I can see the bottle, which is plainly very old, and the clean wine glass with it's reflections & the very dark wine. Under the subject of "too dark" for me the wine in the glass is suspiciously dark. But I would not describe the image as too dark, no.
It might be worth your time to try this experiment--try auto-tone, auto-contrast & auto-color adjustments in photoshop, just to see what you get. Also, use the curves adjustment layer & the Auto button, see what that gives you. And what it looks like on your various monitors. It can be useful to look at it in BW, just to see it without the distraction of color. Just for fun.
It's well within my own comfort zone to look at. My eyes are willing to accept it as an intentionally dark image. Perhaps because of your lighting & the label, the bottle seems to go a bit 2-dimensional at the bottom, probably because the edge of the bottle is not there. Kind of gives it a surreal look. |
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