[Rondec]

You did well! I wonder if you could push even lower, tried a monopod yet? A monopod can be a pleasant walking stick too, for those times you cbb with fully tripodding up. If you know your location and what the flow will be like then getting those 5 second exposures is just overkill. I wonder how low you might be able to go with a monopod if you're managing 1/5 handheld!

This should be a challenge

I actually handheld at 0.3 seconds with decent results, at least good enough for me, particularly since this was shot at 45mm.

[BruceBanner]

[beachgardener]

One place to look at glass bottle photographs is advertisements in expensive glossy magazines and the like, not an easy subject at all, and many ways to tackle it.
I'm no expert but have had the fortune of using studios in the past with light tables.. Not sure what site is best to look at now.
Here is one, Tutorial: Lighting a Whisky Bottle | Lencarta Learning Centre - Lighting & Studio Photography

another

Glass photography - how to take pictures of glass

[Erictator]

Couple more of the wood stork portraits at the lake...

Always put your best foot forward

HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/500 iso125

Unless of course you rather just put both feet forward

HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/500 iso200

Bokeh mania

HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6ED DC AW ƒ/7.1 450.0 mm 1/500 iso100

[Pen-A]

(DFA*50 @ f/1.4, ISO100, 1/400s)

[Rondec]

Moonrise over New Orleans



Ship at Sunset (on the Mississippi)



Both shot with the DFA 24-70mm, handheld.

[fs999]

A few garden shots after our first frosty in northern Ohio. All at f 1.2 and MFD with some cropping.

KIT: K-1 with (remounted) Canon-FL 55mm f 1.2.

Nice shots ! Must try my FD New 85mm F1.2

Couple more of the wood stork portraits at the lake...

The last one is stellar !

K-1 • FF Mode • 100 ISO • Tamron SP AF Di 90mm F2.8 Macro


K-1 • FF Mode • 200 ISO • Pentax FA 35mm F2 AL


K-1 • FF Mode • 100 ISO • Irix Blackstone 15mm F2.4 • Haida 150mm Filter Holder • Neutral Density glass filter ND3.6 12Ev
Long Exposure: 200 sec

[BorisKolo]

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[repaap]

DFA 15-30

[Kerrowdown]

More or less SOOC shot... something very foreboding about this scene in terms of the weather.

[Kerrowdown]

Which one would Sir care for?... we have many available at the moment.

[ZeGaby]

Some mornings are more striking than others



Pentax K1 & smc PENTAX-D FA MACRO 100mm F2.8 WR
Exposure blending with Photoshop, 5 Exposures

[BruceBanner]

One place to look at glass bottle photographs is advertisements in expensive glossy magazines and the like, not an easy subject at all, and many ways to tackle it.
I'm no expert but have had the fortune of using studios in the past with light tables.. Not sure what site is best to look at now.
Here is one, Tutorial: Lighting a Whisky Bottle | Lencarta Learning Centre - Lighting & Studio Photography

another

Glass photography - how to take pictures of glass

Thanks for that!

This shot was really just about me testing my RF60x with a AF360FGZII (without an additional Cactus V6ii acting as a Rx unit). I also didn't have a softbox so made do with a umbrella and magsphere (which you can clearly see in the catchlight). So I messed up in a variety of ways, you can see the blue sky and clouds on the bottle as I shot this in the arvo on my verandah ie poor 'studio' conditions indeed
Still it's an ok shot, but I have a long way to go, I look forward to reading those links, I got gifted some more links when I posted this on a Pentax FB forum, yay... homework for Bruce

[Kerrowdown]

If I do this for you Kerrowdown... would you buy me some new shorts, these are kinda done.

[Kerrowdown]

Came across this in my travels... could be yours to charter at a cool "from €1,000,000 p/week + expenses, Approx $1,162,500"

SAVANNAH Yacht Charter Price - Feadship Luxury Yacht Charter