Part II: A glass of RGB please.

[xerubus]

Here is a further attempt of my first glass of RGB. This time most of the lines are straight... which isn't as easy to do as you think...

I'm still not 100% happy with this yet... but here's proof i'm still working on the project.

comments most welcome.



cheers

[big pix]

As it is the shot has no meaning............... sorry

big pix

[xerubus]

As it is the shot has no meaning............... sorry

big pix

that's fine bp.... as i said .. not 100% happy yet....

what i don't like about this shot is that i stuffed up the lighting as compared to the previous... the plexi is visible which is a big no no....

cheers mate..

[phillipb]

IMHO the first one has a lot more impact, both in composition and lighting.
Even the sloping horizon adds to the image.

[kipper]

The lighting isn't the only issue, like Phillipb said the composition (camera angle relative to the glass and plexiglass) is much better. You have a lower angle in the 1st shot and close (using a wide angle) that makes the glass bulge out at you. Also lower to the plexiglass gives the mirror finish.

[xerubus]

thanks for the comments guys.....

cheers

[yeocsa]

Difficult? Try diamonds! It's 100 times more challenging.

Hard to guess what is the effect that you are after. If you don't know what you are after, you won't know if it is the desired effect.

If you are trying to show how the curved glass distort the straight colums of green, red and blue - you can crop off the glass table.

You are using 3 lights. These lights are direct lights. Lights that fall on the glass directly resulting in good colour saturation. However, the reflection on the glass table is alot less and thus looks washed out. I can see the lights reflection on the glass - a distraction. The lightings are uneven. Both green and blue suffers from insufficient lighting - esp. the Green.

regards,

Arthur

[SoCal Steve]

I missed the first one, but I like what you're up to with this. Knowing your work, it'll be A-1 when you're done and you'll have learned a lot of tricks along the way.

[big pix]

Shooting glass on glass is not easy .......... you need to do it in a black room so you can control your reflections and highlights......... or lots of black reflectors.........

cheers
bp