Cheers!

[aprilS]

Also a larger view (revised).

In hindsight, I might have opened up the aperture to create a little more depth. The setup is still on my table...and a light tent is on my wish list.

[eob]

Since I see this study as an exercise, I think you could also use a bit of backlighting. That would better define the shapes of glasses - especially the stems.

[aprilS]

That would be lovely, eob. Since I've not a clue how to make that happen, will have to do some research...

[habakuk]

How elegant... the golden perls really look like champagne perls puring (foaming?) over the edge of the filled glass. I love that allegory. For my personal taste, there's too much space at the bottom. I'd rather see 1/3 of that space moved from the bottom to the top so the glasses feel placed more stable, and the "bubbles" have space to rise and pop.

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[aprilS]

For my personal taste, there's too much space at the bottom. I'd rather see 1/3 of that space moved from the bottom to the top so the glasses feel placed more stable, and the "bubbles" have space to rise and pop.

Ah; you're right! I was so concerned about following the "rule" of allowing more space at the bottom -- so things don't fall down out of the frame -- that I completely missed the possibility of allowing room for things to breathe/rise at the top. Revised:



That feels much better to me. Thank you, Roland.

[eob]

Just like in typography and page design - there should be more room on top than on the bottom. Yes, this subtle difference in balance adds more visual impact to the content.

[habakuk]

Well, it's all about perception of stability. I like it better if fragile glasses are well placed and don't feel like falling and smashing in the next second. This is what happened if you make them "lift off" from the ground. Reducing the space below means to shift the center of gravity compositionally towards the lower frame and this gives the stability I was looking for.

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[aprilS]

In contrast to following another "rule", the idea of where you want to place the compositional weight, or how to create stability (or instability!), makes much sense to me.

I tend to abide by rules, without thinking through why they've become accepted; something I need to work on.

[Theo]

Nice use of composition and color as always. It would be nice to see what would happen if you intertwined the beads from each glass with each other.

Yours

[Ted Byrne]

Gosh I'm sorry April, but I guess this taught you that you reeeeeely shouldn't shake the bottle since the golden pearls will foam right over the top and get all over the table and stuff.

Your still lifes (lives?) are favorites of mine and each new one is an event. This is perfect for a New Year's card that will resonate through the smiles of the recipients. Luvvit....

Oh... and Happy Holiday everybody... 

[aprilS]

Gosh I'm sorry April, but I guess this taught you that you reeeeeely shouldn't shake the bottle since the golden pearls will foam right over the top and get all over the table and stuff.

Oh, but it's the "pop" and "fizz" that is so much fun with the bubbly!

Thank you for your comments, Ted; and a toast to you! ::clink::

[aprilS]

It would be nice to see what would happen if you intertwined the beads from each glass with each other.

Ah, I like that idea!