Assignment #22: Glass

Nikolai

OK, now we all got some enlightenment.
However, what good is the light if you can't look at it through the good quality glass?
Or celebrate it with a glass of fine wine?

Anyway, the new week topic is the glass.

Windows glass, windshield glass, L glass, wine glass, viewing glasses...
If you think of it, it's all around us.
Which, in fact, makes it a rather difficult subject to shoot, since the vast majority of it is - on purpose - highly transparent, or, in reverse, extremely reflective.

The valid entry should make the glass itself, not what we see through it and not what it's reflecting, the primary subject of the picture.

As always: fresh pictures, moderate post-processing.
For the rest of the basic rules and index please check out this sticky.

Let's get some glass! :-) :wink

vandana

glass experiments over this weekend; these are my first attempts at glass photography using a light tent - suggestions welcome

Nikolai

Vandana,

vandana wrote:

glass experiments over this weekend; these are my first attempts at glass photography using a light tent - suggestions welcome

Great entries, thanks alot!

anwmn1

vandana wrote:

glass experiments over this weekend; these are my first attempts at glass photography using a light tent - suggestions welcome

WOW! First shot is most impressive!

anwmn1

Automotive Glass
Taken Sunday



Looking through the glass (not great I admit)


Chrome shiny as glass




Thanks-

Nikolai

Aaron,

anwmn1 wrote:

Taken Sunday
...
Thanks-

Those are nice, but... to me they mostly say "car", or "grille", or "headlights" - not "glass"

Swartzy

Got Glass?
Candelabra



Creative shot glass

Nikolai

Swartzy,

Swartzy wrote:

Candelabra
Creative shot glass

Great entries, very nice lighting!

Swartzy

Nothing earth shattering
but I am enjoying the learning curve with lighting. Glass is a tricky subject. This is not shot with a light tent but instead with 2 RPS fixtures, lightstands, circular 5000k bulbs, one with a covered diffuser.

Nikolai

Swartzy,

Swartzy wrote:

but I am enjoying the learning curve with lighting. Glass is a tricky subject. This is not shot with a light tent but instead with 2 RPS fixtures, lightstands, circular 5000k bulbs, one with a covered diffuser.

I agree, the glass is tricky:-)
Thanks for the entry!

Bayer-Z28

I'll try this one... I just grabbed the Candle cover and it came to me... Does this work? Or is the glass the ONLY subject?

Nikolai

Bayer,

Bayer-Z28 wrote:

I'll try this one... I just grabbed the Candle cover and it came to me... Does this work? Or is the glass the ONLY subject?

Methinks this will do just fine!

Nikolai

Hiya Sam

Sam wrote:

Here's my Glass photo.
Sam

Thanks for playing, I love colored glass!

Sam

Here's my glass photo.

Sam

evoryware

heh, cleanin the dusty shotglasses time...

(oops) w/o flash


w/ bounced flash

Nikolai

Evoryware,

evoryware wrote:

heh, cleanin the dusty shotglasses time...

!
Thanks!

Stan

Hi Nic, I know it's late, but I have had very little time to play with the camera of late. I don't like the blown lighlights at 10 o'clock but here is my attempt



Thanks for the great set of assignments
Stan

Nikolai

Stan,

Stan wrote:

Hi Nic, I know it's late, but I have had very little time to play with the camera of late. I don't like the blown lighlights at 10 o'clock but here is my attempt

Definitely a worthy entry!

Stan wrote:

Thanks for the great set of assignments
Stan

Thank you for playing!:ivar

Pupator

I'm too late to really participate, but thought I'd add this one that I took on my trip. Anyone know what it is?

Swartzy

OOO OOO waiving my hand wildly

Pupator wrote:

I'm too late to really participate, but thought I'd add this one that I took on my trip. Anyone know what it is?

I know.....it's a 1950's laserbeam lens set up designed to shoot down alien spacecraft!

Photog

Pupator wrote:

lighthouse fresnel lens?

Nikolai

Paul,

Photog wrote:

lighthouse fresnel lens?

I'm with Photog on this one!
Nice glass!

Pupator

Nikolai wrote:

I'm with Photog on this one!
Nice glass!

Lens? Neah - anti-alien laserbeams.

com3

heh... i can't help myself. i just recently found these assignment threads, and love the ideas... mine is actually a "series." hope you dont' mind!

"craving some glass"

com3

i have kit glass laying around everywhere...

"sure to put it out."

Nikolai

Com3,

com3 wrote:

i have kit glass laying around everywhere...
"sure to put it out."

Thanks, glad you've discovered us !

Phirus

Its a bit late in the assignment, I know, but I figured I would throw this one out there. Taken on my Nikon Coolipix L3 (its what I had on me)

Nikolai

Phirus,

Phirus wrote:

Its a bit late in the assignment, I know, but I figured I would throw this one out there. Taken on my Nikon Coolipix L3 (its what I had on me)

Thank you for the entry!

mwalters

I realise this is way too late, but as with others above, I've only just really started looking at the various forums (there's a lot to read...)

Anyway, here's my effort at 'Glass' - it's a perfume atomiser.

Hope it fits the idea.

Matthew

Nikolai

Matthew,

mwalters wrote:

I realise this is way too late, but as with others above, I've only just really started looking at the various forums (there's a lot to read...)

Anyway, here's my effort at 'Glass' - it's a perfume atomiser.

Hope it fits the idea.

Matthew

Welcome to the Class, it's a nice entry!
Now, how about some Crowd Control?

mwalters

Thanks for the comment. I'll try crowd control too, it's just a bit tricky finding the time... I've got a few ideas.

Matthew