That's not my reflection in the bottle; it's just my tripod and camera (unavoidable), I used a remote to take the shot. What you see in the center ist the vase behind the bottle - if the flowers had been in the bottle it would have been out of focus.
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I believe DPC advanced editing rules allow multiple shots for increased depth of field (read the first paragraph under the advanced editing rules), so I guess you could have still left the flowers in the bottle and taken multiple shots with various focus points and then blended them together in photoshop (edit-> Auto-Blend Layers ...) ... or have I misunderstood the rule?
That might be true, but would be a lot more work :)
I believe DPC advanced editing rules allow multiple shots for increased depth of field (read the first paragraph under the advanced editing rules), so I guess you could have still left the flowers in the bottle and taken multiple shots with various focus points and then blended them together in photoshop (edit-> Auto-Blend Layers ...) ... or have I misunderstood the rule?
Awesome image Oliver. Really like the background and the lighting on the flowers. Putting the flowers in a separate vase behind the bottle so that the flowers and the bottle are in the same plane was a great idea. Congrats on the yellow.
the vase for this is gorgeous, and the highlights in it are amazing. the background is a good contrast from some of the more monochromatic images in this challenge. The lilies are actually the least interesting part of this shot, and I wonder if they're even necessary.
couple of nitpicks... harsh highlight in the left bottom corner... and the reflection of the photographer on the bottle (which you could not have avoided or cloned with advanced editing)...
overall a great shot that deserves a place in the first page...
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