Smirnoff Black

[ShaolinTiger]

Straight from the freezer, just how I like it - ice cold!

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One of my favourite drinks neat - was taking some pics for my blog, so thought I'd play around with the lighting.

Can you reverse engineer the light(s)?

[noruazumi]

SB-800 off camera left (shoot through umbrella) on 1/8 and SB-600 for fill on right shooting through tracing paper at 1/32.

:P:run_away:

[scotty]

SB-800 off camera left (shoot through umbrella) on 1/8 and SB-600 for fill on right shooting through tracing paper at 1/32.

:P:run_away:

wow is that the exact setting used by ST?

[ShaolinTiger]

SB-800 off camera left (shoot through umbrella) on 1/8 and SB-600 for fill on right shooting through tracing paper at 1/32.

:P:run_away:

Cheat! :rolleyes:

[noruazumi]

wow is that the exact setting used by ST?
yes....

Cheat! :rolleyes:
.....and yes! :P

[Peisqo]

What in world ? 2 external flash was used in such .... pro settings ... gosh i guess there is a LOOOOOOOOOOONG way for me to go lol .. good stuff bro :run_away::run_away:

[alancheong7]

Love how the chill on the bottle is captured. Can even see some 'mist' .... :thumbs_up:

[ShaolinTiger]

What in world ? 2 external flash was used in such .... pro settings ... gosh i guess there is a LOOOOOOOOOOONG way for me to go lol .. good stuff bro :run_away::run_away:

Yah, still not quite the effect I wanted - but close!

I'm just starting out too, interesting stuff :D

Love how the chill on the bottle is captured. Can even see some 'mist' .... :thumbs_up:

Thanks alan, I always keep this bottle in the freezer, so I thought it'd be interesting to capture.

On hindsight though I think it'd be even better with a bit of condensation trickling down.

[noordin]

The wonderful world of exif. :)

[mobbes]

The wonderful world of exif. :)

hmmm, search as I did, I just couldn't find out Noru's flash settings in the exif. Anyone?

On another point, noticed that the "black" bg material came out black in the bottle's shadow but grey in the light's path. Velvet? Does it really absorb light? Any other material that'll stay black?

[waynem]

Did you take any with a larger focal distants? or less so just the name is in focus?

[ShaolinTiger]

The wonderful world of exif. :)

Nothing in the EXIF that gives away the details apart from the flash did fire.

hmmm, search as I did, I just couldn't find out Noru's flash settings in the exif. Anyone?

On another point, noticed that the "black" bg material came out black in the bottle's shadow but grey in the light's path. Velvet? Does it really absorb light? Any other material that'll stay black?

That's correct, he looked at my Flickr account...the details of the picture are in the description as I posted it to the Strobist group.

That's how he cheated :P

Yeah the black bg was art paper, I'm still looking for something better with more absorption - this paper still gives some diffused reflection.

Did you take any with a larger focal distants? or less so just the name is in focus?

Yah I did, I had 3 shots - this was my favourite though, you can check the other 2 on my Flickr.

[alancheong7]

On hindsight though I think it'd be even better with a bit of condensation trickling down.

More like the current Heineken series in the newspapers? :D:D

[Gojira]

I love it with a hint of dry vermouth and 2 olives...