Bottles

[dexv]

ok i took this a while back. its actually one of my favs, just wondering if i can improve anything in the future.
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/8262/img09722y.jpg

[JAS_Photo]

First off- I really like the light here. I like how it radiates in a geometric pattern. I can not tell if it is a strobe, headlights or something else but it looks very cool. Another really nice thing about the photo is your low point of view.

How to improve? My first thoughts are the arrangements of the bottles could be in a little bit more of a pleasing arrangement. Deliberate, fussy arrangements pay off big time. Not just how the bottles are arranged but also turning the labels to show the names of the beer instead of the barcode would have made for more eye interest.

My second thought is that the background is not doing you any favours. It seems irrelevant to the photo and does not add anything to the idea of the photo. A slightly different arrangement would have blocked most of the distracting elements and a closer crop in camera would have as well.

So, overall, a really cool idea that needs just a bit of tweaking.

[Bambi]

I totally agree with Jas. this is a really good shot that could be stellar. I like your creativity. I would also clone out those two lights as they distract from the subject.

[dexv]

i took this picture while chilling with some friends in a skate park and we randomly have candles so i thought i could experiment with what i have.
thanks for the advice on the label but im not at a level where i can determine the perfect arrangement.
yea and i got lazy on the photoshop department.
once again thanks

[Richard]

I absolutely love this image, great concept. I spent a couple of mins lightening it up and cloning out some distractions. Love lighting you have used here. really nice work.

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[dexv]

wow thanks, when i was lightrooming this i was thinking about lightening it but i forgot why i didnt. lol and thanks for cloning it out for me. :D

[Richard]

wow thanks, when i was lightrooming this i was thinking about lightening it but i forgot why i didnt. lol and thanks for cloning it out for me. :D

my pleasure :D

you might want to have a play with the high res version and take a little more care over your edits than my 3 min play. :D

[dexv]

to be honest, i don't really know how to photoshop stuff so i only do the easy lightroom stuff ><

[Richard]

I normally do most of my edits photoshop, I've been since about version 5 and know my way around it pretty well, I think how every you could all these edits in lightroom with the heal tool and the adjustment brush tool . If you've got access to photoshop I'd be very happy to do a quick walkthrough of adjusting this image.

[dexv]

thanks for the offer but me knowing its possible in lightroom is already good enough. Thanks!