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Sony Forums Challenges | all galleries >> Challenge 29: 3D Glass Objects (hosted by Faye White) >> Challenge 29: 3-D Glass Objects - Eligible > Shimmering Iridescence by Dee Golden
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November 2, 2002 Dee Golden

Shimmering Iridescence by Dee Golden

"You paid how much for that glass?" asked my friend. Well, hmmm, yeah, I did pay $16.00 for the shorter glass. I've had them for years now and they've never ceased to delight me. What a great opportunity this challenge is to pay homage to them, and to the glass blower who makes them. Unfortunately I can't read the name inscribed on the bottom of the glasses. The glasses provide so many photo opportunities, but my fear was that if I made them too abstract no one would understand what they were looking at. Taken with seamless paper, a white foamcore board used to reflect window light and a Sony S70 which just didn't want to focus and accept a smaller f/stop. Sometimes I really miss my 707. Hope it comes back from the repair center soon.


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Rain 15-Nov-2002 05:21
Gorgeous, really captures the iridescent quality... for funz try using same glasses, lay them onto black velvet and have a handfull of those iridescent clear planter glass stones...pouring out like "water" from the tall one that's tipped over...anyway I love it!! But then I'm also a great lover of hand blown glass :) and anything iridescent sends me over the moon!
Sony Forums Challenges11-Nov-2002 13:03
Nice work Dee. Fremiet
Sony Forums Challenges11-Nov-2002 10:22
Dee... I think we can all agree now, your husband IS in the minority! :-) Your placement of the glasses is perfect and I must agree, the colors are beautiful. You did a great job of taking the ordinary (glasses) and making it look extraordinary. Mark J
Sony Forums Challenges10-Nov-2002 01:51
Thank you all for your comments. My husband came home and looked at the glasses and said, "That's not how I see them." He wasn't very impressed at all! So I've been trying not to be too bummed! I hope he's in the minority! LOL --Dee
Guest 09-Nov-2002 17:12
it does have an abstract quality. the colors are just gorgeous.
Guest 09-Nov-2002 04:00
Ditto on what MFC said. And the background color is perfect. - Ro
Sony Forums Challenges05-Nov-2002 20:09
I like how you captured the "iridescent" quality, Dee. MFC
Sony Forums Challenges04-Nov-2002 15:38
Great glasses! I have the feeling I've seen them before, although if I had, I probably would have bought them. Nice lighting and composition, effective background color. Helen
Sony Forums Challenges04-Nov-2002 02:00
Beautiful glasses, Dee, and nicely captured. They look like treasures to me! Bev
Sony Forums Challenges03-Nov-2002 08:36
Don't you just love blown glass? I sure do! these are really lovely. I'd pay $16 in a heartbeat! Beautiful rendering of them Dee. Ann C
Faye White03-Nov-2002 02:17
I can understand the attraction - there's so much going on in all those colors. Beautiful image Dee. -faye
Sony Forums Challenges03-Nov-2002 00:03
i really like iridescent glass...the colors are all incompassing. very nice. kudbegud