Critique Please: Glass with coloured card bg

03/04/2005 01:15:46 PM · #1

Hey there,

I was messing around trying to recreate something like below left (Homage to Jacko & Rackat, by hughletheren).

The one on the right is my attempt. I've used two pieces of card behind a glass. Postprocessing: rotate, crop, and saturate. The spot lights in my kitchen are the only lights that produce any decent amount of light! Any ideas for cheap home lighting?

All comments welcome.

(#3 = #2 after Neat Image noise removal)

Message edited by author 2005-03-04 20:41:04.

Tom_Robbrecht

03/04/2005 01:44:32 PM · #2

Paula,

The image is rather noisy. You might wanna run it through Neat Image to smooth it over.
Putting the background further from the glass will avoid reflections and shadows.
Lighting the background using a separate flash or a halogen office light (backlighting) would also help.

Message edited by author 2005-03-04 13:54:54.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

03/04/2005 02:47:21 PM · #3

I'll try that. I don't have PS so I'll have to find out what's the Corel equivalent to NeatImage.

Cheers!

Plexxoid

Canon EOS-30D

03/04/2005 02:49:24 PM · #4

NeatImage isn't made by Adobe.
Dowload it for free :)

Plexxoid

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

03/04/2005 02:51:44 PM · #5

For lighting, put the lights behind the glasses shining on the background. That way you won't get the white spot reflections.

03/04/2005 03:00:40 PM · #6

Downloaded it. This is great!

Originally posted by Plexxoid:

NeatImage isn't made by Adobe.
Dowload it for free :)

03/04/2005 03:05:52 PM · #7

Thanks also for the lighting tips. I'll have a go with backlighting and see how it turns out!

Jinjit

03/04/2005 03:42:49 PM · #8

I also don't have the money or need of special lightings, so for my recreation of the same image I used a couple of halogen office lights (that cost less then 10$ each) shining the background.
They were placed about half way behind the glasses towards the background. So you need to make sure you have enough distance there to avoid all the shadows.

03/04/2005 03:55:31 PM · #9

Wow, Jinjit! You've done a great job there.

I think I'll go light shopping and have another go.