Cuppa

Vikram Franklin

Cuppa

Tried making my own rim lighting today using a white acrylic sheet, black smaller sheet and a single flash fired wirelessly.

Nikon D80
105 Macro VR
f1/9 1/100

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Cuppa belongs to the following groups:

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Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints and Mounted Prints
Cuppa by Vikram Franklin
Cuppa by Vikram Franklin
  • David Petranker

    David Petranker

    Nice shot

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thanks David!

  • kimjackman

    kimjackman

    Cool!!

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you Kim!

  • Kelly Humphries

    Kelly Humphries

    Awesome shot! :)

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thanks Kelly – glad you liked it!

  • Miron Abramovici

    Miron Abramovici

    Great image!

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you Miron!

  • Ursula Rodgers

    Ursula Rodgers

    Nie work Vikram! Wonderful composition and lighting :)

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank Ursula – Had seen this lighting often and took me a while to figure out how to get it at home.

  • Caroline Fournier

    Caroline Fournier

    Amazing shot Vikram!

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you Caroline!

  • Johanne Brunet

    Johanne Brunet

    I love the light and crispness of the glass! Great shot, Vikram!

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thanks Johanne!

  • Dean Mullin

    Dean Mullin

    I echo what Johanne said. This is an awesome shot – Wonderful still life

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thanks Dean – glad you liked it!

  • monaiman

    monaiman

    BEAUTIFUL !!!

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you Mona

  • Appel

    Appel

    I love it!

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you so much Ann

  • scarlet james

    scarlet james

    Excellent creation….

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Hey thanks. Glad you dropped by.

  • CarolM

    CarolM

    Love the simplicity! Very creative. Excellent.

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thanks Carol – very encouraging!

  • Spidermike

    Spidermike

    good work!

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you!

  • dlmorrow

    dlmorrow

    Excellent work! First rate photography.

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thanks David – your work is fabulous (just checked).

  • bevanimage

    bevanimage

    Very clever – congrats on your feature.

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you – glad you liked it.

  • Carole Brunet

    Carole Brunet

    Great shot! Very clear and nice contrast.

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you Carole – I really appreciate your comments.

  • Shelly Hiebert

    Shelly Hiebert

    You and all your little projects Vikram! You are truely an inspiration to me on a regular basis! The lighting and composition once again are absolutely perfect. So simple but it really packs a punch :)

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    LOL – my DIY projects are in a bid to save up for a 70-200 f2.8!
    Glad you get inspired – as it then results in me seeing more of your work!!

  • dlmorrow

    dlmorrow

    Thanks Vikra for your reply. I must add that shooting glass, especially clear glass, has got to be the most difficult … you have succeeded where most people have failed.

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thanks David – was done with 2 pieces of acrylic (larger one white, smaller one black) and a wireless flash – used to get rim lighting. The difficult part was figuring out how to create the lighting – after that things were fairly simple (as you can see – I went a little nuts and shot a bunch of them).

  • dlmorrow

    dlmorrow

    I have used both acrylic and foam core for this with a medium soft box directly above … in the photo here I used black velvet on the ground and black foam core to get the edge. The biggest problem in this one was all the facets from the cut glass.

    twins

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you David – your pic turned out perfect. I think I’ll try that soon. I had tried one with cut-glass and had problems with the facets.

  • Francesca Rizzo

    Francesca Rizzo

    I agree with Shelly, you are an inspiration – def got to try this one one day – thanks for the tips – just BRILLIANT !! :))

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Awwww…..now you’re just embarassing me Fran!
    Glad you like them!

  • monocotylidono

    monocotylidono

    I can see why this is your favourite from this set. It’s probably the most challenging technically, as you have to get the lighting correct in many planes, without creating unwanted reflections. And it’s done perfectly, and the composition is spot on!

    But I, personally, can’t help being rather more partial to a glass of wine (even fake) than a cuppa… :-)

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    LOL – I know what you mean. If you want something stronger, there’s Skyy Blue

  • John Caetano

    John Caetano

    Bravo idea

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you John – sorry for not replying for so long.

  • Mark Tull

    Mark Tull

    Awesome work. well done :0)

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you Mark – sorry been very lax in replying for a while.

  • Keithbotilier

    Keithbotilier

    Good shot ,clear and Crystal shot marvellous ad this would make.

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thanks Keith – I wonder ….. I’ll try something your comment triggered and post it over the weekend. Thank you.

  • Ingz

    Ingz

    such a perfect shot Vikram, excellent!

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you – glad you liked it, a big, big compliment from you.

  • Wendi Donaldson

    Wendi Donaldson

    You have mastered this, Vikram, as you do with every other shot! I know this is a particularly difficult subject tho’..... Beautiful!!!

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thanks Wendi – you’re far too kind!

  • Joyce D. Z.

    Joyce D. Z.

    A simple beauty!

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thanks Joyce.

  • Matt Benson

    Matt Benson

    wow, incredible.

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thanks Matt.

  • Stephen Mitchell

    Stephen Mitchell

    Inspirational.

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thanks for the favouriting Stephen.

  • Judith Oppenheimer

    Judith Oppenhe...

    this is incredible!

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you so much Judith!

  • RiSH :

    RiSH :

    Gorgeous shot :) Just awesome … can you tell m how you set up the background and lighting ?

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thanks so much Rishi – The setup is fairly simple: was done with 2 pieces of acrylic (larger one white, smaller one black) stacked together with the black one in front of the white one and a flash fired from behind them – to get rim lighting.

  • EvaMarIza

    EvaMarIza

    Beautiful image, great work. Congrats on the Top 10 :)

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you so much Eva!

  • Heloisa Castro

    Heloisa Castro

    excellent work

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you!

  • Crystal Zacharias

    Crystal Zacharias

    very cool image! love it!

  • Ursula Rodgers

    Ursula Rodgers

    Congratulations, this work has been featured as part of the Artist Showcase for the Art of Glass group, November 2009.

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