I did my first pour shots on Monday night…and was totally defeated. Learned a lot though! I'll be trying it again. Here are a couple I can stand to look at.
Tried several outside with natural light, trying to use the sun for backlight.
Pour shot by nbanjogal, on Flickr
D600, Nikkor 105mm, f/3, 1/1000, ISO 1250
And then it got dark and I wanted to try a white background, so I put my scrim in front of my neighbor's spotlights that he uses to do landscaping work after dark. I don't know what they were…halogen, perhaps. Huge and blindingly bright and YELLOW! Thank goodness for white balance adjustments in Lightroom. (Hurrah for RAW! Too lazy to do it in camera. )
Pour shot by nbanjogal, on Flickr
D600, Nikkor 105mm, f/10, 1/800, ISO 3200
As I said, I'll be trying again. Learned not to use cheap glass from the dollar store. And next time I'll try HSS. So…who knows when I'll have time to reshoot, but I really need to!
Since I am a novice at pour shots, I didn't want to waste any liquids that actually cost money, so even though it looks like we're drinking Mr. Clean and Windex, it's just water with food coloring added.