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Still experimenting with this lens. f/8.0 at 1/20th sec hand held iso 200. I cropped some crap out from the left side.

Comments are welcome




Chris

Chris,
Very nice, I like the lighting thru the curtain! bravo!
But I'm unhappy, cos all the scoth is gone

I'm just jealous

Birddog114 wrote:Chris,
Very nice, I like the lighting thru the curtain! bravo!
But I'm unhappy, cos all the scoth is gone

In the cupboard I have Bunnahabhain (12 years old), Glenkinchie (10 years old) and Lagavulin (16 years old) - that’s why they are not in the decanter

Chris

Great photo Chris, very nicely done!

I agree with Birdy's comment re lighting.

I'm just glad you cropped the crap. I hope that after you cropped it, you cleaned it up as it can become quite smelly, then the maggots etc (hehe).

Love this picture. It is a good example of what one can do with a simple framework with complexities within it. Like the distorted light through the cap of the bottle, and how the square part of the bottle gently bends the light to fit in it's corners and curves. and the slightly warm light oozing from the bottom of the curtain. The lines that reflect onto the wood is what makes this photograph really good though. Nikon Metering never gets it wrong (almost).

Did you set this up, or did you see it and think, hmm, let's see what happens if...

I have to admit dooda I had just finished some design work on the computer for some boring packaging, had a cup of coffee, picked up the camera and took the pic.

Thanks to all who like this pic - I must admit I like it too

Chris

Glen wrote:I'm just jealous

Hope you know who does not see this but only 2 sleeps to go

Chris

sirhc55 wrote:In the cupboard I have Bunnahabhain (12 years old), Glenkinchie (10 years old) and Lagavulin (16 years old) - that’s why they are not in the decanter

And here I was thinking it was for Chanel number 6.

Love this shot - I'm a huge fan of natural lighting effects such as this.

However, are you sure that

In the cupboard I have Bunnahabhain (12 years old), Glenkinchie (10 years old) and Lagavulin (16 years old) - that’s why they are not in the decanter

Surely it's the other way around - because they're not in the decanter, they can be preserved in the cupboard

Wasn't there someone who once said they could resist anything except temptation? That's why we're all so lustful on this forum - we keep seeing and hearing about all the lovely gear that others are using.

Which takes me to another issue. A while ago in the travel post there was a discussion about why C*** users aren't often seen with anything other than their kit lens. I have a theory that we should be more understanding of our C*** brethren (and sistren???). While some are keen photographers, I think there's a body of them who may not know there is a lens other than the kit one. They have either looked at a glossy H-N or other chainstore ad, or gone in to buy a point and shoot and been talked into the latest special whilst there. For example, H-N offered terrific prices on add-ons bought with drebel (half price printer etc) a bit before X-Mas. They could do this because they're a favoured customer, due to their high sales of other Canon product (so one salesman told me). As a result, when I was in the store, all I wanted to hold was the D70 and all the salesman wanted to sell me was the drebel.

Anyway, my point is, many drebel buyers aren't photography nuts, they just wanted a decent camera at a reasonable price, and this is what they got. They don't loiter with intent near camera stores or visit places such as this on the net and, as you don't see high quality lenses on display in H-N or similar, they never get exposed to the lust virus. They're probably perfectly happy with what they bought, and good luck to them. Maybe they even have happier relationships with their significant others and bank managers as a result.

Perhaps it is we who are constantly fighting temptation and losing who are more to be pitied! Maybe we need another part on the forum entitled D70-Anon where we can post whenever the temptation strikes and have someone talk us around before we fall. Birddog would have to be banned from that part of the site, though, as I'm sure that just the mention of his name infects many with the lust now!

Great shot! I love this sort of simple / elegant shot. I've been trying to capture them and several I thought would turn out good...only to be spoiled again be bad lighting, or whatever.

Anyway, I'm off to find that decanter, at least mine's got a little bit of Glenmorangie 18y.o left in it. Me thinks I have to visit Neutral Bay next time I'm in Sydney I always thought cameras and single malts mixed well.

Had to laugh though. I showed it to my wife and she said "Cool perfume bottle!"

Amazing....

I am yet to get into still life and shots that are "setup" but this makes me want to try.

Well done.

W00DY

Thanks everyone for your replies - there was no setup done. As I work at my computer this ’setup’ is just over my left shoulder and I have to have the blinds closed otherwise I would not be able to see my screens!!

Chris

sirhc55 wrote:Thanks everyone for your replies - there was no setup done. As I work at my computer this ’setup’ is just over my left shoulder and I have to have the blinds closed otherwise I would not be able to see my screens!!

Chris

Ohh sorry about that. I thought maybe you put the canister there and closed the blinds for the image

I love this photo,

the bands of light coming through the blinds are excellently displayed
in the round top glass stopper of the decanter.
I love the whole composition and I also like how light and glass or water
interact.

Cheers
Christian

I am going to have to own up to a litle bit of PP.

The leading edge of the blinds along with the very bright light produced a slight amount of CA - I ran an iNova purple reduction and it was gone. For those of you that have the iNova atn set there are some amazing actions.

Chris

sirhc55
That is one beautiful image! If you can keep them coming at that quality then you'll earn the title of "master photographer".
Well done!

sirhc55 wrote:In the cupboard I have Bunnahabhain (12 years old), Glenkinchie (10 years old) and Lagavulin (16 years old) - that’s why they are not in the decanter

What no Dalwhinnie!

Great shot. Goes to show how accidental circs can give great pics provided you always have your eye out for them

Cheers

I like the shot. How are you finding the lens? I am considering that lens over the Nikon equivalent. I have heard different stories about the Sigma v Nikon wide angle zooms, so if you get some other shots you are willing to share, I would love to see them.

skyva wrote:I like the shot. How are you finding the lens? I am considering that lens over the Nikon equivalent. I have heard different stories about the Sigma v Nikon wide angle zooms, so if you get some other shots you are willing to share, I would love to see them.

Hi skyva

The lens is superb. Why did I buy the Sigma and not the Nikon? 2 reasons - one the Sigma was a lot cheaper and two; I checked out on the web photos posted by people using both lens and I came to the conclusion that the Nikon pics were boring and the Sigma were not. What I am basically saying is the Sigma users were more adventurous than the Nikon users and I am not playing down in any way the quality of the Nikon. I also noticed that the richness of colour in the Sigma was excellent.

Chris

Skyva, one other difference is the Nikon has more barrel distortion at the 12mm end, so not as favoured for architecture. Nikon is smaller and lighter though.

Glen wrote:Skyva, one other difference is the Nikon has more barrel distortion at the 12mm end, so not as favoured for architecture. Nikon is smaller and lighter though.

Thanks Glen I forgot about that. It would seem that the interest in 12-24mm is growing

Chris

Chris & Glen:
You've forgot:
But both have gold band and can add platinum later

Birddog114 wrote:Chris & Glen:
You've forgot:
But both have gold band and can add platinum later

I thought I ordered the platinum version? It's Chris with last weeks model

Glen wrote:

Birddog114 wrote:Chris & Glen:
You've forgot:
But both have gold band and can add platinum later

I thought I ordered the platinum version? It's Chris with last weeks model

No, No, No Glen you are getting the very latest - it has a dirty brown ring and built-in fungus plus a concave front instead of convex so you can photograph your own eye in wide vision

Chris

I am looking forward to the latest version Chris. Sometimes you early adopters have to pay the price for jumping in early

Anyway, back to the original topic.....

I like the shot very much, it looks so much like a set-up product shot, but it seems to be missing 'a product'.

Still, i like it very much. It's using the 7/8 compositional technique.

Oh and as an aside, it shows how good a very well cleaned decanter/glass can look compared to a not-so clean one. The thing that really drew my eyes to the decanter was how clean and sparkly it is. The natural light seesm to accentuate the 'sparkliness'.

sirhc55 wrote:No, No, No Glen you are getting the very latest - it has a dirty brown ring and built-in fungus plus a concave front instead of convex so you can photograph your own eye in wide vision

Chris

Perfffect for the current challenge !!!

Michael.

Like others have said the lighting is awesome!!!!
Still life done the right way is one of my favourites

Cheers
Ray

I can't see your images.

I don't like scotch.

It's not even 8 am.

What does that tell me about how the rest of the day will pan out?

Welcome back Gary

Greg B wrote:Welcome back Gary

His heart still left behind

gstark wrote:I can't see your images.

I don't like scotch.

It's not even 8 am.

What does that tell me about how the rest of the day will pan out?

Gary - not even 10am

Love scotch

Your day will be great

Pixspot to blame - has been down for awhile

Aveaniceday

Chris