Spilled Wine with thanks to Bruce (Digital)

[Mike Buckley]

Bruce suggested that I make a photo of a spilled glass of wine so long ago (perhaps a couple years ago) that he probably forgot about it. I added a napkin to his idea to make the scene more dramatic.

Setup
The tabletop is glass on top of beige art paper used for two reasons: The paper provided contrast with the background not in the scene but reflected in the glass so it would be apparent if part of the tabletop was not reflecting the background. The paper also provided texture that shows through the glass tabletop. Though no background is included in the scene, the background is white poster board that is 2 feet x 3 feet (about 0.6 meters x 0.9 meters). The entire length and width of the background were needed to ensure that all of the tabletop would be a reflection of the background. The background also added an attractive reflection to the top of the wine glass and to the top left area of the napkin ring that helped define their shape. A medium continuous-light lamp on the left side lights the scene and background material. A medium continuous-light lamp flagged to prevent a direct reflection in the wine glass lights the front right area of the scene. Wine was inserted into the wine glass and onto strategic parts of the tabletop using a turkey baster. The double reflection produced by glass was eliminated during post-processing.

[Wavelength]

I am sorry for my being unhappy this time Yet i feel you are up to something great

[John 2]

My heart goes out to you Mike, for the sacrifice that you have clearly made in order to produce this shot. Precise work as usual.

[Mike Buckley]

Thank you to Nandakumar and John!

the sacrifice that you have clearly made in order to produce this shot.

I only sacrificed about 1 fluid ounce of enjoyable though very inexpensive wine. The wine in the glass was returned to the bottle. The pocket square posing as a napkin had been replaced long ago because it had turned yellow over time with age; it no longer matched a white dress shirt.

Precise work as usual.

Actually, my post-processing was very imprecise. The corrections are included in the version shown below.

[Digital]

Mike, I really appreciate you using my "brainstorm" (or lack of it) for this photo. Thank you so much for the credit.
You are right, I had forgotten my suggestion.
Very good photo.

Bruce

[Shadowman]

Another mystery shot, was this the result of celebration or evilness. Nicely staged and captured.

[Tronhard]

You can certainly see that spilled red wine is really tough to get out of cloth and photos!

[Mike Buckley]

Thank you, everyone!