Break free
by bsluijk

Comment by Tiny:
Top ten this image please.

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Comment by daisydavid:
For me I think I'm wondering whether the bowl is the feature or the reflection, there is a bit of competition as to the subject, both are giving it a go. Perhaps I would see if cutting the amount of reflection down (so we dont see all of it, maybe to the curve so it is implied) and make more space above the bowl, and maybe a tad 'hair light' to accent the back edge of the rim. Minor point, it seems to tilt slightly to viewer left. You've done well.

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Comment by pmichaud:
Beautiful image. I like it as is...

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Comment by nam:
No comment on technique - gorgeous bowl.

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Comment by bassbone:
Most dark field work with glass involves the light source behind the subject and the blackboard or most at an angle from one side. Most folks I know use a diffusion sheet instead of a soft box so the light is stretched across the glass even more than what a SB can do. Moving the angle of the light from behind to one side will produce very different results - and it may be worth exploring here. While I understand your goal to try to light this object - very cool bowl....taking a simple glass and exploring the effect on the angle of the light in reference to the camera and the object would be a highly worthwhile exercise....

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Comment by sulamk:
Wow a hard task but a very interesting one. Why not start with simple objects and build up to more challenging ones. This picture looks like a spaceship in the milky way.

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Comment by bassbone:
You have started with a pretty challenging case to study! Lots of different angles to try to capture and highlight. The lighting on the top center of the bowl is pretty good but as a couple others have said, the light on the flat sections on top are a bit underexposed and does not match well the center. I wonder if some small reflectors to focus the light a bit more on those sections would be useful.

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Comment by ursula:
Learning how to capture light is a worthwhile endeavour. I am constantly trying to figure that one out :) Anyways. I think the lighting in this picture is interesting because it lines out all the cuts in the glass bowl, which makes the bowl look rather wild. The lighting looks a bit uneven, there are two dark areas at both top-sides of the bowl, and I think the contrast between these dark areas and the areas where the cuts are brightly lit is too proounced. I think that as an exercise in lighting, this is successful. As a picture of a bowl, well, don't know, it shows the cuts in the glass without really showing the patterns clearly. Not sure overall. I have no comments on how to improve this, I am almost completely unfamiliar with softboxes and other such things.

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Comment by Kroburg:
Looks great to me, well done. Would like to see an image of the setup with the soft boxes; it's an unknown discipline to me.

Message edited by author 2013-01-08 18:19:37.

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Comment by MacDonald:
While I use lighting, I haven't tried to shoot glass - to me this looks excellent and as others have mentioned, no blown highlights - love the colors and the detail - nicely done indeed.