tilde531 Loc: Seaford Delaware

... still trying to conquer tabletop/still life and glass!

What do you think?

sepia treatment


even through glass, the orange slice turned out pretty good imo




just for fun... I kinda like the label through the glass...

Danilo Loc: Las Vegas

Wonderful photos, Theresa! I especially like the 2nd one, the sepia tone. The all meet or exceed your usual high standards!
Thank you so much for sharing!

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

Nice T !!!! Great setups and the colors are wonderful. In the first one and the last one. You cun off the bottom of the glasses. I am picky I know:):)
Erv

ftpecktim Loc: MONTANA

Great shots as I really like them.

BlokeOzz Loc: Morphett Vale South Australia

Excellent Tilde, Thanks for sharing :thumbup: :thumbup:

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

I like them also. Very well composted and lighting is excellent.

Sarge69

mooseeyes Loc: Sonora, California

While these are nice, there are two things that can use some improvement. One of the things about outstanding still life images would be the 3-D nature of the image by use of shadows allowing shape and form to anchor in the image. Some additional lighting is needed to create shadow, shape and form, while allowing the subjects to anchor and not float. For example the trunk in the wine images seems to float in a sea of undefined black.

The second thing that is so very important with still life images is an absolute attention to detail. This attention to detail is what allows us to create a still life image that is real and not staged. Here again I refer to the wine images, where a glass of red wine is sitting with an "un-opened" bottle of Beringer's White Zinfandel. . .as the label indicates, is a white wine. To make this image "real", the bottle needs to be opened, and be a bottle of red wine to match what is in the glass. The details hold a still life together. Maybe lipstick on the rim of the wine glass could add to the truth of the image?

By the way, the Beringer winery, in the Napa Valley, is a wonderful place to visit. Great photo ops.

Keep up the good fight. Make your still life images come alive with truth, view your images upside down for a more clear idea of your image.

tilde531 Loc: Seaford Delaware

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Thank you so much!
I really appreciate your helpful comments/critique and definitely understand what you mean about the box "floating". I had the intention of working more with this on a character-laden wooden table... a different color of wood... that might remedy this situation.

My primary focus in this series was, again, glass and finding a way to eliminate the glare from lights which I don't want but didn't want to go too far overboard with that.

BTW- the wine in the glass IS Beringer's White Zin (which I considered a "blush"??).
I have a BIG, OPENED bottle I took it from to fill the glass *blush*. It never occurred to me that someone would give any heed to that detail... so I can't thank you enough for pointing it out.

Still life should set a scene and be believable... and I didn't carry it far enough.
I'm going to try this again in earnest, keeping in mind your suggestions regarding shadow and lighting, especially. :)

tilde531 Loc: Seaford Delaware

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*snickers*
I KNEW the moment I posted the one with the foot cut out, that someone would comment about it lol. I'm picky too (and the first one does show the foot, albeit very close to the bottom).

However, I wanted the focus of the shot to be more of a close-up of the label through the glass, so chose the lesser of the two evils, so-to-speak. Perhaps I chose the wrong one ;)

I really appreciate your comment and critique, Erv. Thanks much :)

tilde531 Loc: Seaford Delaware

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Wow! :)
Thank you!

(I had this little bet with myself that the sepia toned version would go over bigger with men and the colored version would probably appeal more to women... but I'm finding that theory not-so-supported! :) )

tilde531 Loc: Seaford Delaware

Many thanks to Tim, Ian and Sarge, too for peeking and your kind comments :)

Beagleman Loc: Indiana

I looked and studied them and was ..........................

speechless, for a while. I like 3 and 4 best. I think the chest detracts in 1 and 2. In 3 and 4 the orange color against the black background is stunning! I don't know how you get that black background, but I REALLY like it.

I think one of the best photos I have seen on this forum was by Lez I think, of a red apple with side light and a pitch black background.

Thanks Tilde, for helping all of us grow in photography!

---Beagleman

Irvingite Charles Loc: Irving, Tx

Ya did real good!

LKincaid Loc: Tampa Bay, Florida

I agree, I love this 2nd one!

Treepusher Loc: Kingston, Massachusetts

Well done! Great work on these. I'd like to try duplicating your efforts here, but there's no way.

The darned cats would drink up all the wine, and then spend the night playing cards and ordering pizza. I wouldn't get anything done.