An empty bottle of perfume, the small hose inside of the bottle was removed because it looks better without.
A frosted glass table with semi-transparent oven paper on top of the glass and moving upwards at the back, over a white wall, to create a seamless view.
Autumn leaves sprayed with gold paint.
A ordinary table light underneath (IKEA) creates the yellow glow and the light area at the back.
A small torchlight from the right shining on the leaves in front, shielded by a white piece of paper (flag) so the light does not hit the bottle and does not cause reflections.
Another small torchlight shining on a piece of crumpled goldpaper, which is moved to the left to create the illusion of a scent coming out of the bottle.
Unfortunately my best shot of the scent (this one) did not include the full bottle. So I decided to crop a bit further.
Image had levels and curves applied, then resized, 1 pixel black border, and then saved for the web.
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As a newbie, I didn't vote on this photo as I hadn't a clue how it was done and thought surely it would be disqualified, LOL! But I loved it immediately - nice work and really gives us newbies something for which we can aspire!
i didn't vote on this challenge, but this is really really well-done. and i really enjoyed the description of the photo explaining the setup. _very_ helpful.
Wow, I never saw this one when voting (just got my DSL yesterday)but would definately scored it well. Nice job. And ya got a full house of ribbons now on your profile. Looks nice ;-)
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One of the best around. Running for the ribbon I am sure. very interesting effect created with lights. If I could not see the name anywhere, gold was the word that it would occured in my mind seeing this photo. !0 and congratulations.
Please be the winner! I love it a lot.:) there is just a tiny little thing that you could fix in PS. The word De in L'or DE torrente is little fogy . (10)
I really like this shot. The yellow-gold color is warm and gives this image of french perfume (or french named at least) a nice feeling. I like the gold leaves for added detail. I'm not sure what that is in the upper left (I see this has been validated). It sort of looks cool but I keep dwelling on it because I can't figure out what it is or why it's there - it's really distracting me because of that. It was obviously added for a reason and I'll try to remember to check back after the contest to see exactly what you did! Nice job on this. I gave this a 9.
It's beautiful.
Trying to get an idea of how it was done. Lit from below and behind with flashes and a flashlight for the traces? How did you get an exposure long enough for the traces to be done? Slow shutter and the flash was delayed?
Oooh is this a double exposure? With one exposure capturing the bottle and leaves and the other adding moving lights infront of a dark background? However you've done it it's quite quirky!
Great composition with those leaves that come back in the bottle and the waves of scent. Wonderful colors and excellent job on the edgeless background.
I wonder how you got the waves like that, it lookes like streaks of light in a multiple exposure or something like that. Or did you add it by hand during a long exposure? I should comment a lot more, this kind of wondering sparkles a lot of new ideas. :)
intriguing effect on the upper left. Works well as a scent, the gold color goes well with the name of the parfume. The leaves at the bottom reflect the leaves on the bottle. Perhaps it is a bit busy, my eye wanders not knowing what to focus on. Maybe less leaves?
Looks like an advertising shot, (which is a compliment, BTW!); everything about it is stunning. Very visually appealing, and I have nothing to offer you but praise. Quite lovely.
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