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2nd March 2015, 07:00 PM
#1
Some sort of berries.
A crop and its original taken last year - camera mode unknown, sorry.
Critiques, please.
DSCF0030 (copy) by taffopol, on Flickr
Fujifilm FinePix SL300
ƒ/4.9
14.3 mm
1/240
ISO 64
DSCF0030 by taffopol, on
Fujifilm FinePix SL300
ƒ/3.1
4.3 mm
1/30
ISO 100
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2nd March 2015, 08:05 PM
#2
Re: Some sort of berries.
Really liking the bokehed background. Good way to bring the fruit out of its surroundings. I would have been tempted to leave a bit more of the background in and not crop so tightly. Give the fruit some breathing space and visually balance the mass of the fruit with an equal breadth of background.
The white part of the fruit is slightly blown out. Just watch that as you shoot. You could have held a piece of white card at the bottom right side to bounce a bit of that strong light up into the shadowed side, to lift it and balance the shadows. Shooting in strong light is always tricky, given the large and sudden leap between light and shadow.
I like the feel of this, though. It looks lush and plump and juicy. Probably couldn't eat it, though.
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2nd March 2015, 08:14 PM
#3
Re: Some sort of berries.
When I took this, I'd never even heard of bokeh!
And I wasn't aware of the pitfalls of shooting in very strong sunlight - learning all the time, though.
I do agree the crop is too severe, and that it probably wouldn't be wise to eat the berries.
Thanks for your critique.
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2nd March 2015, 08:47 PM
#4
Re: Some sort of berries.
This sort of shot can be so difficult to take in sunlight when you get over exposed areas. Under exposure composition or spot metering for the brightest areas can then cause the shadows to over darken. Spot metering and adding brightness reflection to the shadows is certainly worth trying.
Best chance is to shoot on an overcast day. Alternatively I often get better results by adding some shading to the scene; such as placing my body, or part of it like a hand, between the subject and the sun.
But that can sometimes cause too low a shutter speed if there is any subject movement, such as wind rock or handheld camera shake.
In that case, creating a bit of shading and shooting with flash can still be better than direct sunshine.
Last edited by Geoff F; 2nd March 2015 at 08:53 PM.
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3rd March 2015, 11:32 AM
#5
Re: Some sort of berries.
Hi Norm,
If you do a lot of this kind of subject matter you might have a look at something like this.
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