I bought this bottle to shoot, it even came with some wine. This is the initial shot untouched. Any ideas how to shoot this, what to put in it, angles etc.? Lighting for this was a 6 foot striplight on the left, and a snooted flash from below. Bottle is sitting on a sheet of clear glass. Background is a sheet of white acrylic. This is the first shot taken, looking for a direction to go with this one.
Excelent shot. May be completed reflection effect. Regards.
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Deleted User{K:6775} 12/7/2001
Hey Phill...*smile*...first off you said you used a white background but on my computer it is showing as greenish and there is alot of artifacting showing up. Also the edge light Mary is talking about seems to be more of a reflection from the light source than an actual edge light.
I use hot lights and I can tell you what I would do with this bottle and you will have to improvise with the lights you have.
I put my main light source to one side...either left or right with a duffuser panel in front of it. On the other side I have a white reflector. The reflector is closer to the bottle than the main light source.
At the back of my set on both sides I have white reflector cards which gives me the edge light on both sides of the bottle. I move these cards back and forth until the edge is just a thin line down the sides of the bottle.
To brighten the blue you can paste a strip of white paper onto the back of the bottle and then reflect light onto the front of the bottle with a white/silver reflector or a snotted flash as you did in this shot. The light should bounce off that white paper and put light through the bottle lightening up the blue.
Anway...there's some experimenting for you to try *smile*...have fun...dark bottles are the hardest to light proper, I still havent completely mastered it.....Maggie
Phillip, I would also like to see more light on the bottle, something that brings out the blue, and maybe gets more rim light on the right side. Whatever you do, please keep my favorite part: the tippy cork at the top. It adds a touch of humor. For more ideas on bottles, check out Beverly's colored glass image.
Phillip, I haven't shot alot of still life due to time contrants, however; I personally like bright backgrounds like white to help illuminate the bottle from behind. Kinda like high key type of work.
If this was illuminated some more, maybe some water on the table would kick the image a bit. Try it and see...
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