Photographing a bottle is difficult. The glass reflects everything in the room. A flash of red from something in one corner of the room; a tint of green from something else that I still haven't figured out.

I was trying to shine the light directly on the bottle, and that wasn't working for me, so I gave up on that.

Instead, I put all the lights on the background; what you're seeing is the light coming through the bottle.Which is guess is the way to go when photographing glass. After all, you wouldn't shine a light at a stained glass window, would you? Rather, you'd shine a light through it.

I have a cousin that told me the toughest thing she ever tried to draw was a glass of ice cubes. Trying to replicate the true color of the ice, and all the subtle reflections of color, was driving her mad.

And don't even get me started on the wobbly table that is nowhere near level. Trying to compensate with a cheap tripod wasn't much help. So the photo is probably a bit crooked. One of these days, I'll get a sturdier table, and a decent tripod.

I'm glad I shot this one in digital, though. If I had burnt a roll of black & white film on this mini-project, I'd have really been frustrated. Some good news, though: I did get some film developed today, and it looks like my new Minolta X-700 body is workin' just fine. I'll have to scan a few of the photos and upload them. Right now, I think I'm going to head down the street for a snapple.