Pop Art - Whiskey Coke

[br3ttman]

Still life composition for some of the props I've created while learning KeyShot.  Comments welcome.

[Esben Oxholm]

The models and texturing looks well done, though I think for this setup the bottle cap should be bend
Add a bottle opener as well.

For the lighting it could much more interesting.
Try create a light that cast some more defined shadows and caustics from the empty bottle and the cola as well.
I think that would look nice.

[br3ttman]

Yeah, the cap should be bent.    I got lazy, WIP.

Actually what inspired me to do this rendering was to explore caustics, but I got odd spotted lights in return.  I'd take any insight on what I might be doing wrong.

[Esben Oxholm]

It might be the diffuse lighting.
Try light the setup with a IES profile. I have had good results using that to create visible caustics.

There is a nice free collection of IES profiles here:
http://www.derekjenson.com/3d-blog/ies-light-profiles

Take a look at this thread for a nice overview of the IES profiles above:
https://www.keyshot.com/forum/index.php/topic,7077.msg47308.html#msg47308

[br3ttman]

IES profiles are definitely new to me. Thanks for the recommendation and the challenge.  I look forward to exploring them further and applying them to my renderings.