Glass: Blue, blue and even more blue!

[Mike Buckley]

I came upon this bottled water stored in blue glass (not plastic!) during my recent trip to Provence. Considering that I had never seen this brand, shape or bottle color, I returned home to America with it so I could photograph it.

Setup
The tabletop is clear glass covered by art paper that is blue, textured and translucent. The background is white translucent acrylic positioned to fill the frame no more and no less. The ice cubes are handmade acrylic. First capture: A small continuous-light lamp lights the tabletop from underneath. A speedlight fixed with a blue gel is behind the background, positioned near the bottom and tilted upward to create the dark vignette in the bottom of the background and the slight vignette in the top. The opaque, curly figures in the tabletop art paper are a shiny, perhaps metallic material that reflect the blue color in the background; if they weren't reflective, they would be black because they are opaque. Second capture: A handheld flashlight lights the label on the bottle. The label from the second capture was merged with everything else in the first capture.

[Urbanflyer]

Nicely done!

[Wavelength]

WOW..... Superb!!!

[Shadowman]

Very cool, in capture and temperature.

[madcrow]

Mike, makes me feel blue all over. A very well done, good image.

[bnnrcn]

What a moody image , very nice

[Mike Buckley]

Thank you, everyone!

[NorthernFocus]

Love all the shades of blue, Mike, and an interesting setup/composition. Nicely done.

[bje07]

great image, thank you for your explanations

[Dave A]

Wow, very well done. Amazing lighting.

Dave

[Kaye Leggett]

Very very good. I can also see this with a 'false' background of blue skies and blue sea. BTW, Have you ever seen our Welsh Water brand - Ty Nant - they have blue bottles too. (I've just had a look at their web-site to check they still do.....it makes an interesting read)

[Mike Buckley]

Continued thanks to everyone!

I can also see this with a 'false' background of blue skies and blue sea.

You gave me a similar idea that will be tough to execute but I'll eventually get around to trying it.

BTW, Have you ever seen our Welsh Water brand - Ty Nant - they have blue bottles too...an interesting read

No, I've never seen those or the other bottles featured at their website. Definitely a fascinating read!

[Milehighguy]

Thanks for the detail and learning experience.