Attempting to mimic the face off style photos prior to boxing matches (but with soda cans). Shot in a dark room on a glass table. Light pointed towards the ground so as not to get too much harsh light on the cans themselves. Had to darken the photo a bit to completely black out the wall/door behind the cans. Unsharp mask to sharpen the water droplets and product logos. Unfortunately the reflection is not super sharp since the light rays bent going through the thick glass tabletop.
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i think this is a good idea for the challenge. what killed you here is lighting.
because you're dividing the user's attention to two subjects, you needed to have two light sources that made each subject pop. like, for instance, if you had a boxing ring kind of feel, a spot on each can separated by some black space would have done it. if you were going for a head-to-head kind of thing, you could light it with one really tight light that showed parts of each can basically posed against each other.
in an image this dark, i don't think the reflections would have had any impact. it seemed like you were investing a lot in that effect when it really seems incidental.
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