Robusto

Took the pic outside, out of the rain.

BTW, I highly recommend this wine for a summer wine...definitely not your box wine Rose'

SeattleVet

Nice shot! Glassware is hard to do right.

Great wine, too - I've been getting it since they started making it. It's just about the *perfect* wine with anything grilled! Made from the same grapes that they use for Chianti, so you get a little of the Chianti 'bite' at the back of the throat, but it's extremely smooth and non-acidic. One of my favorites. It used to be around $9/bottle, but it has gone up a bit recently!

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balut

nice thats money shot.

Robusto

thanks man, for the compliment (you too, Balut!).

Sangiovese is my favorite grape.

I really like that wine as it has just a 'hint' of bubbly. Served it with VodkaTomato cream sauce over gnocci with fresh Basil and Parma cheese.

I really liked the soft lighting (from all the rain clouds), and the placement of the bottle/glass on a rustic surface was quite appealing.

SeattleVet

That soft lighting is what people spend a lot of money on to duplicate with umbrellas, soft-boxes, and the rest. Yep - we pay to duplicate the typical overcast day here in the Great Northwet!

Next time, try it with a polarizer. As you turn it the reflections and color saturation will change... go for the best look.

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Glassware photography is a pretty well-paid specialty. Getting the lighting right; keeping the equipment, lights, and photographer out of the reflections; showing the detail without blowing out the highlights. There are entire books written about photographing glassware.

Robusto's photo was great example of what can be done without any specialized gear. Yeah, there are reflections of the trees and suck, but they aren't distracting in any way. He got an almost perfect reflection on the surface of the wine in the glass; by playing around with a polarizer he can make that reflection from the surface almost disappear, showing the color of the wine.

Google for "glassware photography" and you'll get a ton of hits to tips, techniques, and a lot of people asking questions about how to do it. Robusto is well on his way. The composition is good - I might have moved the glass slightly forward, or the bottle a little back to give it a little more 'dynamic' composition, but what he has is perfectly good for a lot of stock applications. He made excellent use of the available light's quality.

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balut

ah so thats what polarizer do.

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I don't use a lot of filters, but a polarizer is something that should be in everyone's camera bag. Super versatile. They can *really* enhance the look of an otherwise lackluster photo. Do a Google search and see some of the articles about polarizers, how to use them, and samples of what can be done.

If you are doing flowers and scenery it will usually bring up the colors. If you use it at high altitude - like in Denver, or at the passes - and get the sky and clouds you will have bright white clouds in a DEEP blue (can be almost black) sky. If there is water you can make the reflections almost disappear, and you can see into the water.

(Yeah, you lose 2 to 2.5 stops, but the results are usually worth it. I kept a polarizer on a lens for almost a year one time and shot everything with it, just to get used to the way it worked and learn everything I could about how to effectively use it.)

Get a decent circular polarizer and give it a try (many autofocus systems require a circular polarizer). I think you'll like the results once you see how versatile this little thing can be.

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