WW II Era Wine Bottle

Decided to play around a bit tonight in the garage "studio" - used an old leather-wrapped wine bottle my grandfather brought back from Italy when he was over there during WW II. Anyway, used bulb exposure and several different pen-lights, flashlights (or torches if you're UK ) and hand-held my 580EX on a few. I'm REALLY enjoying my new 5D!

The first shot is my fav. The second shot is a bit dar for my overall taste....

Thanks... the second shot I used an LED flashlight rather than a standard incandescent bulb one...

Wow, that wine bottle is amazing. I bet it's worth a lot. Although, I don't know much about antiques, so maybe it's not. lol. It looks it to me.

Thanks... I have no idea if it's "worth" anything other than family sentiment... I remember my grandfather telling us he'd managed to put a genie in it and to never take the stopper out. He kept pennies in it and if you shook the bottle, that was the genie getting mad.

Now, my 4-year-old daughter gets to look at the genie bottle and, if she shakes it, she hears the mad genie.

I really like the lighting on the first one. I like the blue/green lights placement on the second one, but the overall picture is too dark for me.
Great shots...neat item to photograph too.