Ooooh! I like. Excellent composition overall, and in particular, use of DOF. Only detracting comment is the slightly-empty upper left corner, which affects the consistency of the field.
Are these pop bottles? I've never seen them before. They are pretty. I like the shade of red. the shot is nice. I like how you have the first one in focus and the rest in the background. Since I have never seen these before, I can only take your word for it that they are something new. These would have looked good in the "red" challenge too. Nice shot and good luck in the challenge.
This is one of those shots I'm a sucker for… I love the clever use of DOF to capture a really good shot, and this picture does just that. The sharp foreground provides a great central focal point that contrasts against the out of focus background… Great…
This is a beautiful composition... the depth of field works perfectly in this shot. The half visible label on the bottle offers a nice bit of intrigue that is making me wonder what the rest of it says... great shot :) = 9 - jmsetzler
You must have been going for a narrow depth of field, after all, we can see the first one really good. Even though you would have gotten "beat up" for it, I think having the 2nd or 3rd bottle being the ONE in focus might have been more dramatic, but probably not worth the risk. If I am all wrong about this DOF issue, subtract 2 points from your new score. Started as a 7, upping to an 8 after better evaluation, should drop to 6, if DOF guess wrong. 8 Swash (Confused, almost got myself there....)
I like the idea. Color is good. I might have had just enough of the front label readable so that the viewer would know it was the latest vintage without the title.
Yeah this is definitely one of those "wow" pics. Love the composition, lighting, focus.... everything .. except the fuzz on the front bottle ... lol ... Bet you didn't see that on your LCD ... j/k :-) Great shot!
I love this. If I were being picky I'd suggest that the furthest bottle seems to be positioned a little too low and leads to that patch of blue/ grey at the top left... nicer if it was all red glass throughout. But I do think this is very classy (and is the FIRST photo out of the WHOLE lot that I am scoring and commenting). I do like this very much. 9, Kavey