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1888 Gin and Tonic

1888 Gin and Tonic by sunnyUK.
I set out to take a picture of a slice of lime fruit, but thought that a lime on its own would be a bit boring. And as the only thing I know to use lime fruits for are gin and tonics, I turned it into this wee still life.

I'm not entirely convinced about the composition, but couldn't find a better way of arranging it. Amongst the limiting factors were that I wanted the lime in focus and the props out of focus. So there's a limit to how far away from the setup the camera can be. This resulted in the top of the bottle being cut off, but I'm not sure that's a bad thing? 

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AndersSteenNilsen  Pro User  says:

plus:The glass is nicely composed.
minus: I would like to see maximum two things in this photo, maybe the glass and the lime, keep it simple, with all this other things in the photo, it gets disturbing.

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Canis Major  Pro User  says:

plus: I like the glass and the slice of lemon.
minus: The can rather lets the side down,

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sunnyUK  Pro User  says:

.... more is less... yes, that makes sense, Anders. Thank you :)

Thanks for the input, Canis Major :)
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tenbon  Pro User  says:

plus: die Limonenscheiben und das Glas mit dem Eis stehen gut im Focus. Die Wasserflasche und die Dose im Vordergrund stören nicht.
minus: Das Etikett der Flasche sollte lesbar sein.


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sunnyUK  Pro User  says:

Thanks tenbon. I deliberately didn't want the entire label on the bottle showing (to avoid it looking for an ad for the gin), but it makes sense that there should be enough of it to at show what it is. Thanks for the input :)
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