Two new cigar pics

[PetersCreek]

I was experimenting with my new camera today and came up with this still life...

Simple Pleasures​

Brett

 

[PetersCreek]

And this one...

Simple Pleasures II​

Brett

 

[Wasch_24]

Very cool!

 

[jcgoldner]

Nice shot Brett

We know the cigar but what exactly is in the glass? Is that a white port?

 

[jcgoldner]

I forgot to mention that I love the reflection of the glass in the eyeglass!

 

[cvm4]

Nice work!

 

[PetersCreek]

We know the cigar but what exactly is in the glass? Is that a white port?

Nope, that's a bit of Scapa 12-year-old single malt.

I haven't had a good white port in I don't know how long. I do enjoy the stuff.

 

[Black Dog]

Very nice! Proffesional looking.

 

[GuyMcBeerdrinker]

wow. love the smoke put out by the opus x.

 

[allanf]

Looks great....U ever take pictures professionally?

 

[tripp]

The second one is very dramatic.

Nice work.

 

[tedski]

Nice pics. I'm surprised you got the OpusX band off so cleanly. I always thought they used epoxy ...

 

[joshua]

This could be an ad for that cigar. Looks good enough to eat.

 

[Bsslack]

Brett,

That's a Great Shot!

I Love the second One, Best!

Now was that on Auto or did You set it up on manual?

Ya gotta love the Digital's for Crisp details! Very Nice!







Slack

 

[Jwrussell]

WOW. Just wow.

 

[The Prince]

Sweet pics.

 

[PetersCreek]

Wow. So many people saying so many nice things. Thank you all. One comment does have me feeling a little guilty, though.

love the smoke put out by the opus x.

Sorry, Guy...but not all is as it seems. You see, I don't smoke in the house so I set this still life up out in my studio...um...that would be the garage. Now, the OpusX did make a lot of nice smoke, but the air wasn't still enough to get the silky ribbon of rising smoke that I'd envisioned. So I cheated. I "photoshopped" it. It's gratifying to know that my airbrushing acheived the desired effect.

Allan — I've never been a professional photographer...just an enthusiastic amateur off and on since I bought my first SLR in '81. Looks like I'm back "on" again.

Tedski — Not that I've smoked a lot of OpusX's but this one came off more cleanly than any other. I did have to clean some paper and glue off of the print side, but this was the first one that hadn't peeled any of the print off.

Brian — I could have made this image using one or more auto modes but I used full manual since I was shooting many frames at various apertures and exposure values.