as the glass started sweating it became a race of finding angles to light it up, in the end it was a blend of several shots with different spots lit up
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The olive seems a little anemic.
the glass is thick and has sharp angles which cause the distortion
People expect a green olive. Gray is not attractive.
when have you ever seen a vibrant green cocktail olive? they are only green when fresh. It might not be the most vibrant, being that it's commonly occurring colour and suspended in liquid, in a 'sweating' glass but hardly is it grey, especially when it's colour was enough to cast a hue on the rest of the liquid
Did I say vibrant green? No. Most olives used in martinis are green. Army green if you want to get specific. Not gray. If you think they're gray, I can't help you there.
For a product shoot, you are marketing a product to other people. You need to consider their perception of that product. Most martini-with-olive pictures use (army) green olives, and people expect that. So when they see a picture of a martini that uses any other color olive, it looks wrong. Like the drink is bad. Perception is a major part of product photography.
I think you have an issue with seeing colour, you keep saying that it's grey and yet it isn't - it's not the hue that you believe is the one and true to all martinis around the world but it doesn't make it grey. Unless you wish to hyperbolise, of course.
Thanks for your valued input though, it's good to know what "everyone" who looks at martinis think.
I think you missed my point. A big part of product marketing is to consider a potential consumer's preconceived perception.
As an example, while carrots come in all shapes and colors, people tend to expect to see orange ones. If Hidden Valley, for example, tried to pitch a new dip using purple or blue carrots, kids would balk and it'd likely flop.
In similar vein, people expect to see crisp army-green olives in martinis, even though they logically know there are black, brown, tan, white, and purple olives.
Try investing in some acrylic ice.
good point, ordered :)
Again a nice scene but if you are selling a product it should be in there. I like the lighting, and the bokeh, but with another lens the bokeh balls would have been rounder.
the product is the cocktail and it was part of 3 to accompany a video shot of those being made for an article. How much rounder do they need to be?