Blue Bottle

[Colin Morey]

I'd like peoples comments on this still life/product shot, the theme is "blue" and I had an empty bottle of Blue Bawls Guarana kicking around.

http://www.random-chaos.org.uk/photo-a-day-images/2009-02-17-IMG_5536.jpg

Taken with an EOS 350D, 60mm Macro, heavily snooted 580EX on 1/4 power for the writing, bottle is sat on gelled(blue sweet wrappers:o) hole in the background paper with a single 12W CFL bulb underneath.

Iso 100 5s exposure, f16

[adawar]

Interesting shot. A little dark for my tastes though, got any other shots with different lightings configurations?

[Colin Morey]

um, not really, they're mostly like this, A friend has suggested that I add some light from behind to show the edge of the bottle, I also want to re-shoot to hide the flash overspill.

Most of the other shots from the series either don't have the 'Bawls' logo illuminated enough, or have too much flare in.

[Colin Morey]

How's this for a re-visit?

http://www.random-chaos.org.uk/photo-a-day-images/2009-02-18-IMG_5552.jpg
Most of the setup is the same, except the lettering is light with a snooted constant lamp, and a hand-held flash is used for hairlights.

http://www.random-chaos.org.uk/photo-a-day-images/2009-02-18-IMG_5561.jpg

[adawar]

IMHO definitely an improvement over the original image. Lighting is alot more effective. Like it!

[Colin Morey]

Thanks Adawar, I think in hindsight I should have gelled the flash as well, if only to disguise the direct reflection as something else.