Wine Drops

Blackvault · 23 Jan 2007 at 19:41

Earlier in this thread I asked how to do this type of shot:

Well after many shots I think this is my favourite (and the only one I have processed so far.) Any comments on the image?

Hope you like.

Blackvault

Simonnn · 23 Jan 2007 at 19:53

I like it, I'd crop the sides tighter though

A.N.Other · 23 Jan 2007 at 19:57

Yep, like it. Straighten it up and crop it a bit and it'll look great. Did you do any shots portrait - I think it might look a bit better if you could see more of the neck of the glass?

woodsy2k · 23 Jan 2007 at 20:26

A.N.Other said:
Yep, like it. Straighten it up and crop it a bit and it'll look great

I quite agree. Good shots mate! How did you get the white background? Simply just place something white behind the glass?

SDK^ · 23 Jan 2007 at 20:30

Good first effort

Try and aim the liquid towards the edge of the glass more so it transfers up the other side and if you're lucky you might capture some separated drops.

Blackvault · 23 Jan 2007 at 21:11

A.N.Other said:
Yep, like it. Straighten it up and crop it a bit and it'll look great. Did you do any shots portrait - I think it might look a bit better if you could see more of the neck of the glass?

Unfortuntately I haven't got any in portrait, although I'll reshot it tomorrow or Thursday.

woodsy2k said:
I quite agree. Good shots mate! How did you get the white background? Simply just place something white behind the glass?

Yes I used a bit of A2 paper behind it and then used quick mask and highlighted the white and boosted the levels.

SDK^ said:
Good first effort
Try and aim the liquid towards the edge of the glass more so it transfers up the other side and if you're lucky you might capture some separated drops.

Aye I was aiming to get it like the sample image at the top. I'll have another go.

Thanks for all the postive comments so far.

Blackvault

Mohain · 23 Jan 2007 at 21:20

Good effort

How easy would it be to up the shutter speed? Don't be afraid to up the iso if needed, I'd imagine this sort of image would take noise reduction filtering pretty well. You're on to a winner here, nice one

Blackvault · 23 Jan 2007 at 21:21

Mohain said:
Good effort

How easy would it be to up the shutter speed? Don't be afraid to up the iso if needed, I'd imagine this sort of image would take noise reduction filtering pretty well. You're on to a winner here, nice one

The 30D flash sync is 1/250. For most of the shoot I was using 1/200 and 1/250. I doubt I could go any faster.

Blackvault

Blackvault · 23 Jan 2007 at 21:51

There is another.

Also I have cropped the first one to portrait.

Blackvault

antc · 23 Jan 2007 at 21:55

yep, definately getting better. like the way it runs up the inside of the glass and out again. lovely effect. i bet its going to be hard to achieve the single droplets but it will look stunning when you do.

Blackvault · 23 Jan 2007 at 21:58

antc said:
yep, definitely getting better. like the way it runs up the inside of the glass and out again. lovely effect. i bet its going to be hard to achieve the single droplets but it will look stunning when you do.

I was using my mum's jug to pour water into the iron so I'll have a hunt about the house for something that might have a better spout.

Blackvault

Raymond Lin · 23 Jan 2007 at 22:18

You need to pour it faster/more quantity so a bigger spout is the way to go., try a higher shutter speed too, and shoot at 5FPS if you can.

Blackvault · 23 Jan 2007 at 22:24

Raymond Lin said:
You need to pour it faster/more quantity so a bigger spout is the way to go., try a higher shutter speed too, and shoot at 5FPS if you can.

I'll get my assistant to pour faster

Can I really go above 1/250 with the flash? I was using 3 Fps as the flash couldn't really keep up and kept taking black pictures.

Blackvault

SDK^ · 23 Jan 2007 at 22:33

Blackvault said:
I'll get my assistant to pour faster Can I really go above 1/250 with the flash?

Set the flash to high speed sync mode

ranarama · 24 Jan 2007 at 00:20

If you look at the original pic the glass must be tilted over as the liquid starts at the top centre and bends off to the left. In yours all the glasses are upright. Try tilting the glass and it may help you achieve the shot you are after if you are just trying to recreate the original.