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Mixed Drinks
Mixed Drinks
FranziskaLang


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Challenge: Secondary Colors (Classic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D100
Location: Virginia
Date: May 12, 2003
Aperture: f/36
ISO: 200
Shutter: 10 sec
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: May 12, 2003

 I had pretty soon made up my mind that I wanted to "finally do the glass thing" to mix colors. I suspect there are going to be many that used food colors to overlay the colors ... oh, well. As I was setting up the shot I lost the colorful split background and just overlayed glasses filled with colored water instead. The purple didn't turn out as purple as I wanted it but I just couldn't get it better without starting totally over and it was already midnight ...

It took me a long time to get this shot to this point, and there are still some flaws (the rim of the tall glass, the slight reflection, the purple not being as purple as I'd like it), but I also like how the two stems line up as if they were one and the bottom of the glass with the red liquid shines through, the background (you know I like my white backgrounds), and the slight abstractness.

I ended up putting the glasses into a large box that was open on both ends, white paper over the backend and then shining the light through the paper. Camera on tripod and timer (manual focus, max aperture, +2.3EV to get background lighter) and then me behind it with some black cardboard to minimize reflection from that end.

What slowed me down the most was that the glasses were so full and the carpet is so soft in that room that I could only walk around in slow motion so as to not spill anything ... :)

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 05/21/2003 12:13:25 AM
It's fun to see you do new things! THis was a cool shot.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/20/2003 02:20:34 PM
nice job i really like the colors, but what is in the cups-----juice or alcohol?
 05/20/2003 04:02:11 AM
Very good idea but pity this 1st glass isn't more see thru.
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 05/19/2003 10:40:00 PM
Not your typical glass shot. I like it, esp. the shadow on the sides of the glasses.
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 05/18/2003 11:35:25 PM
Simple and clean. Great work. I wish I could get glass to look that good lol
 05/18/2003 08:09:58 PM
the background color looks pink
 05/18/2003 04:24:04 PM
Very good image. Works well with the theme of this challenge. Very good technically. Good luck. 8 Morgan
 05/17/2003 09:03:49 PM
I like the picture, but the colours don't look blue and red, which are primary colours, not secondary.
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 05/17/2003 05:11:01 PM
i love this! 10
 05/17/2003 10:55:46 AM
Fun, unique perspective. LIghting is wonderful.
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 05/16/2003 03:37:10 PM
Very cool. But aren't these colors red and blue? Nothing secondary about that! :)
 05/16/2003 01:00:26 AM
Very nice composition and execution. But... the purple from the red and blue does not come out.
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 05/15/2003 10:22:41 PM
Nice idea to mix two primary colours. Unfortunately, since red is a very prominent colour the red glass has hijacked your image.
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 05/15/2003 10:20:46 PM
bravo......well done. good light control, good color.
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 05/15/2003 06:25:51 PM
Makes me think you are a commercial artist who frequently works on beverage shots. Ha !
 05/15/2003 12:11:41 PM
Interesting idea. Looks like red and blue to me, but then I'm partially colour blind, so whatever. Nice composition.
 05/14/2003 09:47:04 PM
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 05/14/2003 02:25:51 PM
Nice idea. I dont think that these display secondary colors very well. Good choice of background color though.
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 05/14/2003 12:48:52 PM
Simple, effective, attarctive. I like the muted colours. Well done.
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 05/14/2003 11:59:27 AM
cunnning....... lookd really cool.... perhaps using lighter colours would have improved the result...
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 05/14/2003 08:10:51 AM
Nice and simple but very powerful and effective, well done, 10 - Gary.
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 05/14/2003 07:22:54 AM
Red + Blue = Purple? Great Shot!
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