Penfold's Grange - King of Wines

Great mood and I like the small touch of grain.

You asked for an honest comment, I love wine......... but okay now about the picture, what can I say, I like it I don't know why exactly, something to do with the light on the bottle, especially the white line at the top.

 

Els

I agree with Alex and Someone Else...Love the blur(DOF) and composition....Saludos.

I wonder if it's cropped just a little too tight on the left. I'm not quite sure how, but I suspect that with a very slightly different crop and possibly a tiny rotation you will nail this one. Try it.

Still life isn't really my thing, but I thought that I'd have a go!

 

Edward, I totally agree with your observation, but unfortunately the left hand side and bottom of this crop represent two edges of the negative, so there is little that I can do. I considered tilting the image slightly, but would only loose more of the candle. Distorting it in photoshop just seemed o make things worse! I think the problem is that this photograph was taken very late on Christmas Day, after a very long and successful dinner party. My camera was loaded with high speed film pushed a further stop, and the apperture was wide open at f/1.4 (I was principally taking people shots by candle light) - the wine had been liberally flowing, and, er, well you know the rest......

 

I loved the atmosphere that had been created, despite the faults of this photograph, so posted it anyway. I'd think of setting the shot up again, but a bottle of 1991 Grange, doesn't come round very often!

 

Thanks to everyone for your comments.

 

Regards, Nick.

 

P.S here is a raw file of a similar shot, which may have possibilities, if anyone is feeling creative! - I may have a go myself later, but would be interested to see what those who are more skilled than me can achieve.

Nick, it's quite a pleasing shot. You see some of what you want, but you want more. I think that's pretty good. I too explored the Penfords range yesterday. Regards. P.

PS, from your hands in your self-portrait, do I detect the use of silver halides?

Interesting composition... and grain is OK here.

Maybe this is more than a little cheesy but here goes.

I interpret the blank top left and the out of focus bits as meaning the state of mind after a few of these. Mellow - a little grainy but very mellow. I must try that Penfold's stuff some time....

Just as "Someone Else" I have trouble in breaking down the elements that make me like it, but isn't that the kind of impression we would like our photographs to make? So, in short, an elegant shot, and I love the grain, and ... I've got to try getting at my camera after a few drinks!

Nice mood in this one...you sure have good taste ;-)

Fantastic Janik, at last, someone else lucky enough to have tasted this ambrosia!

the vague light gets well along with the wine bottle.

Hi Nicholas. I don't see anything here which tells me that you don't do still life. Very nice composition and beautifully exposed. The highlights are adding a different mood to the picture.

 

Kind regards.

Again, and happily, I got much more early interest in this one than I ever expected, so

once again, I throw it open to critique from the wider community - Nick.

you have a spectacular portfolio but i was drawn to this one. the shadows on the bottle od wine are perfectly captured and i love the grainy effect.. it makes it look aged.

Again a very fine picture, beautiful light and composition. Makes me regret b&w sensitive films... :)