Hi Pentaxians I know that some of you have very successfully photographed table tops of glass and other shiny reflecting materials so I'm looking for some advice here:
I'm looking for a way to present two bottles of 1959 burgunder wine and a crystal glass from 1959 in a tasteful manner. I made a test shot with a Pentax Optio 330 and the integrated flash to trigger a slave flash from the top at 45 degrees and another slave flash for the background only and the bottle and glass are in a large white light tent. The visible part of the tent in the background was then removed in Photoshop. The final photo will be made with the Pentax 50mm macro or Tamron 90mm macro on film and I could use lights instead of the flashes too if needed. I will not use the red tablet but maybe some stones or old wood branches instead and seek for any ideas as well. But first I need some help how to set up the crystal glass so that the engraved 1959 (not visible yet) on the front and the other decorations like the large eagle can be seen very well. Do I need some black paper on the opposite site of the flash to make the 1959 stand out? Thanks for any ideas regarding the glass or the overall setup in advance :-) www.mypage.bluewin.ch/solicom/wine1959.jpg Markus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
