This is a remake of the classic shot "Swish" by Alan Freed. It was the first idea that popped into my head and it took me forever to find the image and after I did I noticed that it was in the Tutorial section where I had saw it originally. Anyway, it's a tribute to his shot.
Setup
Basically I tried a new approach which needs work and was not used here. In the end I did it just like the original with a twist. I used a can and a bottle! I linked the two together with a dowel rod and tied the fishing line to the rod. And just like Alan's, the whole thing wanted to spin or swing but I remedied that by pinning the backdrop to the dowel rod and weighing down the bottle with some water. I did let the unit stay in place for about 4 seconds then slowly lifted it giving you the image here.
Thanks again to Alan Freed for the inspiration behind this shot and for doing all the hard work six years ago.
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Nicely done. This is one of those shots that's more difficult to pull off than people can imagine. It's hard to believe it has been almost six years already! I did the original shot with a little Canon point-n-shoot -- my first digital camera. I can remember spending a whole night fiddling with various ways of doing it.
The one thing I regret is that I rarely get inspired to put that much effort into an entry nowadays. DPC was such a fresh, new thing for me back then, and now I find myself submitting for the sake of submitting, and I haven't been putting the real effort into entries nowadays. Maybe this will give me a gentle nudge in the right direction, reminding me of my "old days" at DPC :)
Oh I know this photo from Alan. I think you did a good job. The visual effect is very clear (allthough the bottles are a little wiggly ;)) The colors might be a little too much saturated for my taste, but I can imagine that it works for a lot of people. Not your fault but just my taste ;)
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