Hi John I'm trying something as Gonz suggested. Darker, maybe softened and with some more accessoirs form the same year. I have an old Agfa Ambiflex, some illustrated magazines, a leather bag as background and more from that time to play with. It takes a lot of time to arrange those things but I will learn a lot about lightning. thanks Markus
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Coyle Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 1:06 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Looking for help for an old wine & glass still life Markus maybe something like this? http://pug.komkon.org/02apr/fruit3jc.html That was lit with unassisted window light from the left. On my screen now it looks over-exposed. but I think that's just my monitor! The table is our dining-room table (c. 1900, complete with axe-mark!), covered with a dark green damask tablecloth, and the tipped-over wine glass at the top was added to complement the curves of the dish and to fill the void in the rectangular area of the frame.. HTH John Coyle Praxis Data Solutions (www.epraxisdata.com) Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gonz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 2:41 AM Subject: Re: Looking for help for an old wine & glass still life > Markus, > > The bright colors dont seem to go with the old bottle, especially the > white high key background. I would prefer a rich bar-like atmosphere, > dark background and seductively lit. Try a warm spotlight on the > label and the glass. > > This is something like the kind of lighting I'm talking about: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2960497 > > rg > > > On 2/16/07, Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi Pentaxians >> I know that some of you have very successfully photographed table tops of >> glass and other shiny reflecting materials so I'm looking for some advice >> here: >> >> I'm looking for a way to present two bottles of 1959 burgunder wine and a >> crystal glass from 1959 in a tasteful manner. >> I made a test shot with a Pentax Optio 330 and the integrated flash to >> trigger a slave flash from the top at 45 degrees and another slave flash >> for >> the background only >> and the bottle and glass are in a large white light tent. The visible >> part >> of the tent in the background was then removed in Photoshop. >> >> The final photo will be made with the Pentax 50mm macro or Tamron 90mm >> macro >> on film and I could use lights instead of the flashes too if needed. I >> will >> not use the red tablet but maybe some stones or old wood branches >> instead >> and seek for any ideas as well. >> >> But first I need some help how to set up the crystal glass so that the >> engraved 1959 (not visible yet) on the front and the other decorations >> like >> the large eagle can be seen very well. >> Do I need some black paper on the opposite site of the flash to make the >> 1959 stand out? >> >> Thanks for any ideas regarding the glass or the overall setup in advance >> :-) >> >> www.mypage.bluewin.ch/solicom/wine1959.jpg >> >> >> Markus >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
