Candles
by ganders

Comment by Gallatin:
Nice, I can almost feel the warmth from the candles.

Candles
by ganders

Comment by ambaker:
Good lighting, good composition, good contrast. Would like to have seen sharper focus. 7

Bottle
by ganders

Comment by Kavey:
Critique Club


Initial thoughts
This probably won̢۪t be as unbias a commentary as I̢۪d hope to make it what with us being married and all but I do like this one a lot and thought I might fit in an extra critique.

Composition/ Content
I really like the landscape composition – infact I was probably responsible for you trying this crop since I wasn’t so keen on your portrait alternatives. I think it makes for a much better abstract and much stronger composition that the more obvious portrait composition. The portrait composition works to the obvious shape of the bottle – this works against it and is therefore quite exciting to me.
I like that there is some aspect of the rule of thirds, sort of – in terms of the positioning of the curve of the body of the bottle – and some aspect of centred composition in terms of the lighting and bottle top.

Background
I think the background is at least as important as the subject here since it̢۪s the soft circle of light which gives the composition some of its strength. The way the lighting is so well diffused by the bottle itself is very appealing.

Camera Work - Technical
Some darkness on body of bottle though that does serve to anchor the image somehow. I like the DOF though would be interested to see a version sharp from front to back too.

Digital Processing - Technical
Seems fine.

Fits The Challenge
Oh yes.

Your Opinion On The Photo
I really like this and NOT just coz you̢۪re my husband!

Bottle
by ganders

Comment by sulamk:
Critique Club
Composition I think a portrait orientation would work better for this image it looks a bit cut short for want of a better description.
Background - Beautiful blue tones!
Camera work As you say the bottom of the bottle is out of focus, but it actually doesn't detract from the shot
Digital processing good you haven't been tempted to overdo the processing.
My Opinion I cant say much more about this shot except that I like it very much Congrats on coming up with an innovative idea that relly worked!
Good Shooting with your new camera

Bottle
by ganders

Comment by PTLParsons:
Nice angle shot. Nice effect the glow around the top of the bottle. Nice crop, decent focus, Good shot. PTL 6

Bottle
by ganders

Comment by Turbotech:
Intresting view. To bad it is in the middle of the screen or it would have gotten a higher score but I think 8 is good.

Bottle
by ganders

Comment by muckpond:
Best plain bottle shot of the week. muckpond

Bottle
by ganders

Comment by BJ:
I like this - very curious to know how it was done.

Bottle
by ganders

Comment by undieyatch:
absoloute-ly good product shot, i love it

Bottle
by ganders

Comment by Paige:
Great angle. Almost too much up top IMO.