The green light is a glow stick wrapped in a sheet of notebook paper (it was too bright when uncovered). The blue light is from an LED.
I'd have liked to make the outline of the bottle a little more distinct; I'm afraid that it's a little too abstract to be easily recognisable. I have mixed feelings about the appearance of the escaping essence. I'd like it to look more whispy and less striated. I have a few versions where the essence looks as I'd like it to, but the brightness of the bottle overpowered the essence. I hope to re-shoot this while subduing the brightness of both of my lightsources before the submission deadline.
Focal length: 24mm
Editing steps:
Levels (gamma 0.75, white point to 190)
Hue / Saturation (r: -100, m:-100, c:[hue-75, sat+100], ygb: unchanged)
spot edit (my sensor is evidently very dirty)
crop
scale
USM (radius 2.0)
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Nice concept. I would have shot this lower down to get the bottle base at camera level, so the table doesn't distract, which makes it look a little staged and studio-conscious. The gini idea also suggests that it needs context to further enhance the effect, such as an exotic bedroom/parlour.
An interesting effect but the blown out white center and the general lightness of the green color limits its 'burst' impact. Not a very wow photo, which is even more essential than usual in this challenge.
Good burst of color, but it seems too much of a set up shot to be "mystical". However, it also looks like you spent some time on this image. props for that.
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