Thursday, June 25, 2009

Day 176 of 365


Was about to clean some strawberries and had this shot pop into my head. I wasn't going to go so high key but I just couldn't get the background pure white using my lights so had to pull out the flash. So...please tell me what you think. Too bright? The bowl of strawberries too out of focus? Was going for the front strawberries being the focus.

6 comments:

Unknown said...

I like the focus but yeah it's a little too high key for my taste. Did you light the background separately?

Ron a.k.a. Danudin said...

I'm not even going to pretend to understand this High Key. I have looked at your posts on this Rob but fail to see the attraction, as I don't see why you would want the strawberries to be just suspended in a body of white. I haven't commented before because I don't understand it, could you give a link or something to explain the aims of High Key? Please!

Suselek said...

Not too bad. But. I was confused for a second with a spoon with only handle. I think maybe a bit of shape of bowl and spoon wouldn't hurt?

Mr. Salad Bowl said...

Thanks for the feedback...exactly what I was looking for.

Ron...high key lighting in photography is lighting that produces tones that fall mostly between white and gray, with very few dark-gray or black tones.

So basically just wash the subject with light...it's used a lot with portrait photography.

As you can see you can over do it. Without an actual off camera flash so I can light the background separately I have to improvise. Sometimes it works and sometimes it fails miserably but it's all a learning experience. :)

Unknown said...

I think it's a little too bright . . . we can't see the sides of the bowl, it's bleeding into the background. I don't know if that's lost detail or you could bring it back in post? I'm all in favor of brightening things up a bit, sometimes I really enjoy a good high-key, but you still have to be able to see all the relevant details in the shot. Just my op on the matter.

I think the focus is fine though, doesn't bother me at all.

Anonymous said...

Rob, this is not the question you asked, but I would have preferred the composition if you had only included the plate in front. I think the bowl complicates the image. But, I love the high key effect.