I love the rich amber/red hue in the wine. The warm color instantly draws the eye and makes the palate salivate as we drink in this photo. I love how the background shows some more bottles hanging on a wall for it gives us a sense that we are standing in a wine cellar surrounded by the promise of "bottled" pleasure. I love how you set the composition for the lighting! The light falls through the wine glass to have a warm red/orange light cast a spotlight on the date of the wine on the bottle.
My mouth waters when I see this photo... Chateau d' Yquem is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE wine! Yummy. My dad has quite a bit of this in his wine cellar, but it definitely is a RARE priveledge when he opens up a bottle (even of recent years let alone 1923!). YUMMY! I believe we've had some from around 1900's can't quite remember, but for his 50th birthday we opened a bottle of 1949, his birth year. Beautiful photo! I hope that you might offer this one as a print, as it might be a good present for my dad's wine cellar! YUM YUM! I bet you enjoyed drinking that. Beautifully done JJ! Congrats!
Thanks to all taking the time to write on my piture. This was a small half bottle of what had been a great drink last year. Found a small glass to give the impression the bottle was larger. I had to mix liquids to imitate the unique amber color of old Yquem. The light was a hand held 100 watt bulb and socket + the cellar's ceiling light. This extraordinary sweet wine, if kept in good condition will still be sublime after 150 years in the dark. I still have a few bottle from the beginning of the century that my grandfather bought at the time. unfortunately I cannot afford leaving the same treasure for my grandchildren to come. The prices for this wine have gone totally crazy.
Very nice picture. Great exposure, focus. only things I would change/fix is the blown area on the glass and the little specks at the top of the glass. Looks like it came from a wine magazine.
Beautiful shot, my personal favorite from this challenge, fantastic texture and great use of the refraction through the glass to highlight the date on the bottle. Good Luck, Tom.
Ok, that's just cool! I love how you reflected the light off of the glass to highlight the date! Ingenious! It immediately draws my eyes right to the focal point in an otherwise busy shot. Good luck!
Wonderful idea for this challenge! If I'm reading this correctly, the old wine is now exposed to the light and to the taste buds? I love the colors on this, the light reflecting on the date on the bottle, the curved bottles through the glass, so well done! The only thing I would have done differently if I were able to take shots like this is crop the top to just above the top of the wine glass. Then you can still see the dust on the top of the bottle and the bottoms of the other bottles in the upper right are quite as distracting. A 9 for this one!
What clever lighting! I love the dusty bottle texture that contrasts with the clarity of the wine and glass. A beautiful photo. At first I found bottles in upper right background distracting, but on second look I love the whole thing.
I am just green with envy, to even be near that bottle!
Very good idea, well presented. I would suggest the glass be cleaner. That is the one thing I would improve.
Irregardless,, 10
Great job with the reflection of light on the date of the bottle. Excellent reflection of the wine bottles in the full wine glass. Great Composition.. Im sure you enjoyed every drop!!!
Exposed....[?] I guess I'm missing the main idea. Exposed to the taste? Exposed because it's rare, and now it's been opened. That would be my guess. Over all shot is very good. The color, light and composition is very good.
Beautiful shot. This is one of the best still life images I have seen here recently. I particularly like the way the lighting highlights the '1923' on the wine bottle. I'm no wine afficianado, but would this old wine be turned to vinegar by now? Beautiful work and excellent composition overall... = 10
This is one of the two tens I gave in the exposed challenge. The set-up and composition was the first thing that hit me when I clicked on the thumbnail. Secondly, the play of lights and shadow, which is very effective here. Thirdly the reflections of the bottles in the glass. All these points work in harmony together producing this wonderful pic. My hat off to you. This looks very much like the style of jjbeguin - 10
Interesting choice! I like the composition, the rich color of the wine is beautiful and the way the lighting is set so it highlights the date is perfect. I'm assuming that was purposeful. :) I even like the dusty quality of the bottle, helps tie in the 'exposed' aspect of the photo. 7
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