Violet Bubbles

Violet Bubbles

I set this shot up using a black backdrop and side lit from the left hand side with a diffused flash,  fitted with a red filter. I froze the glass for an hour beforehand to create the frosting on the glass stem. I filled it with fizzy water to give a good bubble effect in the glass. Yes I'm a cheap skate and didn't use Champagne! I fired the first few shots and found that the galss was too reflective to give a good shot, so I reduced the flashguns power output right down to 1/32 of full power, the lowest setting available. I altered the gradient of the colours in Photoshop to create the violet effect as it makes it look colder and prettier. I have plenty of these shots to play around with so expect to see another soon.

Tech stuff, 1/90th sec, f5.6, ISO200, manual flash, 60mm focal length.