With this photograph I wanted to do two things. First, I wanted to lean in to the harsh light that is very popular in beverage photography today. You’ll see bright, powerful light from behind bottles and drinks today, with the reflection across the surface in the front of the subject. I wanted to get closer and above the bottle, so I had to be careful to control the light so as not to really blow out the frame with lens flares. The second point I wanted to hit was to make sure that every part of the bottle was tack sharp in focus. This was achieved by focus stacking eight images together. You start at the top and focus on each element of the photo, making an image at each point and working your way down to the bottle of the bottle. Afterwards in Photoshop these are stitched together to create one photograph. Cheers!