Thirsty

 

Thirsty

This shot was very hit and miss at first, until I used electrcians tape to hold a pierced bottle of water above the glass. I used a blue backdrop and a very light blue filter on the flash mounted to the left hand side of the glass. The flash was set to about a sixteenth of full power, so as not to create too much flaring. I set the camera on continous shoot until I got the shot I felt was right. There has been very little post production on this shot except some cropping and a little boosting of the blacks. Cautionary note to anyone trying this shot, make sure your gear is inside poly bags for protection as water gets everywhere.

Shot on my Pentax, focal length 82mm, ISO 200, 1/180sec f5.6, flash manually set to approx 1/16th off to the left.