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Bending Light
A few lessons learned:
-Make sure the glass is clean!
-Add a little rubbing alcohol to the water to reduce the surface tension - it keeps the water from climbing the sides of the glass.
-Getting the line on the background and in the glass lined up can be time consuming if you are moving your glass and recomposing in the frame.
-Use a really nice glass - you can see the warping in the glass in my photo. These were from Walmart...
-The black card at camera right is visible on the left side of the glass if you get it too close. This becomes a balancing act as it doesn't do its job rimming our the glass if it is too far away.
Strobist Info:
Godox AD-360 at 1/2.3 power in an Apollo softbox shot through Translum behind the glass.
Black card behind the glass to create the black section - it is easier to compose the glass in your frame and move the black card until it runs through the center of the glass.
Black card camera right to help outline that side of the glass. The closer this card is to the glass, the less white shows on the left side of the glass.
Post:
Pulled the blacks down and pushed the whites and cleaned up some dust. I also removed the black card at camera right. it had to be in the frame to do its job correctly. Maybe a larger one could be further away from the subject.
Bending Light
A few lessons learned:
-Make sure the glass is clean!
-Add a little rubbing alcohol to the water to reduce the surface tension - it keeps the water from climbing the sides of the glass.
-Getting the line on the background and in the glass lined up can be time consuming if you are moving your glass and recomposing in the frame.
-Use a really nice glass - you can see the warping in the glass in my photo. These were from Walmart...
-The black card at camera right is visible on the left side of the glass if you get it too close. This becomes a balancing act as it doesn't do its job rimming our the glass if it is too far away.
Strobist Info:
Godox AD-360 at 1/2.3 power in an Apollo softbox shot through Translum behind the glass.
Black card behind the glass to create the black section - it is easier to compose the glass in your frame and move the black card until it runs through the center of the glass.
Black card camera right to help outline that side of the glass. The closer this card is to the glass, the less white shows on the left side of the glass.
Post:
Pulled the blacks down and pushed the whites and cleaned up some dust. I also removed the black card at camera right. it had to be in the frame to do its job correctly. Maybe a larger one could be further away from the subject.