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Sony Forums Challenges | all galleries >> Challenge 41: Water (hosted by Sarah D) >> challenge_41_eligible > Vittel on the rocks
by Willem
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Vittel on the rocks
by Willem

A bowl of blue glass filled with water and large chunks of ice, lit from underneath by a 500W halogen worklight.
The light was shielded off to prevent any light spreading around, all light had to go through the blue bowl, water and ice.
Bottle was straight, camera was tilted slightly to obtain the angle.
The label of the bottle was lit separately by a small torchlight to obtain a normal color.
Background of crumpled white paper.
One extra 60W halogen light covered with blue bowls from the top right, to soften some shadows.

The setup, without the crumpled paper background, can be seen by clicking HERE.

Some editing was done since I discovered later that my sons name was written on the bottle.


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Sony Forums Challenges05-May-2003 22:03
Dramatic image, Willem. I admire your strength in wanting to get this "right" with all the work you put into it. I was going to add a suggestion but, Shay beat me to it with exactly what I was going to suggest. Nice work! Mark J
Sony Forums Challenges03-May-2003 06:42
Good idea with nice color contrasts and comp, Willem...I enjoyed seeing how you set this up to achieve your effects. MFC
Sony Forums Challenges01-May-2003 19:06
Thanks for your comments. I have also received comments in the lighting forum and photosig. Several people mention the magenta hue on the label. I have put water in the freezer already for a re-shoot this weekend. Also going to play a bit more with background color and distance, spraying the bottle etc. etc. Willem
Sony Forums Challenges01-May-2003 12:24
This is so well done. I have to be picky here because you nearly have a commercial quality image. The composition is slightly to far to the camera right. Center the bottle a little bit more. And the label has a shadow on the top left corner, it should not have the shadow, or have the shadow on the bottom too. Really excellent work here. - Shay
Sony Forums Challenges01-May-2003 03:40
Ooh, great effect! Makes me thirsty just to look at it! Helen
Sony Forums Challenges01-May-2003 00:25
Willem, I have got to get that 500w Halogen, I have been using a 150w plus other sources.
It's ok for mood lighting, but as can be seen from this photo the extra light gives you a lot better exposure and helps draw out more detail.
The colour really does give that icy cold feeling.
Sony Forums Challenges30-Apr-2003 00:01
Beautiful shot, just screams about the energy waiting for you inside the bottle. Thanks for the information and link to photo of your setup.