get pushed #16 - re-refracted

my get pushed partner this week is e.gad @egad and her challenge is this: "I went back through your photos and you have a lot of photos and a lot of variety in your subjects/styles, so what I am challenging you with is taking an image that you weren't happy with and reshooting it improving on the things you didn't like before (e.g. composition, lighting, dof, pov, etc)."

nothing frustrated me more than the refraction shot i did last month, so it's just the right photo to re-shoot. so...

i used two lamps and directed it to a white board which i placed behind the wrapping paper. the previous photo didn't have any light source other than the room light.

i cleaned and wiped the wine glass very well because i thought in the last photo the glass was dirty; well, it turned out the "dirt" was in the paper, as it was a recycled paper).

as advised by abhijit, i turned off the light that previously caused the nasty reflections in the glass. i also filled the glass almost to the brim to get a different image in the glass.

partner couldn't believe that i could be so OCD as i tried different angles and degrees of lighting. but he was just happy to help out, holding the light, getting more water, taking the glass pieces from the china cabinet and putting them back in, and holding the reflectors and positioning them wherever i told him to :-)

i'm happy with this because i got the shape of the glass without heavy shadows and i like the shapes of the refracted colours. but i will have to do it again when i have more time and i will get a better quality paper so i can get a near-perfect shot. for now it would do for the push.

here's the original shot: http://365project.org/summerfield/365/2012-10-29

[summerfield]

@egad - here's my response to your push. thank you.

[Nada A.]

Awesome and a fav! Looks like candy canes gone awry.

Thank you for sharing how you did it.

[summerfield]

@nadaa - thank you, nada. much appreciated.

[jerry plume]

I love this! Now I want a hot peppermint tottie! :)

[summerfield]

@orangecrush - me, too, now that you mentioned it! haha! thank you, jerry.

[Pam Hawkes]

This is awesome! Great job!

[☠northy]

very nicely "re"done! and how lucky you are to have such a cooperative partner to help you out :)

[Sally Ings]

This is stunning, well done! Kudos to your partner as well for helping out. Hope he gets a glass of.... for all his hard work. :-)

[Claire]

What a difference! This is just lovely, well done you for persevering

[Denise]

Excellent image for your challenge. How colorful and fun!

[alia_801]

Very cool result! :)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Nice results- it makes me think of a candy cane!

[bkb in the city]

Well I guess there is something to be said about try and try again. I do like this one better. Nicely done

[Netkonnexion]

Wonderful! Love the dynamic angles.

[Camille Bisson]

what a difference. great improvements, thank you so very much for the explanations; you did a great job.

[Susan]

Very cool image!

[Carolyn Sue]

how COOL is that!

[e.gad]

I somehow missed this notification. Sorry about that. Anyway, this is great and I am glad you for the opportunity to redo something that was bugging you. I like this version much better! Have to fav. As for my challenge, I didn't get around to it last week. I don't think I posted anything but filler lately. I will definitely get around to it at some point because I think it is a great challenge.

[KWind]

Very cool!