Patron Glass (with & without a drip)

[Loose Canon]

Alllllrighty then Mike!

I am going to hit my warm comfy bed (for a change) and wait for you to do the heavy lifting and shoot through the night so I can wake up to a(nother) beautiful photograph from you!

Post it large so that these old tired eyes can see it through the haze!

This is what Friends are for!

Looking forward Brother!

PS- Get the non-nitrogen infused variety of glycerin! Otherwise it will blow your exposure settings!

[Mike Buckley]

Thanks for checking out the stuff about the lot and date, Jon.

Are your three bottles made in the primitive style like the one I photographed? The reason I ask is that there are only three products shown at the website that seem to be bottled in the primitive style -- Silver, Reposado and Anejo -- and even those photos don't show the immense texture and large amount of air bubbles that are in the piece I photographed. The photographer that made the photos at the website may have intentionally disguised the very character that I ensured would be displayed.

[Plumcrak]

Mike, 2 are primitive(Silver & Anejo). The 3rd is the XO Cafe Dark Cocoa in the frosted bottle. You could be correct about the web photographer...or since they are all hand made they are all different and maybe the photographer hand picked one with less texture because he did not have the skills you have to truly and accurately show the character of the bottle??

[revi]

Mike, what interests you in the liquid are the colour and viscosity, not the density
And I'm afraid that using anything but alcohol/water will be visible in the final picture: a water/alcohol mix on glass 'flattens out' more (and faster) than oil or glycerin.

Wrt water in glass-ware: don't leave the water too long (that would be days, not hours), and use distilled or demineralised water, to avoid deposits on drying. If you cannot get that, rinse the bottle after use with alcohol or white vinegar, and leave to dry in such a way that the liquid can drip out.
And when you have water spots, they usually disappear with white vinegar (which won't attack the glass).

[Mike Buckley]

Thanks for all those great suggestions, Remco. Before reading your post, I learned that you are absolutely correct that the glycerine on the tabletop didn't flatten out enough.

The tabletop liquid in the photo shown below is about 75% to 90% water, which I added to the small amount of glycerine that I had initially placed there. I used a lot more liquid on the tabletop in the new photo because the liquid in the bottle seemed to imply the need for more of a mess than in the first photo.

By the way, the turkey baster, which can be found on aisle #4 , worked perfectly for placing water in the bottle already laid on its side. That's particularly good to know for other ideas I have in mind.

The drip is still the soap because the viscosity of the glycerine was insufficient to provide a drip that was large enough or a shape that was interesting enough. Fortunately, I caught this drip on one of the first few tries, which meant that there were was so little soap in the tabletop liquid that there were also very few air bubbles to remove during post-processing. Thanks again to Jon for explaining that tequila has no air bubbles.

There is a curved diagonal line in the bottle in the first photo that I removed in the second photo. Though I initially liked that line, the more I looked at it, the less I liked it.

I also removed the lot number and date, thanks again to the information that Jon provided. Once Terry awakes from his comfy sleep, I hope he likes this photo better than the first one, especially considering the great advice that he gave.

The details of the drip and tabletop liquid are best seen when viewing the large image. Unlike the first photo, the drip is reflected in the tabletop in this version.

[Loose Canon]

I didn’t get much sleep last night Mike! Tossing and turning with anticipation, I couldn’t wait until time to get up and see what you had done!

The liquid really adds something and the dark line effect on the drop and the pool are great!

Is the glass leaning out of the frame or is it just shaped that way?

[Mike Buckley]

The base of the glass in the background is larger than its top, which results in the side of the glass as shown in the photo leaning inward. The camera was perfectly aligned with the small part of the tabletop horizon that was not hidden by the glass or bottle. If there is an error, the camera is tilted ever so slightly to the right, not the left.

[Loose Canon]

I figure my head is just on crooked!

[Plumcrak]

Mike, This most recent shot is outstanding!! Everything is spot on. Well done. You continue to impress and amaze me.

I want to be like Mike!

[Mike Buckley]

I want to be like Mike!

No, you don't. Mike doesn't even know that tequila has no air bubbles. Heck, Mike didn't even know that the bottle was a tequila bottle until he looked it up.

[Dave Humphries]

An entertaining and educational thread, thanks Mike et al,

Cheers,

[rpcrowe]

I couldn't really tell you what tequila looks like dripping from a bottle this empty. Usually by then (in my drinking days) focusing became a bit problematic!

[Brownbear]

Hi Mike,

I visited the store today to purchase some wine, and lo and behold, what did I see - a beautiful display of miniature bottles of Patron Tequila! The bottles look just like the one in your photo but they are about an inch high and look to hold about 1 1/2 ounces of tequila (using inches and ounces approximate guess from metric conversion). They have adorable little cork tops.

Anyway they are beautiful and I could see you enjoying photographing several of these in one shot.

If you can't find them where you live and they are of interest to you, send me a PM and I will see if I can get them for you (at your expense). They cost $10.99 CAD each plus 12% tax. I might even purchase one to use as perfume decanter.