Kettle & Mug

[Round Tuit]

This is my latest attempt at still life photography.

I would appreciate comments on the composition and the lighting. Please ignore the softness of the image; I forgot to turn off the stabilization on the lens while using a tripod. If you look closely you will see at least 4 superimposed images as the lens hunted.



When I do the reshoot, I think that I will do the mug and the kettle separately and combine them in post. That should eliminate spurious reflections from the kettle on the mug and vice versa.

[DanK]

Very interesting.

What kind of surface did you put them on? did you focus stack?

[Manfred M]

The problem with metal (and glass) is that doing them separately results in reflections that don't look real. Things that should be there end up missing.

[Round Tuit]

Very interesting.

What kind of surface did you put them on? did you focus stack?

No, I did not focus stack. If I remember well, I shot at f/14. What looks like out of focus at this size is actually at least four, maybe five, slightly overlapping photos. They are quite obvious at full size. I am not absolutely sure but I think that the stabilizer of the lens was hunting during the approximately 5 seconds exposure. I knew that you can't use the stabilizer when the camera is on a tripod but I forgot to turn it off.

The surface that I used is a recovered glass from a 18" x 24" frame. I painted one side with flat black paint. That way, the front surface of the glass reflects the light like a mirror. The flat black on the back absorbs all the light that comes through the glass so you don't get the double reflections that you would get using plain glass as a reflecting surface. It works quite well and for me it is very cheap because I almost always remove the glass from picture frames before using them so the glass is free.

[Round Tuit]

The problem with metal (and glass) is that doing them separately results in reflections that don't look real. Things that should be there end up missing.

That makes sense.

[DanK]

thanks. helpful.

[MichaelDilday]

This is my latest attempt at still life photography.

I would appreciate comments on the composition and the lighting. Please ignore the softness of the image; I forgot to turn off the stabilization on the lens while using a tripod. If you look closely you will see at least 4 superimposed images as the lens hunted.



When I do the reshoot, I think that I will do the mug and the kettle separately and combine them in post. That should eliminate spurious reflections from the kettle on the mug and vice versa.

Simply beautiful, I love it <3

[Chataignier]

Splendid shot - well worth repeating with the stabiliser turned off.

[Chataignier]

Useful tip regarding painting the back of the glass - like you I have loads of recovered glass from bought-in frames so no need to buy anything.

[Round Tuit]

Splendid shot - well worth repeating with the stabiliser turned off.

I have. See this thread

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[Round Tuit]

Useful tip regarding painting the back of the glass - like you I have loads of recovered glass from bought-in frames so no need to buy anything.

Glad I could be of assistance.