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Critiques/Comments appreciated, good bad or ugly;) Thanks

Makes me want a drink after a long day :-)

Practically a CGI look, but, man, it sure "pops" (sorry, resistance was futile) . Really floats above the complementary background. Nice!

Thanks Don, actually the only thing I manipulated was the lable. Damm lables get me every time.

Bottles drive me crazy. So damn hard to photograph without the reflections of umbrellas and strobes. In some cases I make the reflections work for me, in other cases I have to painstakenly setup monster sized wrap around reflectors with a hole to poke my lens through. Another good tactic is two large black subtractive panels to each side, and a large shoot-through white panel in front with the prerequisite lens hole. Welcome to the world of shooting glass. ;-)

Thanks Thomas that is some good advice. Sometimes I too find that a nice highlight can add to creating shape to the bottle, making it look a bit more 3D, but I'm with ya on the hot reflections that we sometimes get, one trick that I do is to make sure my reflector and softbox fabric is as wrinkle free as possible, you wouldn't believe how much that helps. Thanks for the comment.

Actualy I have found that the absence of highlights is was usually generated the 'wow looks rendered' comments. I get em all the time because I mostly use indirect light with glass. I hardly ever point a flash or light directly at it.

 

I really love the soft look that you have here in the glass. The background is perfect for the subject also as the tones go so well together. Is it a picture?

 

Great product shot...

The background is a hand woven tapstry