I can hardly express how deep I am touched, by your kind words and comments on yesterdays post. Whatever comes, and however the story goes on, it means a lot to me, that I had the opportunity to “talk” to you about this. Thank you so much.
Addendum 2016-04-21:
For the upside down glass start with little water (just until you have the trick), place a cardboard on top, and turn quickly. The cardboard will hold on the glass,... (cool trick to impress small children). Place it on the counter and pull cardboard away in one stroke. Physics does the rest. There will be only a few drops of spill. This is needed to have a slight negative pressure in the glass, that holds the rest. Important is that the rim of the glass is even and no dust on the counter. So no air can penetrate. Therefore no water leakage. Physics --> air pressure and of course surface tension.
@maree_sanderson Haha, thats photography, you just show, what should be seen... For the water, physics help. Was not a problem. The mess was just next to it. I did this shot while (at the same time) cooking our dinner. Spaghetti al pesto rosso. Multi tasking, and as i needed some space for this shot on the counter, and the tripod standing in the middle of the kitchen, all clutter piled up on the other side, and it looked a desaster.
@shylaine3304 Thanks Erika. This is really easy. You need only water, wineglasses a piece of colourful paper (in my case wrapping paper) and a small piece of cardboard. I sticked the wrapping paper on the wall behind my kitchen counter. For the upside down glass start with little water (just until you have the trick), place the cardboard on top, and turn quickly. The cardboard will hold on the glass,... (cool trick to impress small children) Place it on the counter and pull cardpoard away in one stroke. Physics does the rest. There will be only a few drops of spill. This is needed to have a slight negative pressure in the glass, that holds the rest. Important is that the rim of the glass is even and no dust on the counter. So no air can penetrate. Therefore no water leakage. Physics --> air pressure and of course surface tension. Now you can move the glasses around, until you have the reflection, you want. Hope this helps, and looking forward to see your glasses.
A very creative use of water, reflection and colours M. What I really want to know is how did you flip the glass back over without making a big mess. :D Thanks for sharing the info, you might have just started something here.
@novab Hi Nova,... thats a very intelligent question! You really think it through. As mentioned before I made this shot in my kitchen on the counter. Directly next to the sink. As I have a one of this corian kitchen countertops, made from one piece with no no seams, I could just slide the glass with the water directly into the sink. :-) But I think it would not be a big deal, by just laying a cloth around it, before turning it back.
Fabulous shot! I was also thinking about removing the glass afterward. I think I'd have to use my glass cutting board across one basin of the sink, but I'm not sure if the tension and pressure would be affected. I might give it a try.
