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With the strip lights on once again, move the overhead softbox until it’s parallel to the surface and centered side to side on the bottle. Now that reflection in the bottle’s shoulder forms a pleasing shape. Curious about what would happen if this specular highlight had a softer edge, I added a diffusion panel between the overhead softbox and the bottle. Which one do you like? The diffused version is on the right.
REFLECTION CONTROL
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It’s let’s-be-super-picky time. See the reflection curving along the bottom of the bottle? Some like it, some don’t. Those who don’t like it would probably say, “Just fix it in Photoshop.” Bad idea. Really. The glass is reflecting the wood the bottle sits on. That means the fix has to include that color, too. This reflection is from the white paper holding the wood block. Why not shoot it without the reflection instead? How? Add black cards in front of the block to cover the white. Poof! No more reflection.
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