with!
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