Trick of the Light
by joebok

Comment by puma:
The effect is a bit too minimal. Too many reflections on the bowl.

Trick of the Light
by joebok

Comment by rick13601:
I hope in your details section you will explain how you were able to accomplish this...thanks. :-)

Trick of the Light
by joebok

Comment by oOWonderBreadOo:
clever but I wish it were sharper...

Trick of the Light
by joebok

Comment by Melethia:
Good demonstration of refraction, particularly how the pencil seems to change character completely! An ironed and/or perhaps more dramatic background would help add a "pop" factor. The pencils to the side may be a bit superfluous.

Cedar
by joebok

Comment by vtruan:
nice sharpness and dof.

Cedar
by joebok

Comment by brownt:
The lighting on this is excellent, looks like the 3D drawings I'm used to doing. Well done :-)

Trick of the Light
by joebok

Comment by GoodEnd:
This is only sugestion to your next glass picture:
1-Reflections, to easy off then, use a polarizer filter and a 90º light/camera angle.
2-light, always lateral or any combination at 90º from camera.
3-light sources must be softned to prevent hot spots like these. Use a vegetable paper sheet or white cloth to make a tend or simply put it between your light source to filter direct harsh lights.

Trick of the Light
by joebok

Comment by tate:
This is an interesting thing: There is obviously the illusion that the pencil should continue to be a pencil yet doesn't. That's really neat ... The composition is quite good as far as drawing the eye around the image. Here's where I get critical so take my limited knowledge with caution and a grain of salt !!: I can't tell what the metal? object is so it just leaves me looking for some kind of connection. The lighting is also very generic and provides no dramaand also is victim to distractiing reflections. The focus could use also use some help. So ... I really love the idea and have no idea how it was done, but you should honestly try it again since the setup seems simple: Just use a light source that doesn't bring out reflections and the wrinkles in the background. You could possibly achieve this by separating the foreground and background elements and opening the aperture. You could try using a backlight behind the sheet and adding a small desk lamp over the vase ... I'm just learning about lighting myself so I can't guarantee that will work for you but i do recomment at least 2 filtered light sources :) ... Also: The camera may have trouble focusing on the glass since it doesn't have much contrast - try to resolve that however you see fit. Anyway, sorry for the rambling - I love this idea and that's why I have gone on and on ... I just think the image needs some tweaking! Whatever you do ... keep shooting and keep learning.

Trick of the Light
by joebok

Comment by BeeCee:
(wrinkles... ;) ) Neat, though!

Trick of the Light
by joebok

Comment by Spitfyr:
Clever idea but the picture seems a little out of focus.