Critique Water pouring

[Rubiks]

Hi guys, just after a bit of critique on lighting, composition & PP. You dont get better with people saying "oh thats a nice shot"
so help me out
905A3457 by MrRubiks182, on Flickr

 

[DowntonMini]

I like that. One thing I may have been tempted to do is to take out the random small splashs. Also there appear to be light spots on the background which again I would have been tempted to remove

 

[omens]

I don't know. I quite liked the random splashes - made it feel more real than a fake/static shot. I think I'd need to see both shots side by side.

The only slight thing that bugs me is the reflection - is it a door I can see? The brighter area to the left is slightly distracting.

 

[Elines]

Compositionally you could try one, some or all of the following:

• Less liquid in the glass
• Glass at an angle
• Different colour pouring to that which is in the glass
• Different colour background
• Lights through a diffuser of some kind eg baking paper if you don't have a specialist one
• Different pouring heights

If you haven't already you could also try rapid fire shots.

 

[TheBigYin]

three things stand out for me...

1) I'd prefer to see some of the "stem" of the glass rather than it being cut off right at the goblet line.
2) more care in stopping light "spill" onto the black background and in "blacking out" the room in front of the glass as well - to save the reflections of the cameraman and the door...
3) use a different colouring to the water. It looks singularly unpleasant to my eyes that you're pouring loo-water into a glass...