12-12-2019, 10:59 AM
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Re: New Challenge - Still Life
Originally Posted by gasman
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Baz - I like your idea and it could work here. However, looking at your shot on full screen, may I offer you some amateur thinking and this is only my personal preference :1. My eyes are drawn to the shadows first and not the flowers
2. Bring the flowers closer to the camera
3. Use a lower point of view
4. Use a diffused flash straight on and not on the left
5. Without seeing the EXIF files, there are spots around the leaves. Did you shoot spot or matrix?
6. Remove the base of the pot - distracts from the shot
1=it is the shadows I wanted in the picture as well
2=the spots if you look closer are reflections off the leaves. they follow leaf shapes.
3=I had a chair in front of the camera hence the higher up shot
4= it was the side remote flash to produce a different look from head on
5= the Boss would kill me if I removed the base and got the tablecloth marked
6 = side on lighting makes it stand away from the background, ie window blind
7= head on all the leaves would show up equally, something I wanted to avoid
8 having the plant whet it is shows the situation it is in, moved closer and I would loose the table cloth which is part of the idea
So it all depends on the "Look" you want in a photo. It is exactly what I was after having had many attempts at it
12-12-2019, 11:31 AM
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Re: New Challenge - Still Life
Originally Posted by gasman
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Two different type of shots - crisp and clean. I prefer the 'pill' shot where your eyes are drawn straight to the subject matter 
Thanks yes I was pleased with the colourful capsules. I fiddled around with flash but in the end shot without it. The result was dull but I brightened it up in PP.
14-12-2019, 12:16 AM
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Re: New Challenge - Still Life
Originally Posted by d00d
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Thanks yes I was pleased with the colourful capsules. I fiddled around with flash but in the end shot without it. The result was dull but I brightened it up in PP.
14-12-2019, 12:29 AM
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Re: New Challenge - Still Life
Originally Posted by mart
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I took this photo ages ago for somewhere that didn't allow large images. I wish I'd saved it at a larger size ..but didn't. The definition isn't so good because it has been enlarged from 240 x 320 pixels. Not bad considering that I suppose.
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