Wine is A Gracious Creature
by vrphotos

Comment by scab-lab:
Nice warm tones. Good light control, with a pleasing composition.

Wine is A Gracious Creature
by vrphotos

Comment by Kavey:
Nice complimentary background both in terms of surface and backdrop. Lighting strong but resulting highlight shapes work reasonable well. Would prefer corkscrew not to be cropped.

Wine is A Gracious Creature
by vrphotos

Comment by kiwiness:
Now this is a still life photo exactly as I would have expected it. This is amazing, a wonderful set up. I can also see that you have done this kind of stuff before, the lighting is perfect. No reflections or blow outs at all. This has been done professionally, good on you and congrats on a top placing!

Wine is A Gracious Creature
by vrphotos

Comment by Dave Gordon:
It's a nice arrangement and a pretty wood-grain table. I would have liked to have seen the translucence of the wine in the bottle and glass - that's one of the beautiful things about colored liquid. Perhaps a second light behind the setup would have brought this out.

Wine is A Gracious Creature
by vrphotos

Comment by SoulHunter74:
nice composition and lighting! is this the pic that got the brochure comment? ;o)

I think you did a great job. looks very professionnal

Wine is A Gracious Creature
by vrphotos

Comment by dertyklobb:
I rescind my comments, but not my opinions. This looks like a catalog ad for a bottle of Shiraz. It's a great wine. But I would focus more on what this subject can do for you in terms of design than in terms of eloquence. Red wine always looks good with musty, weathered wood. If you were to focus on, say, the wine glass, crafting a mood with your lighting, taking a unique angle, I'd say you'd improve in terms of design. Right now, there are no elements of design, only elements of marketing.

Wine is A Gracious Creature
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Comment by agwright:
this is a great photo only one wee thing is the corkstrew being cut off and a touch sharper 8/10 - just copied this a using microsoft photo editor and sharpered it by 1 makes it a better photo

Wine is A Gracious Creature
by vrphotos

Comment by K-Rob:
It's so hard to compete against you guys with your fancy set ups, studios and lighting. Great picture, looks like something right out of a procut catalog.

Wine is A Gracious Creature
by vrphotos

Comment by dr rick:
Simple effective arrangement, though showing the removed cork would have been a nice touch. The reflection of the photographer in the glass is a bit distracting.

Wine is A Gracious Creature
by vrphotos

Comment by quarx:
nicely done... perfect