Assignment #22: Glass

NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
edited October 18, 2010 in Assignments
OK, now we all got some enlightenment.
However, what good is the light if you can't look at it through the good quality glass?
Or celebrate it with a glass of fine wine?

Anyway, the new week topic is the glass.

Windows glass, windshield glass, L glass, wine glass, viewing glasses...
If you think of it, it's all around us.
Which, in fact, makes it a rather difficult subject to shoot, since the vast majority of it is - on purpose - highly transparent, or, in reverse, extremely reflective.

The valid entry should make the glass itself, not what we see through it and not what it's reflecting, the primary subject of the picture.

As always: fresh pictures, moderate post-processing.
For the rest of the basic rules and index please check out this sticky.

Let's get some glass! :-) :wink
"May the f/stop be with you!"
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  • vandanavandana Registered Users Posts: 373 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2007
    glass experiments over this weekend; these are my first attempts at glass photography using a light tent - suggestions welcome :)

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2007
    Vandana,
    vandana wrote:
    glass experiments over this weekend; these are my first attempts at glass photography using a light tent - suggestions welcome :)
    Great entries, thanks alot! thumb.gifclap.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited January 23, 2007
    vandana wrote:
    glass experiments over this weekend; these are my first attempts at glass photography using a light tent - suggestions welcome :)

    WOW! First shot is most impressive!thumb.gif
    "The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"


    Aaron Newman

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  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited January 23, 2007
    Automotive Glass
    Taken Sunday

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    Looking through the glass (not great I admit)
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    Chrome shiny as glass
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    Thanks-
    "The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"


    Aaron Newman

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    Facebook: Capturing Light and Emotion
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 23, 2007
    Aaron,
    anwmn1 wrote:
    Taken Sunday
    ...
    Thanks-

    Those are nice, but... to me they mostly say "car", or "grille", or "headlights" - not "glass" ne_nau.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited January 25, 2007
    Got Glass?
    Candelabra

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    Creative shot glass

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    Swartzy:
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 25, 2007
    Swartzy,
    Swartzy wrote:
    Candelabra
    Creative shot glass

    Great entries, very nice lighting! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2007
    Nothing earth shattering
    but I am enjoying the learning curve with lighting. Glass is a tricky subject. This is not shot with a light tent but instead with 2 RPS fixtures, lightstands, circular 5000k bulbs, one with a covered diffuser.

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    Swartzy:
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2007
    Swartzy,
    Swartzy wrote:
    but I am enjoying the learning curve with lighting. Glass is a tricky subject. This is not shot with a light tent but instead with 2 RPS fixtures, lightstands, circular 5000k bulbs, one with a covered diffuser.
    I agree, the glass is tricky:-) deal.gif
    Thanks for the entry! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • Bayer-Z28Bayer-Z28 Registered Users Posts: 392 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2007
    I'll try this one... I just grabbed the Candle cover and it came to me... Does this work? Or is the glass the ONLY subject?

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2007
    Bayer,
    Bayer-Z28 wrote:
    I'll try this one... I just grabbed the Candle cover and it came to me... Does this work? Or is the glass the ONLY subject?

    Methinks this will do just fine! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2007
    Hiya Sam
    Sam wrote:
    Here's my Glass photo.
    Sam

    Thanks for playing, I love colored glass! clap.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2007
  • evorywareevoryware Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2007
    heh, cleanin the dusty shotglasses time...

    (oops) w/o flash
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    w/ bounced flash
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2007
    Evoryware,
    evoryware wrote:
    heh, cleanin the dusty shotglasses time...

    Laughing.gif! rolleyes1.gif
    Thanks! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • StanStan Registered Users Posts: 1,077 Major grins
    edited February 3, 2007
    Hi Nic, I know it's late, but I have had very little time to play with the camera of late. I don't like the blown lighlights at 10 o'clock but here is my attempt

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    Thanks for the great set of assignments
    Stan
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited February 3, 2007
    Stan,
    Stan wrote:
    Hi Nic, I know it's late, but I have had very little time to play with the camera of late. I don't like the blown lighlights at 10 o'clock but here is my attempt
    Definitely a worthy entry! thumb.gif

    Stan wrote:
    Thanks for the great set of assignments
    Stan
    Thank you for playing!:ivar
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • PupatorPupator Registered Users Posts: 2,322 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2007
    I'm too late to really participate, but thought I'd add this one that I took on my trip. Anyone know what it is?

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  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2007
    OOO OOO waiving my hand wildly
    Pupator wrote:
    I'm too late to really participate, but thought I'd add this one that I took on my trip. Anyone know what it is?

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    I know.....it's a 1950's laserbeam lens set up designed to shoot down alien spacecraft! rolleyes1.gif
    Swartzy:
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  • PhotogPhotog Registered Users Posts: 37 Big grins
    edited February 8, 2007
    Pupator wrote:
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    lighthouse fresnel lens?
    Sony DSR500WSL, Nikon D100, no apparent skills
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2007
    Paul,
    Photog wrote:
    lighthouse fresnel lens?
    I'm with Photog on this one!
    Nice glass! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • PupatorPupator Registered Users Posts: 2,322 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2007
    Nikolai wrote:
    I'm with Photog on this one!
    Nice glass! thumb.gif

    Lens? Neah - anti-alien laserbeams. mwink.gif
  • com3com3 Registered Users Posts: 423 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2007
    heh... i can't help myself. i just recently found these assignment threads, and love the ideas... mine is actually a "series." hope you dont' mind! :D

    "craving some glass"
  • com3com3 Registered Users Posts: 423 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2007
    i have kit glass laying around everywhere...

    "sure to put it out."
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2007
    Com3,
    com3 wrote:
    i have kit glass laying around everywhere...
    "sure to put it out."
    Thanks, glad you've discovered usthumb.gif !
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • PhirusPhirus Registered Users Posts: 5 Beginner grinner
    edited February 11, 2007
    Its a bit late in the assignment, I know, but I figured I would throw this one out there. Taken on my Nikon Coolipix L3 (its what I had on me)

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2007
    Phirus,
    Phirus wrote:
    Its a bit late in the assignment, I know, but I figured I would throw this one out there. Taken on my Nikon Coolipix L3 (its what I had on me)
    Thank you for the entry! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • mwaltersmwalters Registered Users Posts: 119 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2007
    I realise this is way too late, but as with others above, I've only just really started looking at the various forums (there's a lot to read...)

    Anyway, here's my effort at 'Glass' - it's a perfume atomiser.

    Hope it fits the idea.

    Matthew
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2007
    Matthew,
    mwalters wrote:
    I realise this is way too late, but as with others above, I've only just really started looking at the various forums (there's a lot to read...)

    Anyway, here's my effort at 'Glass' - it's a perfume atomiser.

    Hope it fits the idea.

    Matthew

    Welcome to the Class, it's a nice entry! thumb.gif
    Now, how about some Crowd Control? mwink.gifdeal.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • mwaltersmwalters Registered Users Posts: 119 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2007
    Thanks for the comment. I'll try crowd control too, it's just a bit tricky finding the time... I've got a few ideas.

    Matthew
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