Photography classes help keep me focused and interested in photography. I was two assignments behind this morning but I had been thinking about completing them. The heat of the summer (90-96°) kept me from being enthusiastic but my wife, CJ and I did set ups to complete translucence and edges assignments.

I chose a Coca-Cola bottle from an antique bottle-capper to form the basis of the shot. Then I wanted something bright behind it. In a stand in the Amsterdam flower market I had taken a picture of brightly colored wooden tulips. That shot would provide the background while the printing on the bottle would be the foHard Tulips cus point. I used an iPad to display the picture behind the bottle. The bottle sat on the table while a small easel propped up the iPad behind. A Canon 40D camera and a Tamron 180mm macro lens on a Manfrotto tripod completed the set up.

I'm not sure that the result completes the translucence assignment as Carol Leigh described in her wonderful handout but it's what I wanted. Earlier I used a stained glass window to create a translucence photo. But I also wanted to try something I put together rather than just using a part of another person's art work. Then it would be my work - good or bad.

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A view of strawberries through a Coca-Cola bottle.

Part of the wings of a bird in flight on a stained glass window.