Old wine

[betty1704]

I love this pic I took of a very old wine bottle in my wine cellar.
Any flaws?
By the way, I love the "feeling" of a slightly underexposed picture.

[Robert_Lay]

:rolleyes:Well, it's so underexposed that it isn't showing up at all here:rolleyes:

[betty1704]

Sorry about the attachment...oops!
Comments and critiques please!

[Randy1213]

I generally prefer pics on the slightly underexposed side, too. But for me this one is too underexposed. I'd like to see more detail on the top of the label. Along those same lines, seems like it would've helped to stop down the aperture a bit to get more depth of field so you can see the shoulder of the bottle . And the part in focus, at the very top of the cork, still looks a bit soft, as if you shot this in low light without a tripod and no flash.

By the way, how was the wine?

[betty1704]

I generally prefer pics on the slightly underexposed side, too. But for me this one is too underexposed. I'd like to see more detail on the top of the label. Along those same lines, seems like it would've helped to stop down the aperture a bit to get more depth of field so you can see the shoulder of the bottle . And the part in focus, at the very top of the cork, still looks a bit soft, as if you shot this in low light without a tripod and no flash.

By the way, how was the wine?

I think that wine is undrinkable by now...but it does look good in the wine cellar.
I did take another two, that I merged to get some detail on the label. The bottle is also very dusty (they look nice dusty in the wine cellar) hence the soft look on the shoulder, I guess.

[Randy1213]

It would be great to have that same detail but with the composition like the first one -- I like the top of the cork coming at you. But I think your second shot shows more of the dustiness because you got the shoulder. And, as I suspected, shooting the shoulder added a little reflected light which added some interest to the pic for me. Hope this wasn't an expensive bottle.

[betty1704]

Thanks.
I also prefer the first composition. I'll try taking another two of the first composition and then merging. I'll rather have a shallow depth of field in both (one focusing the cork and the other the label) to avoid cloning out unwanted and distracting background details.

[richardyoung]

HAHAHA

:rolleyes:Well, it's so underexposed that it isn't showing up at all here:rolleyes: