Quote Originally Posted by SalazarGarzaCapitalist


Here are the rest of my tries. i wonder if i could use these for a Christmas card? [url="http://photobucket.com][/url] [url="http://photobucket.com][/url]
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#1: Too dark and half the bottle is chopped off. I like the label focus, and I like that the bottle is rotated and the label is not centered in the frame. Try again in vertical composition.


#2: Lighting is not too bad on this one. Background horizon is crooked, but the bottle is straight, so it'snot as bad.It has something to due with the angle at which you're holding the camera. Avoid centering everything, sometimes it's OK. I don't like the paper on the table. Watch your refelction in the bottle, however since the bottle is curved it's less of an issue. Other options would be to try choosing a more intersting focal point on the bottle, such as the cap, the top label, or the bottom label, instead of choosing the middle part of the bottle as the focal point, butyour waycan work too.


You need to read about exposure; to increase your exposure, you will need to loweryour shutter speed (which may require a tripod), open up the aperture, raise the ISO, or set more power on the flash.


Keep practicing,


Rich