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Comment by snaffles:
beware the camera-mounted flash... they tend to give too much glare and leave photo looking flat. Try shooting more from tabletop level without flash but indirect lighting from the sides. Good try!

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Comment by rmezzo:
Lighting seems harsh and I'm not fond of the uneven grey portion of the border.

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Comment by Mydee1:
no spark...no appeal...no top!

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Comment by littlegett:
Interesting concept, although I personally dont' care for this angle. The image also seems a bit flat to me. One thing you can try is use poster board on either side of the bottle to get even reflections, and then use one with a whole cut out for your lense in the front. I am wondering if it would have worked better with the stem in the bottle? Hmm, well try to boost the saturation ext time and a touch of levels to help make it pop.

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Comment by tjbel05:
Lighting seems a little harsh, and the composition isnt really apealing to me. I think Because you shot down on your subject, the photo kind of loses it for me.

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Comment by toddgray:
Nice idea, but the lighten could use a little work.

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Comment by Spongetoast:
The color sucks, and it looks like you used built in flash,[cause the lighting sucks] no contrast, and it looks like an eBay pic.

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Comment by karmat:
You are onto a good idea here, i think. using what you have i would make a couple of suggestions. first, get a lower perspective. this perspective makes the bottle feel small, and i feel as if i am simply standing and looking down on it. a lower perspective would help the bottle to fill the frame more and give it more "importance" or at least a feeling of more importance. Secondly, the lighting feels a bit off. It almost feels like a flash was used, but you are missing the shadows (which is a good thing). Covering your lights with a soft cloth may help you to diffuse them more. Also, this gives the feeling of being dramatic (not quite romantic) so don't perhaps a darker shot would be more effective. Lose the coaster, it looks completely out of place. The woodgrain of the surface gives it a casual look. Putting down a piece of fabric would give it a more uniform look, and would solve the problem of needing a coaster. Also, you could choose whatever color you want. The are of the shot isn't large, so you could even use a t-shirt or something. Again, you've got a good idea, and the topless theme is repeated throughout the shot, which is good, but the execution of the shot makes it leave a bit to be desire.

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Comment by kaelacusack:
Interesting idea-a little cliche with the wine and rose (like something you'd buy in a poster shop). I do like the layout with the vertical bottle and diagonal rose stem. I'm not sure about A) the flash/bright light used-it's over exposed and B) the angle at which you shot. Is there a purpose to to it? It would have been more effective to shoot down at the same level as the subjects-instead the image appears flattened and smaller. The excessive flash also eliminated any possibility of a shadow, so the image appears very 1 dimentional.

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Comment by Indieaperture:
the lighting is really harsh