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Published: 2004-04-01 00:03:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 7433; Favourites: 89; Downloads: 1779
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This is the kind of work I do to pay for my camera. It's a commercial shot of glassware handpainted by local artist Patti Overgaard. This cool martini glass is one of her bestsellers. I wanted to make it look dynamic by adding a splash of liquid to it.Tech notes:
I took one photo in Canon RAW format and processed it three different ways. I overexposed one to get the color for the olives. I exposed one normally for the glass outline. I underexposed and shifted the color temperture to pull details out of the liquid splash. I sandwiched the three together in Photoshop and voila!
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i like the colors here. the white background with the blue liquid looks lovely. and the tilt to the glass is really interesting. i guess i'm the only voice of dissent here, because i don't think it works well as a commercial shoot. the painting on the glass doesn't show up very well, it's overshadowed by the flowing liquid. maybe it's the brightness on my monitor that makes the detail not show up though.
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Wonderful photography! I love the colours of this shot... Lovely photo!
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You know ~ there's something oddly comforting about knowing that you put serious thought and work into this shot.
If you had managed to get it naturally ~ I'd have to hate you. ;o)
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I really like this shot! I have an idea that is similar to this that I would like to do but am not sure how, being a beginner and all. Needless to say, I really liked reading the comments you have with the shot ... made me google "colour temperature shift"!
The photo itself is very nice. All of the edges of the glass are in focus and visible which is pretty tough to do when photographin glass (only from what I hear, not from experience, yet!) I also really enjoy the translucent look of the stream of water and the solid look of the splash! This is all very well executed!
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I love the details and the colour.
very clean, simple yet stylish!
the lighting is just perfect!!
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Now theres a slice of cool for u hehe, been trying the whole water capture thing myself, but to no avail. cool shot buddy.
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oh my goodness it's been too long since i've checked out your work.
(did you somehow fall off my watch list? 
anyway. very slick, very stylish. i'm loving it!
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very cool. very dynamic. YAY OLIVES!
i used to love olives. to a sick and disgusting degree (read: would sip some of the juice from the jar when there was no more olives but I couldn't accept that..)
anyhow...i was going to ask how you held the camera and the glass at the same time... but then it occured to me you could tilt the camera and leave the glass standing. 
.maggie
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yay you solved the tilty glass riddle!
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nice shot, i would have used blue liquid but whatever either way works
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The master at work again. Thanks for the details of how you did it, i'm soaking it up!
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Hey Kev. Can't believe I didn't have you watched. Please forgiv this. Your work is so wonderful... I love martini glasses... Their shape is so seductive... Maybe it's just the booze... I don't know... LOL. Great work. Can't wait to see more... Dave
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Not a fan of the design of the glasss, I'm more of a minimalist design fan, and the colour of the liquid is a bit disturbing.. but the overall effect, timing, and composition on this shot... flawless.
Great work, as always.
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Looks totally pro.
Clean composition.
Great color and use of light.
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Terrific work! I love the hard lines of the glass contrasted with the flow of the liquid and the colors are great
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you do things i just wouldnt think of, but when i see them i go "DAMNIT that's cool!"
and that three shot thing? wtf? i would never have thought of that. brilliant!
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Beautiful glass! I so much like the blue color, it fits so perfect for my eye
Great work kevin
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This shot has simply amazing quality, Kevin.
I think it's a little bit overexposed though. It looks a little too bright for me.
Your technique and procedures never cease to amaze me.
How exactly did you sandwich it together in photoshop? Just 3 layers on top of each other or did you delete certain parts of certain layers?
Cheers mate
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great picture !! it makes me wanna buy some of these glasses
i love Martini!!
great job !
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Very well shot. I like how everything is diagonal. And you always have wonderful lighting! Just gorgeous.
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There's such a strong sense of the action in this, it seems alot more powerful a splash than it should. It looks more like a bullet fyling through it.
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i LOVE the diagonal lines of the tilt of the glass, the stream coming in and the way the more organic shaped splash on the right side of the glass balances all the straight diagonal lines.
the rest is clearly fantastic and i'd expect no less from you (lighting, composition, technical)
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I swear, RAW files can be SO much fun. And not nearly as much a pain as sandwiching real negatives!
This is simply top notch
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your french is better and better !
this is a verycool shot, I really like the way you do classy things with objects, you have a very good taste.
every time you make me wanna try this kind of stuff.
but that would mean "work".
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wow i need to get better with photoshop, i can see why your able to pay for your camera, very nice work
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the exposure's nice
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i like the technique, when you sandwich, do you use transparencies, or do you cut different sections and make new layers?
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i add a mask to each layer, and just paint out the parts that i don't want to see. this way i can paint them back in if i make a mistake. it's a very useful technique that can be used on any type of layer in photoshop.
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cool, thaniks for the insight
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Very nice shot and get work with the triple exposure.
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