Wine Glass: yes, another broken one

[Mike Buckley]

I mentioned in another thread that I fear my friends are becoming as good as me at breaking glass. This is their second one. On the other hand, they have to break a lot more to catch up with me.

EDIT: Thank you to Greg (FootLoose) for suggesting the second composition.

[Plumcrak]

I really like this one Mike (well, I really like all of your glass images). It is simplicity at its best, even though I know nothing is simple about creating your images.

[chauncey]

Mike, as I see it, you are approaching having a personality disorder...you are the worlds greatest klutz or, you imbibe excessively the liquids from those glasses or, worse yet, you intentionally break those glasses to...to take pictures of them???

[Mike Buckley]

Such a nice comment, Jon. Thank you!

Mike, as I see it, you are approaching having a personality disorder...you are the worlds greatest klutz or, you imbibe excessively the liquids from those glasses or, worse yet, you intentionally break those glasses to...to take pictures of them???

That deserves a very detailed response, Chauncey.

First, I will be very disappointed if someday somebody proves that I am not the world's greatest kultz, as I'm convinced at least for the moment that I am. Second, you apparently didn't notice in my first post that, odd as it may seem, I did not break this glass; my friends broke it. Third, now that this glass has already been broken, I may someday intentionally add more damage to it. So, you're two out of three. Not bad!

[Mike Buckley]

Oops! I forgot to mention Chauncey's comment that I am approaching having a personality disorder. Quite to the contrary, I achieved that status a very long time ago.

[FootLoose]

I like this Mike. When viewing it at full screen in litebox, two crops occurred to me: cut the stem off completely; crop about an inch or so below the crack - about where the grey reflection starts.

[flashback]

Mike I love these shots. Whoddathunk there would be such beauty in broken/chipped wine glasses. I'll forever think of all your shots every time I lift a wineglass to my lips (checking for cracks, chips, etc).

[travis4567]

Perfect !

[NorthernFocus]

You folks sure are tough on glass. Elegant in its simplicity.

[Mike Buckley]

Thank you, everyone!

Special thanks to Greg for suggesting a different composition. I added a new photo to the first post in the thread.

[Mike Buckley]

Now that enough people have seen this, I have to ask a question: Do you see the chip in the rim and the crack in the glass as being in the rear or the front? The reason I ask is that I see both as being in the rear even though both are actually in the front.

[flashback]

wow, it just seemed natural that the crack was in the rear of the glass. so is the chip in the back but cracked in the front?

[Loose Canon]

I can see it both ways Mike.

I wonder if the eye naturally assumes the darker rim is the front rim.

If you allow yourself to see the lighter rim to be the front then you see the crack in the front.

If you look at the darker rim, you would assume that the shot was from a top POV making the crack in the front.

If you see the crack in the rear where the best rim line is, you wonder why the crack extends above the rear to the other (less defined) rim. It is surely a dichotomy. And maybe that is why it is cool.

[Mike Buckley]

I wonder if the eye naturally assumes the darker rim is the front rim.

My wife and I are guessing that explains it. But it's only a guess.

I have now edited my earlier post to clarify that both the chip in the rim and the crack are on the front of the glass.

[TonyW]

I'm looking at this with my iPad. If I tip it away from me, the crack is obviously at the front. If I tip it toward me, the crack is at the back. It seems to depend on whether you think you are looking down on the top of the glass or up at it, although the darker rim does seem to bias the result as suggested.

[Shadowman]

Nice, I think this one deserves a view from the top, perhaps even filled with wine.