From decanter to wine glass

[Mike Buckley]

After photographing wine being poured from the bottle into this decanter displayed here, I then made the photo shown below of the wine being poured from the decanter into the wine glass.

This wine has been aerated so much due to the many pourings required to make the photos that it lost a little of its character. But it sure is smooth now!

Setup
An off-camera flash at 1/4 power facing the subject and camera transmitted light through translucent vellum to create a bright background. A second off-camera flash at 1/25 power lighting the hand is placed to the right of the camera. It is flagged by an attachment that is part of the Spinlight 360 system. The power and firing of the off-camera flashes are controlled by the camera and an infrared signal transmitted by the built-in flash. ISO 100 and f/11.

[NorthernFocus]

This is nicely done, Mike. The light is subtly brighter around the area of attention and the shutter was released at just the moment to get near perfect position between bottle and glass and for just a nice swirl of wine.

But I am confused about the comment re.multiple pours altering the wine. I'd have thought that after each take, you had to pause long enough to drink the wine in the glass prior to the next take. That process might not produce as high a quality image but it would be a lot more fun.

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured, the angles created by the glassware are perfect.

[deetheturk]

Wonderful capture Mike, it nearly makes me want to take up wine drinking

[John 2]

Missed your first one Mike but the second in that series would have been my choice. Love this one as well. My only thought is, what would it look like with the base of the glass included (might have to be a square format for that)? Love the decanter BTW - elegant.

[John 2]

Wonderful capture Mike, it nearly makes me want to take up wine drinking

Oh David, it's never too late.

[Mike Buckley]

Thanks, everyone, especially for your good sense of humor!

Dan: The timing is mostly a matter of dumb luck, making repeated attempts, not having the slightest idea if one of them works until reviewing the images on the camera's LCD, then reviewing the larger size on the computer located in a different room almost always to learn that what I thought was good on the camera's LCD really doesn't work when displayed at a larger size.

it nearly makes me want to take up wine drinking

Nah, David. I prefer that you leave the wine for the rest of us.

what would it look like with the base of the glass included (might have to be a square format for that)?

Including the entire wine glass was my first thought as well. The problem I encountered when pouring from right to left as in this image was a large amount of negative space occupying most of the lower half that served no purpose. I tried moving my hand and the bottom of the decanter into that area by pouring more from the front to the rear of the scene rather than only from the right to the left. The overall composition wasn't as compelling for me and I wouldn't have been able to include everything in the depth of field, so I went with the composition shown here.

[John 2]

Thanks, everyone, especially for your good sense of humor!

....................................Including the entire wine glass was my first thought as well. The problem I encountered was a large amount of negative space occupying most of the lower half that served no purpose. I even tried moving my hand and the bottom of the decanter into that area by pouring more from the front to the rear of the scene rather than only from the right to the left. The overall composition wasn't as compelling for me, so I went with the composition shown here.

Fair comment. I just wondered.