Wonderful concept and well executed, Kevin! I love the title, too. Very clever! My only critique might be that the stem of the glass gets lost at the bottom. Maybe it's better on your monitor at home where it's larger but in the smaller version I can't make it out from the background. Perhaps it the glass and the bottle were sitting on someting it might give them a little more context. (?) Either way, I really like the shot and that is one amazing bottle of designer syrup. Must be expensive.
All the best,
Endre
Oh - one other thing: You have a glass full of syrup but the bottle is still full. A little strange.
the picture exhibits vignetting. Is this purposeful? Also, the top of the photo looks a bit dark. This may be on purpose i do not know. I like the concept though.
Endra, Thanks a lot. That means a lot coming from you. I'll see if I can burn in the bottom of the glass. Oh, and, yes, there is that inconsistency: full glass, sealed bottle. My wife told me not to open the bottle -- it's part of our "future gift" collection. So I had to fill up the glass from the plastic jug in the fridge!
it sort of does, but in the top left hand corner there is a very dark spot. If you can, i would lighten that up a bit. Also, if it isnt too muich trouble, i would open the bottle, spill some on the table and shoot it while some syrup is pouring out, with the glass right next to it. My 2cents.
Thank you for your kind comments. This is actually my first-ever set-up shot. I'm usually just a boring point and shoot person, albeit with equipment that I don't deserve to own. For the shot here I placed the items on a floppy piece of white card-board, under a cabinet with two doors. I opened the two doors and clipped portable incandescent lights -- you know the clip-on kind with aluminum hoods -- to the bottom of each door. I used some white plastic cutting boards to block most of the direct rays from hitting the bottles while letting some diffuse light (although not much) filter through. The challenge was to get enough light on the label. I moved the cutting boards around until I had gotten rid of the most onerous specular highlights on the glass. That's it. Pretty primitive. It looked like a project by my 7 year old!
Very nicely done. I have been working to overcome some issue I have with taking shots of glass and your shot here is a good example for me. Great idea and well executed. Thanks for sharing.
I love the title, too. Very clever! My only critique might be that the stem of the glass gets lost at the bottom. Maybe it's better on your monitor at home where it's larger but in the smaller version I can't make it out from the background. Perhaps it the glass and the bottle were sitting on someting it might give them a little more context. (?) Either way, I really like the shot and that is one amazing bottle of designer syrup. Must be expensive.