Corn Syrup, Freshly Squeezedby
ScottKComment by ScottK: Thanks for everyone who took the time to vote and comment. My best effort so far! Seems I'm getting better in steps anyway.
To answer some of the comments and questions:
- The background is a piece of black foam rubber. I got it at a craft store, it was in the same section as the felt (which was what I was looking for originally - but liked this better). I only got white and black, but they had about 15-20 colors. This stuff is great, cause it totally absorbs the light and gives no reflections. Since I didn't have any colors, I thought black was a better contrast for the yellow corn and clear syrup than white. I tried at the last minute changing the black in PS, but between my lack of PS skills and general color "issues" (I'm color blind), I gave up as there wasn't time. And, ultimately, I liked the black.
- My two primary "gripes" with the shot were: the reflections of my lamp in the syrup, and the gnarled kernals at the tip of the cob. I thought it was interesting that only one person brought each of those up.
- My number 3 problem was, as several mentioned, the color of the corn. It was, in real life, a very whitish yellow. I bumped up the yellow a bit, but couldn't get the "classic" corn yellow to come out. Again, better PS skills might have helped here.
- A couple of comments mentioned trying a different angle for the corn. I did shoot it held several different angles, with the corn dripping in different directions, though I didn't try it with the corn horizontal. I just loved the smooth flow and the curve that this angle achieved. I couldn't get those kind of lines at any other angle. (I'm also curious to hear what Tim meant by "longer format".)
Oh, and yes it was very messy! After about 50 rounds of pouring, there was syrup dripping everywhere - but fortunately not on my camera.
So, that's about it. Don't know if anyone will read this, but here it is... :-)
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