This is my first set-up. I used the top of a display case against my wall, a very light and subdued gray. No flash was used, but I did utilize the exposure bracketing feature.
The subject is a half-drunk glass of my own homemade brew, an english brown, like Newcastle. Great brew.
Malcom, Thanks. I would rather have comments like yours, even if I only ever get one or two, than hundreds of "great jobs" and "nice photo." As a beginning photographer, I need to hear what is wrong with the photo, and what I actually did right. The "dirty" glass is most likly due to the jpeg compression and the head on the beer not falling at the same time as the rest.
I plan on redoing this with a blond beer and a bounce flash (if I can get one for not too much money) or flashlight from the top left (or right.) The bottom patern of the mugs are great. With back-lighting this one would have shown the clarity of the beer.
Saw the thumbnail...BEER...and had to view the photo. There are two ways to dismiss my observations. One is Photoshop and the other is a re-shoot...more fun since it means having another beer!
Glassware: I once read an article by a commercial photographer who said that for product photography, you should hunt down glassware that is perfect -- without faults which will show up in your photos and look like you are using a dirty glass. (Mug handle, couple of spots above foam.) Of course, you could just zap these in and editor.
I found the blue spot a bit distracting and would like to see a tiny bit more of the "bar" in front of the mug rather than having its foot sitting on the base of the photo.
Angle, lighting, DOF perfect. Please excuse the comments if they seem too much, I enjoyed the photo.
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