MC #6 - 'Vintage'

MikeK · December 2, 2009

Here are a few shots of a bottle of very old Italian Marsalla. First color and then B&W, with different crops for each.

Any of these amuse you guys? Feel free to cry 'lame' :rolleyes

1)

2)

3)

4)

Thanks!

Tentacion · December 2, 2009

Like your concept, but feel that the photo looks flat, there is no dimension, also the lens flare on the bottle takes away from the asthetic of the photo.....I personally would try a low light no flash, or even a natural lighting on this. I always think of a sepia tone when thinking vintage or antique...just a thought, and not meaning to offend.

Best wishes

Peace,
Donna P.

lizzard_nyc · December 2, 2009

Tentacion wrote:

Like your concept, but feel that the photo looks flat, there is no dimension, also the lens flare on the bottle takes away from the asthetic of the photo.....I personally would try a low light no flash, or even a natural lighting on this. I always think of a sepia tone when thinking vintage or antique...just a thought, and not meaning to offend.

Best wishes

Peace,
Donna P.

I agree with Donna--I like the idea and think you can work with it. I also find the flash distracting, kind of harsh. Maybe work with a little processing, such as sepia or maybe textures.

Good luck to you--I'm having to reshoot myself.

MikeK · December 3, 2009

Thanks for the feedback! You both confirmed what I was thinking. I thought it could be a good concept, but it came out flat, probably because I was holding the secondary lighting along the axis of the bottle. I probably need to go perpendicular to create some shadows across the bottle to get depth that way.

I think the flare is from the room light on the ceiling. I didn't use a flash, but had existing room lighting and hand held a second stronger light off to the side with a diffusion panel in front of it. Thanks for pointing out that you both don't like the flare.

I also have a couple other ideas that could be much more exciting, but they depend on good weather and rounding up some models, so this is my current fallback concept if I can't pull off the other ideas.

Thanks!!

tinamarie52 · December 3, 2009

I like the ocncept. The background blanket catches a lot of my attention. It's an interesting texture, but takes me away from the bottle.

I think that upright in a more 'still life' setting might enhance the interest in the bottle.

When are we opening it for a toast? ):

Chris

AndMan · December 6, 2009

tinamarie52 wrote:

I like the concept. The background blanket catches a lot of my attention. It's an interesting texture, but takes me away from the bottle.

MC #6 - 'Vintage'

Comments