Photo by Zornelar Photography

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Sunday Stills-glass


This was a difficult challenge for me- I found out just how hard it is to take photos of glass. The reflectivity was my problem, trying not to get distracting stuff that takes your focus away from the piece itself. Especially difficult was this one, which is a piece of smoked glass that I sandblasted a picture on. It used to be a stereo cabinet door, and when the cabinet fell apart I kept the door, and just keep it in my window.
Mostly, I went with glass used in art, such as this window in our church:

This is an antique carnival glass dish from my husband's family, it is a lovely piece of art:
Also from Ted's collection, can you guess what this is?

It is the bottom of an antique shot glass.

23 comments:

lisa said...

You did fantastically! I love them all, I can't even pick a favorite. But You are really talented that top picture is just great!

Ed said...

Great shots, I'll guess it is a wine glass...:-))

Fantastyk Voyager said...

You made some awesome photos! Good job.

Gail said...

Stunning glass, the etching and the bowl are my favorites.

thecrazysheeplady said...

Love the blue!

Crystal said...

Wow you etched that glass!! its really nice! and the picture turned out awesomely as well.

CCC said...

I loved the etching. But really interesting shots of glass stuff.

Janice said...

Excellent post. Love the smoked glass you are so talented. Also loved the pic of the Mules in the last post.

fernvalley01 said...

Very nice! The etching is lovely too

morningbrayfarm.com said...

Great job, Shirley! I wasn't up to the challenge this week - what a wimp I am! :) Love that last shot of the shot glass - super cool!

morningbrayfarm.com said...

Great job, Shirley! I wasn't up to the challenge this week - what a wimp I am! :) Love that last shot of the shot glass - super cool!

dibear said...

These are all beautiful shots. I'm partial to the Carnival glass bowl. Lovely. :)

dibear said...

These are all beautiful shots. I'm partial to the Carnival glass bowl. Lovely. :)

Linda said...

You did VERY well photographing everything. I found this a hard challenge to do WITH the camera not the subject.

Tom in Vegas said...

That first one was pretty darn good!

Ann said...

You sandblasted the first photo? Wow!!!! I have seen such artwork, but have no idea how they aremade.

I like the last one, a very New Zealand art form, the Koru or the spial, and the blue is simply amazing

Sydney_bitless said...

I love carnival glass. That last one looks like a blueglass bottle.

Cheyenne said...

You did a great job with the photos-and the sandblasting!

Oh my, I just LOVE stained glass. I bet your church is beautiful!

aurora said...

Glass is tough. Love how you can see through the sandblasted glass panel. The antique carnival glass dish is so cool!

morephotosplease said...

Great shots, you have a very good eye.

allhorsestuff said...

Oh, those are absolutely gorgeous! Fabulous post ~
KK

henrygl said...

Fantastic shots, especially the church window and the glass dish is outstanding :)

paramedicgirl said...

The blue shot glass pic is really good. and if you ever get sick of that first etching, well, I gotta place to hang it.