For a while now, I've been thinking of images I could submit for the next camera club set subject print competition - "liquid" is the theme, and entries due in tomorrow.
Going through my LR catalogue metadata, I found plenty of shots of the sea - well, I do live right next to the English Channel! But this seems like a bit of a cop-out for the theme, and particularly if the sea itself is only part of the subject, as it would be in a landscape.
A stroke of luck presented itself one evening after work, when I glanced out of the kitchen and saw a single iris had bloomed in the rockery outside the back door. It had been drizzling most of the day, and a delicate pattern of droplets had formed on the petals.
However, I wasn't able to get outside to shoot it until much later in the evening, by which point the sun had long since set. Which meant a tripod, a flash, and my Raynox 150 macro adapter on the end of the Lumix 14-140 Mk2.
A variety of compositions, apertures and flash positions were tried out, and this was the resultant image I'll be entering:
You can enter two images per competition though, so it seems a bit of a waste not to bother! And so my next shot was a still life. The idea being that I wanted some life, some dynamism in the liquid, I set up a still life to throw some water around my kitchen.
You should be able to get an impression of what I was going for... a black background, water poured into the wine glass from the jug, and a single-flash set up with some white mount board opposite to reflect (washing machine not part of final image).
My initial test was with the Panasonic Leica f/1.4 25mm, but the composition and distance from the glass didn't lend much urgency to the image. And so I tried again the next night using the Voigtländer f/0.95 17.5mm, and reversed the tripod post so that the camera was much, much lower - and so looking up at the glass.
I'm more than happy with that. Only took 92 shots to get it right... and a rather wet kitchen! Oh, and a few spots on the lens barrel and front element (all still working). Most of the time was ultimately spent cleaning the glass after each jug-pour, so as not to have any grime and spots on it.
Anyway, the competition is this Thursday, so I'll let you know how I get on!
Going through my LR catalogue metadata, I found plenty of shots of the sea - well, I do live right next to the English Channel! But this seems like a bit of a cop-out for the theme, and particularly if the sea itself is only part of the subject, as it would be in a landscape.
A stroke of luck presented itself one evening after work, when I glanced out of the kitchen and saw a single iris had bloomed in the rockery outside the back door. It had been drizzling most of the day, and a delicate pattern of droplets had formed on the petals.
However, I wasn't able to get outside to shoot it until much later in the evening, by which point the sun had long since set. Which meant a tripod, a flash, and my Raynox 150 macro adapter on the end of the Lumix 14-140 Mk2.
A variety of compositions, apertures and flash positions were tried out, and this was the resultant image I'll be entering:
| Picture info: Lumix GH4, Lumix G Vario 14-140mm @ 140mm, ISO200, f/16, 1/80 sec |
You can enter two images per competition though, so it seems a bit of a waste not to bother! And so my next shot was a still life. The idea being that I wanted some life, some dynamism in the liquid, I set up a still life to throw some water around my kitchen.
My initial test was with the Panasonic Leica f/1.4 25mm, but the composition and distance from the glass didn't lend much urgency to the image. And so I tried again the next night using the Voigtländer f/0.95 17.5mm, and reversed the tripod post so that the camera was much, much lower - and so looking up at the glass.
| Picture info: Lumix GH4, Voigtländer f/0.95 17.5mm, ISO200, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec |
I'm more than happy with that. Only took 92 shots to get it right... and a rather wet kitchen! Oh, and a few spots on the lens barrel and front element (all still working). Most of the time was ultimately spent cleaning the glass after each jug-pour, so as not to have any grime and spots on it.
Anyway, the competition is this Thursday, so I'll let you know how I get on!
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