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jbgeach
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:21 pm
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I would appreciate any input.
Thank you in advance for your time.
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traveler1116
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:30 pm
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Not bad, the first one is too dark and will get rejected. The dog to me looks good, maybe blown highlights or oversharpened but even if not may get rejected for low commercial value. Last one is the same. I like the shots but probably would not try any to get in. It's hard to tell exactly if there are technical issues with images without a 100% crop of key areas.
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jbgeach
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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:38 pm
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Thanks traveler. I struggled with the lighting of the first picture, It seemed to lose something when I lightened it, I probably should have shot ISO 100, but only had a monopod with me.
Will add another to this post. This is my attempt at food photography. I am not sure if the DOF is too small. It seems that many cookbooks have this shallow DOF effect. Thanks in advance
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golfkatze
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:20 am
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Maybe not too small, but at the wrong place.
Bernd
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hhltdave5
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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Location: Fox Lake, Illinois, USA
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:24 am
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| jbgeach wrote: | Thanks traveler. I struggled with the lighting of the first picture, It seemed to lose something when I lightened it, I probably should have shot ISO 100, but only had a monopod with me.
Will add another to this post. This is my attempt at food photography. I am not sure if the DOF is too small. It seems that many cookbooks have this shallow DOF effect. Thanks in advance |
There is nothing wrong with a shallow DOF in food photography, I do it all the time but there are some general guidelines that should be followed most of the time.
One of the keys to good food photography is to draw the eye of the viewer to the key point of the shot. The surrounding areas should be a supporting player to that spot. If your DOF causes an OOF area that draws they eye away from the key spot then the shot suffers.
In most cases (not all) the focus should be front to back. The trick is knowing when and how to have an OOF front spot that works for the image.
Your shot set up has potential but watch the focus point and also watch the lighting on the cupcakes in the rear portion of the shot.
I just did a series on cupcakes and really enjoyed making and shooting them. I think I will be doing another series of them in the not too distant future.
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jbgeach
Joined: 06 Jul 2008
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:21 am
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| hhltdave5 wrote: | | jbgeach wrote: | Thanks traveler. I struggled with the lighting of the first picture, It seemed to lose something when I lightened it, I probably should have shot ISO 100, but only had a monopod with me.
Will add another to this post. This is my attempt at food photography. I am not sure if the DOF is too small. It seems that many cookbooks have this shallow DOF effect. Thanks in advance |
There is nothing wrong with a shallow DOF in food photography, I do it all the time but there are some general guidelines that should be followed most of the time.
One of the keys to good food photography is to draw the eye of the viewer to the key point of the shot. The surrounding areas should be a supporting player to that spot. If your DOF causes an OOF area that draws they eye away from the key spot then the shot suffers.
In most cases (not all) the focus should be front to back. The trick is knowing when and how to have an OOF front spot that works for the image.
Your shot set up has potential but watch the focus point and also watch the lighting on the cupcakes in the rear portion of the shot.
I just did a series on cupcakes and really enjoyed making and shooting them. I think I will be doing another series of them in the not too distant future. |
Thanks guys, I will have to have my wife help me out with the cupcakes, but I definitely want to do another series.
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jps
Joined: 08 Feb 2007
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Location: Denmark
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:35 am
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the first 3 have problems with composition and light.
The cupcakes are underexposed and focus lies between 2 cakes.
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jeffbanke
Joined: 18 Dec 2005
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:12 pm
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| jps wrote: | the first 3 have problems with composition and light.
The cupcakes are underexposed and focus lies between 2 cakes. |
In the area of the blown highlights!
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kumal
Joined: 23 May 2008
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Location: Japan
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:39 am
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I like the dog's face, but there is something blurry that is directly where it's butt should be. At first glance I thought it was a dog's head on the body of a some other animal. I'm still a newbie, but after looking at the top fifty and a lot of other people's portfolios, I am now tending to spot things like that blur. If it's supposed to be in the pic, then I think it needs to be in focus and seen as part of the subject. Perhaps move it closer to the dog's head or something. But if it's not supposed to be there, then it should be taken out I think.
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