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Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 9/29/2006 4:32:59 AM   
HawaiiGlass4me

 

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Status: offline 		Here's a couple pics that I took of some of my bottles. I'm still trying to test out what is the best lighting for embossed bottles. Any comments are welcomed.





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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 9/29/2006 12:46:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Rick, Looks like you did a pretty dang good job to me. Now give us the details on how you did it.

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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 9/29/2006 12:58:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		for direct frontal lighting i prefer a quartz painters light with a frosted lens. the frosting will eliminate glare.

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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 10/2/2006 5:19:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		 Here's a few pics of my set up. It is a simple home made wood frame which I can change the background color. I am using a small fluorescent light. The camera is mounted on a secure tripod to avoid camera shake. A remote shutter release is recommended.







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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 10/2/2006 10:54:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		They look great to me too, I'm wondering if using a light box behind would give a more even illumination and not get darker as you go up.

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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 10/2/2006 2:57:05 PM   
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ORIGINAL: cobaltbot

They look great to me too, I'm wondering if using a light box behind would give a more even illumination and not get darker as you go up.


I personally like the light to dark look. Also with the light coming from the bottom it causes shadows on the embossing making it more defined and easier to read. I tried the shadow box as well as other lighting set ups but I still prefer this set up the best. I guess it's just personal.



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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 10/2/2006 9:03:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		well ya got a point, your pics look great.  There was a good photography article in Antique Bottle and Glass Collector mag a couple years back.

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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 10/19/2006 12:00:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		Howsit Ricky,
You live in Hilo, yeah?
Hey brah, I live in Hilo and collect all da Hawaiian hutches sodas.
I post em picture of my Excelsior hutch.
You got em one fine set up fo taking da bottle pictures, youse mo betta (look like dakine fo reel) .
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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 10/19/2006 5:02:31 AM   
HawaiiGlass4me

 

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Status: offline 		Eh howsit brudda Pono

Yea I stay live in Hilo. You stay dig yo bottles or you stay buy em like me? I bet we stay confuse all the bruddas and sistas hea.

Sorry folks just some Hawaiian pideon english.

Are you a bottle digger or do you buy most of your bottles? I have not gone digging in a while because of my back injury. Mostly been buying my bottles in recent years.

So are you into just hutches or other bottles? I try to specialize mostly in Big Island soda (blobs and machines) and milk bottles as well as oriental medicines.

Mahalo,
Rick

BTW... That's a nice and clean Excelcior Soda you got.

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ORIGINAL: stinger haut

Howsit Ricky,
You live in Hilo, yeah?
Hey brah, I live in Hilo and collect all da Hawaiian hutches sodas.
I post em picture of my Excelsior hutch.
You got em one fine set up fo taking da bottle pictures, youse mo betta (look like dakine fo reel) .
Pono Keanaaina






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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 10/19/2006 8:59:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Guys, I understood every word.  Was lucky enough to spend a little time there with the Air Force in the late seventies. Took the long road to southeast Asia.
Worked with a guy from from the big island in Denver for a while too.

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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 10/19/2006 9:15:25 PM   
stinger haut

 

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Status: offline 		Eh Brudda Ricky,
Talk story dakine fo reel, yeah? You stay live Hilo dats dakine. I no can dig em, so if no can, no can, I stay buy em with da kala.
Howsit Ricky, its nice to talk story with one local once in awhile through our mikinis on the internet.
I can't dig anymore due to an RPG downed my chopper way back in 68 in Nam. The injuries finally caught up with me, now I rely on others to help me with collecting bottles.
I just started to collect Hawaiian bottles again. Hilo bottles numba one with me, but also collect any of the older sodas from any island. I just came across an embossed Camalieson Dairy & Poultry Farm/ Hilo quart size and some embossed pints from a few of the other islands.
Hey mahalo for your input of Excelsior Soda. That one was one big mess when I received it. Lucky that it came out so good.
Your bottle collection looks good and I personally agree about the way your lighting showing off the embossing mo betta. Your picture taking set up looks like you did a little thinking ahead of time(you no one pukahead), looks good and the pictures prove it.
Hey, you know Bruce Omori. He stay live in Hilo again. He is a professional when it comes to taking pictures.
If you have any Hilo soda bottles or milks that you want to sell, let me know.
Mahalo,
Pono

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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 10/19/2006 9:53:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		Are any of you Hawaiian bottle collectors familiar with a green glass SPIFFY brand acl bottle?  I have been looking to add one to my collection.
 
Kudos on the bottle photography.  Embossed bottles are always a challenge to accurately capture in a photograph.  Your pics look amazing.

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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 10/20/2006 12:17:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey acls,
Sorry, but I don't know anyone that would have that one. I'll keep my eyes and ears open.
Thank you for your encouraging words about our pictures. I think Ricky has really done his homework and has come up with a sure fire way of shooting bottles. I haven't yet, I just shoot from the seat of my pants.
Stinger 

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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 10/20/2006 4:00:37 AM   
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ORIGINAL: acls

Are any of you Hawaiian bottle collectors familiar with a green glass SPIFFY brand acl bottle?  I have been looking to add one to my collection.
 
Kudos on the bottle photography.  Embossed bottles are always a challenge to accurately capture in a photograph.  Your pics look amazing.


Hi acls

The Hilo Spiffy bottle is one of the hardest local bottles to find. A good mint one goes for $500+. I just upgraded mines earlier this year with a nicer one, it's still not a mint one but I'm still looking for one. The other one I had was missing 20% of the painted label. The one I currently have is still missing about 5% of the paint. The paint on this bottle is really fragile and is prone to chipping. I have seen only one other for sale in the last 3 years and it was missing about 30% of the label. I still paid $200 for my current Spiffy, I sold the other one that I had for $150 to another local collector.

Regards,
Rick

Here's a pic of my current Spiffy. You can see the missing paint on the left side of the label.




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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 10/20/2006 4:15:22 AM   
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ORIGINAL: capsoda

Hey Guys, I understood every word.  Was lucky enough to spend a little time there with the Air Force in the late seventies. Took the long road to southeast Asia.
Worked with a guy from from the big island in Denver for a while too.


Aloha Warren

So you was stationed at da Hickam AF base then. You shudda gone diggin in da moutains at that time. You wudda found some awsome kine bottles back then. Now it stay mo hard to find da good stuff.

Laterz,
Rick


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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 10/20/2006 5:08:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Brudda Pono

quote:

Eh Brudda Ricky,
Talk story dakine fo reel, yeah? You stay live Hilo dats dakine. I no can dig em, so if no can, no can, I stay buy em with da kala.
Howsit Ricky, its nice to talk story with one local once in awhile through our mikinis on the internet.
I can't dig anymore due to an RPG downed my chopper way back in 68 in Nam. The injuries finally caught up with me, now I rely on others to help me with collecting bottles.

Bummers about da injuries, I miss my digging days too. We have a forum for big island bottle collectors. It's free to join, all you gotta do is register. Also feel free to post pics of your collection in the gallery.I am planning to put on a bottle/collectibles show early next year. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Big_Island_Bottle_Collectors/

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I just started to collect Hawaiian bottles again. Hilo bottles numba one with me, but also collect any of the older sodas from any island. I just came across an embossed Camalieson Dairy & Poultry Farm/ Hilo quart size and some embossed pints from a few of the other islands.
Hey mahalo for your input of Excelsior Soda. That one was one big mess when I received it. Lucky that it came out so good.
Your bottle collection looks good and I personally agree about the way your lighting showing off the embossing mo betta. Your picture taking set up looks like you did a little thinking ahead of time(you no one pukahead), looks good and the pictures prove it.
Where are you buying your bottles? I buying mine from Mid Pacific (Richard), Allan's Collectibles, and Glass from the Past in Honomu.

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Hey, you know Bruce Omori. He stay live in Hilo again. He is a professional when it comes to taking pictures.
Yeah, I know Bruce. I just met him about two months ago. He's a real nice guy. He does a lot of surfing photography and some sports photography. I also do some freelance photography.
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If you have any Hilo soda bottles or milks that you want to sell, let me know.
  What bottles are you looking for? I have a few extras in storage. Let me know and I will check for you.   Mahalo, Rick

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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 10/20/2006 12:44:00 PM   
stinger haut

 

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Status: offline 		Howsit Rick,
Hey mahalo for all information on collecting. I joined the Hilo club.
Yeah Bruce takes surfing pictures thats how we met, I can still surf even with my bad back, but thats about all I can do.
I've been collecting Hawaiian bottles from any where or chance I get (even Ebay, which is not a numba one choice). So Mahalo for your connections for local bottles. I'll post a want email on the clubs forum. I'll email about what you might have in storage.
Pono

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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 10/20/2006 12:57:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yeah I shudda gone down diggin ba da kepp ma howlie but some more close to da base some more daily daily. I had a blast while I was there and the pepole sounded alot like Cajuns so they were alittle shocked that a mainlander could keep up.

A SSGT Kippy was trying to teach me to speak Hawaiian but I didn't make it. Tougher than Koriean of Viet.

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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 10/20/2006 7:42:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		this isnt related to bottles but i was wondering where seminole is in alabama i live in NE alabama close to the GA line about an hour from oxford

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RE: Photographing Hawaiian bottles - 10/20/2006 8:06:40 PM   
stinger haut

 

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Status: offline 		Hey everyone,
I shot this picture of a pontiled cobalt Smith soda that is super whittled.
This about the best I could get do to try and show the bottle's color and crudity.
I live in a place that averages about 220 inches of rain a year and I own a Plantation style home that blocks natural light. So, natural light is out when it comes to shooting bottles.
Any sugguestions on a better way to shoot bottle pictures?
Stinger




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