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Originally Posted by beansbaxter  |
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.