Shutter Speed Experiments

I took these photographs as an exploration of night photography. I did not have a tripod with me when I took these images. Instead I sat the camera on the table and just set it on a slow shutter speed. Some of the images did not work out because environmental factors were a particular problem. I was in a busy bar and people kept bumping the table and picking up the glasses. These two images were my favourite because they capture the reflective surface of the table really well. I like the effect of the mirrored image of the background and the glasses. The colour in these images is quite striking. I love the way the light has made the gold liquid shimmer and it has emphasised the outline of each glass. The contrast of gold against a bleak desaturated background encapsulates an almost sickly or isolated feeling. In the second image I like the poster on the window in the background. The poster is seen backwards and makes and interesting contrast against the ambiguity of the beer glasses in the foreground.