Product shots

[Orio]

Please let me know which one would you choose
(please don't mind the small imperfections etc. which will be cloned out or fixed in Photoshop)

# 1


# 2


# 3

[Attila]

#2 what I like best.

[philslizzy]

No 2 more natural. And its obvious it is a clear liquid as opposed to a cream, which it could be in the other shots
. I have been doing product shots too and the problem is shadows. Natural or not, the brochure wants pure white backgrounds. lots of pp!

mine. Taken with Nikon d3200 and 18-55 kit lens. One flash bounced off ceiling.

[mo]

I like #3 because it has that "little extra" style, finish...#2 looks like what it is a Nivea product,a true representation of the product.

[fermy]

I am with mo, prefer #3. #2 has a shadow and a reflection. I think a reflection is a nice touch and can be slightly more pronounced, the shadow though is distracting.

[Orio]

Thanks for your comments! I found a piece of opaline perspex at the hardware store and I bought it
because I need it to photograph leaves.
Then I thought it could be nice to try it with some translucent object.
After trying it, I can't see any particular advantage over using a traditional set. It eliminates the shadow, but that can be
done simpler with a fill light.
The main light in all 3 shots is a flash with umbrella. There is no fill light.
In #1 and #3 I put a flash under the perspex and oriented it to obtain a light gradient.
In #2 I turned the under flash off, and that is why you see the shadow and the reflection.

[inombrable]

[tomasg]

The shadow and reflection in #2 makes it look like we see it in our everyday life, making it more natural in #1 and #3 it just "floats" somewhere, making it much more like one of those product shots you can see on big panels on a road, for example. Though less natural and fake, in this case i prefer that look, so #3 for me.

Tomas

[LucisPictor]

With the different lighting, it seems to be two different products (in #1 and #3 on the one hand and #2 on the other).
For a professional product shot (as in advertising) I would consider the shadow to be disturbing, so either #1 or #3, where #3 is a little more "dramatic" than #1.

[Excalibur]

Well #2 for me as the others seem to be floating in mid air.

[Orio]

[cooltouch]

I prefer number 1. Number two has a shadow, as well as a reflection, the latter which I find most distracting. Number 3's background is not as even as number 1's -- there's almost a hard separation there instead of a smooth gradation. So, number 1 because no distracting shadow or reflections and smooth background shading.

[Orio]

[cooltouch]

I guess the reason why I find the reflection distracting is because it comes across to me as being an artifact, or an unintentional result. If I wanted the reflection, I would emphasize it more, doing whatever would be necessary to bring it more to the fore, and play around some with angles and the doubled image of the original and its reflection. It could end up being quite effective.

[visualopsins]

[ForenSeil]

+1 for #2