Ciroc, one of my all-time favorite vodkas. Shot on a tabletop draped with a black curtain. Single softbox light angled over the top of the subject to avoid too much reflection. I'm sure it will get stomped by the other submissions because frankly, you guys (and girls) are just out of my league. But I had fun putting it together and compared to my other shots, I like it.
Post-processing: adjusted white balance to achieve harsher blue tones, spot-cleanup on lint on the curtain backdrop, burn tool on "Ciroc" and "Vodka" text to make it a bit more readable. All done is Photoshop CS3.
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Place: 83 out of 149 Avg (all users): 5.6011 Avg (commenters): 6.2857 Avg (participants): 5.3559 Avg (non-participants): 5.7132 Views since voting: 963 Views during voting: 308 Votes: 188 Comments: 8 Favorites: 0
Camera Work/Technical: Spectacular! Your focus is spot on, making this one nice and crisp. You also captured a great intensity in the blues really making this one pop.
Lighting: I think that your lighting is the strength of this capture. The only flaws I can see with the lighting is the hot area on the shot measure and a small outline of the softbox on the top glass. Even still, I really like the lighting that you created here. Perhaps a polarizer would have toned down the reflections just a hair.
Composition/Content: This is where I think the voters hit you. The composition is a bit cluttered, and it feels too deliberate. I like the stacked glasses, but the chopped bottle seems out of place. I think that sliding the bottle behind the glasses, moving the shot measure out and opening up the zoom a little to include the entire bottle
My Opinion: This one seems like it scored about where it should have as it is. You have a very nice idea and you did a fantastic job with your lighting. With some small changes in the composition, this one would have surely bumped close to a 6.
Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric
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