Bright peppers
Mar 8, 2012 09:44:25 #
My wife yesterday bought this peppers. I like their color and decided to arrange them and take picture playing with lite. C&C will be appreciated.
Bright peppers
Mar 8, 2012 10:13:13 #
very nice composition and excellent photograph. Having photographed food, for my personal taste I would do this:
- move that red pepper on the right side to the front middle
- lightly cover the peppers with olive oil.
- (Optional) spray with glicerin (wet looking) or just with water on the olive oil.
- Make light directional) move my light down and back and to the side more (experiment)(diffuse it if you could)
- get more shadow on one side of the peppers
- very low ISO
- tripod
These things will make the colors richer and the shot more dramatic and food more inviting. But that is what I would do.
- move that red pepper on the right side to the front middle
- lightly cover the peppers with olive oil.
- (Optional) spray with glicerin (wet looking) or just with water on the olive oil.
- Make light directional) move my light down and back and to the side more (experiment)(diffuse it if you could)
- get more shadow on one side of the peppers
- very low ISO
- tripod
These things will make the colors richer and the shot more dramatic and food more inviting. But that is what I would do.
Mar 8, 2012 10:13:36 #
Very nice colors. You are getting a lot of reflections from your light source though.
Mar 8, 2012 10:19:29 #
Thank you for you advise. I will try to do this in the evening /if condition permits/.
nikron7 wrote:
very nice composition and excellent photograph. H... (show quote)
Mar 8, 2012 10:22:22 #
Mar 8, 2012 10:47:41 #
MMC wrote:
Thanks for your comment. What is your advice to avoid reflection ?
First figure out what is causing it. Repositioning, redirecting or diffusing the light source is usually needed.
Mar 8, 2012 14:03:00 #
Thanks for your advice. Yesterday I was using just 1 source of light /LED flash light cowered with cup having small hole in its center/ and painting with light my still life in the dark living room. Today I tried different lighting variation but could not receive good result ? I was using day light in room, buil-in flash, Nikon SB-600 as a slave and on camera, I was changing angle and distance of my lights. I could not avoid reflection. When I could reduce refletions my pictures were flat. Any suggestions ?
MT Shooter wrote:
First figure out what is causing it. Repositioning, redirecting or diffusing the light source is usually needed.
MMC wrote:
Thanks for your comment. What is your advice to avoid reflection ?
First figure out what is causing it. Repositioning, redirecting or diffusing the light source is usually needed.
Mar 8, 2012 16:32:25 #
This picture has less reflections but in my opinion it is flat.
What is your opinion?
What is your opinion?
Peppers
Mar 8, 2012 17:30:53 #
Looks like your lighting is heavily overhead.
Maybe use 2 diffused light sources, not too strong, one to each side around 45 degrees and higher than your lens. Slightly longer exposure and increasing your in-camera saturation settings. I don't shoot still life at all, never have. But I shot professional glamour for several years and thats the only lighting experience I really have, never had to work with highly reflective subjects in close quarters like this. But I love a good challenge!
Maybe use 2 diffused light sources, not too strong, one to each side around 45 degrees and higher than your lens. Slightly longer exposure and increasing your in-camera saturation settings. I don't shoot still life at all, never have. But I shot professional glamour for several years and thats the only lighting experience I really have, never had to work with highly reflective subjects in close quarters like this. But I love a good challenge!
Mar 8, 2012 22:46:50 #
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Loc: Durango, Colorado
MMC wrote:
My wife yesterday bought this peppers. I like their color and decided to arrange them and take picture playing with lite. C&C will be appreciated.
good and now want to see more modeling - less frontal light
Mar 8, 2012 22:59:50 #
Mar 8, 2012 23:42:33 #
There is a bomb here? Other than being in the wrong place???
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Mar 9, 2012 17:12:19 #
OK! It's finally gotten to be too much for me!
Advice vs advise. Advice is pronouned as in ICE ... advICE ... as in "I would like your advice on how to best use apeture settings." Advise is pronounced as in EYES ... advEYES ... as in "What would you advise I do about that?".
Whew! I feel much more betterer now that I have got that there off my chess ;)
Advice vs advise. Advice is pronouned as in ICE ... advICE ... as in "I would like your advice on how to best use apeture settings." Advise is pronounced as in EYES ... advEYES ... as in "What would you advise I do about that?".
Whew! I feel much more betterer now that I have got that there off my chess ;)
Mar 9, 2012 22:56:38 #
MMC wrote:
My wife yesterday bought this peppers. I like their color and decided to arrange them and take picture playing with lite. C&C will be appreciated.
As I looked at this image, it seemed like it was floating in space, I would anchor them with a slight shadow on the table. The color is very nice, but will pop using the suggestions in this thread..
Good luck!
Mar 10, 2012 00:43:34 #
MMC wrote:
My wife yesterday bought this peppers. I like their color and decided to arrange them and take picture playing with lite. C&C will be appreciated.
How did you get the black background?
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