All applied to whole image: crop, levels, hue/saturation, add noise, re-size, and save for web.
If this was an advanced editing challenge, I would love to fix the highlight in the relfection of a pill on the bottle... that little dot bugs me... I'd also use a different take so that i could selectively blur/clone selected areas. I went with this one because the bottle came out blurred- which hid my name on the label.
I've noticed a lot of people place predictions here... thought I'd give it a try, but I really have no idea. I'm curious to see how adding the grain to the image and blowing out the shadows and highlights on purpose will be received. I think those things kind of add to the intensity of the subjects. Not sure if this may also be too interpretive for the challenge- my guess is that other submissions will be humorous...
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It seems to have a lot of noise. I don’t get the impression it was intentional and so I assume it is the result of a high ISO because the light level was too low. I like the way you have cropped the image.
It could be a better photo if more of the picture was in focus. You are putting the emphasis on the alcohol. The pills are just as important to over all composition.