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Serum bottle on wet basalt under a hard key light

An unbranded amber serum bottle on wet black basalt, lit by one hard gridded strobe so the liquid throws a caustic onto the stone. A starting point for a skincare listing or launch post, with the label left blank for your own branding.

An unbranded amber serum bottle on wet black basalt, casting a bright caustic of light onto the stone
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The prompt

Logline

An unlabelled glass serum bottle stands on a wet slab of black basalt, lit by a single hard strobe that throws a golden caustic through the liquid onto the stone.

Subject

A 30ml bottle in clear glass with a frosted lower half, filled with amber serum, a black rubber dropper bulb and a matte gold collar. The label area is blank. Droplets bead on the glass shoulder.

Props

One fresh sprig of rosemary lying behind the bottle and a single drop of serum on the stone in front of it. Nothing else.

Set

A honed black basalt slab with standing water and scattered droplets, shot against a seamless black background so the frame falls off to pure dark above the stone.

Light

One bare Profoto strobe with a 10 degree grid from high camera left, hard and crisp, landing on the bottle and the slab. The liquid throws an amber caustic across the wet stone to the right. A black flag at camera right keeps that side dark. A thin white strip light behind the bottle draws a clean edge down its right side.

Lens

Canon EOS R5 with a 100mm f/2.8L macro at f/11, tethered and focus stacked, camera at bottle height, bottle centred in the lower half.

Grade

Deep blacks, amber held rich without clipping, crisp and clean.

Negative prompt

brand name, label text, logo, soft diffused light, white background, dry stone, multiple bottles, cluttered props, fingerprints, dust, CGI render look, plastic glass, distorted bottle, text, watermark, signature, border

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