Photography of silver for a design project

[MikeB]

So I am new to this forum, but thought I'd share some pictures I took of the little silver I have which I am using in project currently at University.

In the photos I wanted to explore surface, light and reflections.

I know it's something different for the forum, but thought it would be cool to share my results  

[Booky586]

Hello and welcome to the forum. Nice photos too.

[KevinFlynn]

Impressive 😗

[CosmikDebris]

The first works nicely, the second not so much in my opinion. The third might be better if you focus to the front of the bar with a smaller aperture giving an in focus view of the entire top of the bar, I would also add more lighting to show more reflection and the glossy nature of the metal.

[daca]

Great photos 👍

[dikefalos]

Really nice pictures👍

[James32]

Welcome and the first pic is a belter. 

[stefffana]

Very beautiful pictures, well done!

You can try to buy some silver grains from @sellerstacker for more visual effects. https://www.thesilverforum.com/topic/50581-999-fine-silver-grain-and-nuggets/?tab=comments#comment-523863. 

 

[sjhdesmond]

I love the third photo personally. If you didn't know what it was, then you wouldn't be able to guess. You might think it's some alien artifact. 

If you aren't wedded to black and white, I'd be curious to see something with coloured light.

[Roy]

Welcome to the forum!

Unfortunately, I don't know anything about photography so I can't give any technical advice but I can tell you what I see.

The first photo is excellent, very good quality, something that I'd expect to find in a book or glossy brochure. I like everything about it.

The second. Well, you said you wanted to explore different ideas! It almost looks soft, like an embroidered pillow and not like silver at all.

The third, a bit blurry to these old eyes, but now it looks frozen. 

Interesting thread, cheers 👍

[MikeB]

23 hours ago, sjhdesmond said:

I love the third photo personally. If you didn't know what it was, then you wouldn't be able to guess. You might think it's some alien artifact. 

If you aren't wedded to black and white, I'd be curious to see something with coloured light.

Here is the original of that photo, the lamp I used had a warm tone and I didn't want people thinking it was gold 😁 Thanks for the feedback, I too like the mysteriousness about this one, there is a lot of dark

[MikeB]

I really appreciate everyone's feedback and interest! Thank you people

[Junior]

I’m guessing photography is your thing. But just to show light and shadow contrast via a drawing, I found this cool, very realistic  piece on YouTube:

 

[CANV]

the last one might get you an A from some hipster Art Teacher 😉 .. but the first one is easily the best 

[frugalman]

Impressively crisp first photo. I like 3rd side photos of coins sometimes rather than just the standard obverse and reverse.

Others slightly lose me on focus. well done, nice.

 

[sori]

Ver y interesting

[beacon]

These are fantastic pictures.