Lemon on Black Background

Me too!

Great

Thx Paul and Giulio. As a complete novice to tabletop photography, I am finding that glass is very tricky to capture properly without UNWANTED reflections, and maximizing the beauty of glass is even more difficult.

Although the greenish 'lemon in a glass' was a good image, I also think that this one is more effective. The other one does have the troublesome reflections, which you have done very well to avoid here. Good photo - Schwepps might pay good money for it!

When I needed to photograph some scrimshaw for my wife (ivory whale teeth with polished and engraved surfaces) she wanted shadow- and reflection-free photos. I made a big paper truncated cone which I illuminated with a Vivitar flash outside one side, and which also reflected from two mirrors on the far side. The camera pointed down through the hole in the small top of the cone, onto the whale tooth. It worked well. When I tried it on glass paperweights the clear glass almost disappeared, leaving the coloured glass shape inside the weight. However, that arrangement only worked on things that could be laid down flat - no good on a G&T.

Cheers, Martin

Martin, I very much appreciate your comments and your great suggestion for photographing glass, which I have taken to heart and I shall try this trick when I next photograph a glass piece.

Question: what is G&T?

All the best,
Go4IT

Gin and tonic! What else would one be thinking of, when looking at a slice of lemon in a fizzy drink?

Best wishes,

Martin

what was your gin of choice.?

The liquid was carbonated water from my SodaStream water carbonizer. To maintain the bubbles over the (lengthy) shoot, I dropped salt into the glass just before firing. I wish now I had shot this on my light table to get light into the glass from below. Maybe next time...

Works very well with the black background. Tack sharp. Have you tried a square crop? I wondered what it might look like with the sides trimmed off and whether it might bring the glass forward.

Thx Gary; I agree a square crop would improve this image.