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Your crooked lip... your olive.. - 4/27/2006 12:08:31 PM    walkingstick Posts: 356 Joined: 1/28/2006 From: Northern tip of the Anishinaabe Triangle Status: offline How should you photograph bottles? That is a problem, isn't it. I have tried several ways to do it and am satisfied with all the results. This first one is with a light colored background and the sun shining on the bottle from behind. The colors are true and the photo is good. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Wil Grolsch bottles ... oh yeah, I know them well. They are for bottling homebrew ... aren't they? Photographer, homebrewer and meade maker for barter purposes Post #: 1

RE: Your crooked lip... your olive.. - 4/27/2006 12:11:18 PM    walkingstick Posts: 356 Joined: 1/28/2006 From: Northern tip of the Anishinaabe Triangle Status: offline Then there is another option with the sun shining through the bottle. The only thing I don't like about this kind of shot is that someone has to hold the bottle which means I have to include the hands. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Wil Grolsch bottles ... oh yeah, I know them well. They are for bottling homebrew ... aren't they? Photographer, homebrewer and meade maker for barter purposes (in reply to walkingstick) Post #: 2

RE: Your crooked lip... your olive.. - 4/27/2006 12:14:08 PM    walkingstick Posts: 356 Joined: 1/28/2006 From: Northern tip of the Anishinaabe Triangle Status: offline The next option was taken with the sunlight striking the bottle at about a 45 degree angle to the side and up 45 degrees so that it will shine on the white background. I think I like this one best of all. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Wil Grolsch bottles ... oh yeah, I know them well. They are for bottling homebrew ... aren't they? Photographer, homebrewer and meade maker for barter purposes (in reply to walkingstick) Post #: 3

RE: Your crooked lip... your olive.. - 4/27/2006 12:16:59 PM    walkingstick Posts: 356 Joined: 1/28/2006 From: Northern tip of the Anishinaabe Triangle Status: offline One step further blacks out most of the background. In the end you gotta decide. This is the same photo as the last, only I went into photoshop to black the background out. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Wil Grolsch bottles ... oh yeah, I know them well. They are for bottling homebrew ... aren't they? Photographer, homebrewer and meade maker for barter purposes (in reply to walkingstick) Post #: 4

RE: Your crooked lip... your olive.. - 4/27/2006 12:23:02 PM    cowseatmaize Posts: 6472 Joined: 12/2/2004 From: Eastern Northwest West Central area of Mass Status: online I put them on a ladder when I get picky. I also thought of making a box, like for viewing x-rays and using a good full spectrum bulb. _____________________________ Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati Eric (in reply to walkingstick) Post #: 5

RE: Your crooked lip... your olive.. - 4/27/2006 9:16:08 PM    bttlmark   Posts: 433 Joined: 11/23/2005 From: N.E. Florida Status: offline I don't like the black out effect....#1 looks best in my opinion, you can get a better over all impression of the color & condition. I need to mess around with the settings to see if it is possible to show different tones of color. (in reply to walkingstick) Post #: 6

RE: Your crooked lip... your olive.. - 4/27/2006 9:38:20 PM    walkingstick Posts: 356 Joined: 1/28/2006 From: Northern tip of the Anishinaabe Triangle Status: offline I tend to agree with you after looking at each of them again. #1 is the best representation of the bottle. The blacked out background is the one I like the least. I will need to hone the first one a bit more. Perhaps get a white background (poster board) but still allow the sun to strike the bottle. I will have to get my studio lights from Mississippi and try working with them also. Keep in mind that all the photos were taken without any artificial light. _____________________________ Wil Grolsch bottles ... oh yeah, I know them well. They are for bottling homebrew ... aren't they? Photographer, homebrewer and meade maker for barter purposes (in reply to walkingstick) Post #: 7

RE: Your crooked lip... your olive.. - 4/30/2006 6:37:47 PM    CanadianBoy   Posts: 804 Joined: 7/25/2004 From: Central Ontario Canada Status: offline I use white poster board, 24 " square, I have a bottom, 2 sides, and a back.Hinge these together,I use duct tape, they fold flat for easy traveling, then make into a box for pics. Have to replace the tape a bit, but its cheap. _____________________________ I've been "DOWN IN THE DUMPS" since 1970. If anyones into Sci-Fi art, come visit my page and view my creations. http://www.redbubble.com/people/alienvisitor Dave J. Ontario,Canada. (in reply to walkingstick) Post #: 8

RE: Your crooked lip... your olive.. - 4/30/2006 9:07:30 PM    welddigger   Posts: 574 Joined: 4/24/2004 From: Hereford,PA. Status: offline walkingstick,i've always wanted to take a piece of white paper that passes light fairly well and put the bottle in front and try using various watt lights behind the paper to see how it works. never really got around to it yet,still doing what you do take, about 40 pics at various angles and light and pic the best. (in reply to walkingstick) Post #: 9

RE: Your crooked lip... your olive.. - 5/1/2006 10:44:17 AM    Miles   Posts: 324 Joined: 9/6/2005 From: New York Status: offline In my opinion number one is the best photograph. (in reply to walkingstick) Post #: 10

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