Carrots and parsnips.
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Carrots and parsnips, from my pal Lorrains garden, shes has grown all kinds of veg last winter and I dont know hows shes managed to do so as its not stopped raining.
05/01/2013 - 16:13trixie
CategoryStill Life
LensN/A
ISO400
Focal Length45mm
Views/Likes46/0
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Posted 05/01/2013 - 20:43
Could be a bit sharper I reckon, Trix. Terrific potential: I'd shoot again.
Best wishes,
Andrew
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Best wishes,
Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
My website: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/bwlchmawr-199050 http://s927.photobucket.com/home/ADC3440/index
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Posted 06/01/2013 - 15:31
bwlchmawr wrote:
Could be a bit sharper I reckon, Trix. Terrific potential: I'd shoot again.
Could be a bit sharper I reckon, Trix. Terrific potential: I'd shoot again.
Would do but weve eaten them all!!
I have the orginal file could rework it.. Thanks Andrew, always like to have some tips to make the photo better, Cheers Trixie
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Posted 06/01/2013 - 16:53
I'm surprised she got any after all the rain this year, nice little harvest though, i hope you're feeling better Trixie
Kind regards Maria
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Kind regards Maria
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Posted 07/01/2013 - 10:25
autumnlight wrote:
I'm surprised she got any after all the rain this year, nice little harvest though, i hope you're feeling better Trixie
I'm surprised she got any after all the rain this year, nice little harvest though, i hope you're feeling better Trixie
Hi Maria, up and about at last, this really laid me low, I might try and go for a short walk soon. hope you are OK, yes she did well with her veg, the spuds and sprouts were really good. Best wishes Trixie
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Posted 21/02/2013 - 00:30
Hi Trixie,
It will probably come as no surprise that I love to see still life work especially based on readily available objects/props. This one caught my eye as I have been playing with parsnips as well, but with pearls instead of carrots ( don't ask!). I can't post it on here as it is not taken with a Pentax ( starting to miss my K5!) I have to agree with Andrew re. sharpness- looking at the exif info your chosen settings do not provide sufficient DoF- and in this instance I feel a classic approach is suitable for the subject. Try using F16- sometimes diffraction resulting in loss of sharpness can occur depending on which lens you are using- but I think you would be OK with this subject matter. Try sticking to the lowest iso you can- iso100 whenever possible, this may result in a relatively long exposure time so use a tripod and a timed shutter release- this should also raise the mirror before exposure takes place helping to avoid any vibration. The lighting is rather harsh resulting in a bright distracting highlight on the left parsnip and harsh shadows- to avoid this create a larger soft light source close to your arrangement. I often diffuse light from a desklamp from left or right (with a reflector opposite for shadow fill in if necessary) through translucent plastic sheet held on a horozontal stick taped to a spare tripod, it enables you to move the desklamp back from the sheet giving a more even softer light source. The arrangement of still life groups can be quite tricky - using odd numbers instead of pairs can help, try to avoid a regimented approach- it's difficult to be random but it adds life and interest. Keep the chaos controlled by making objects within the group relate to each other- do not have any items threatening to leave the frame. The background should be interesting but not distracting- a little texture here and there often helps.
Sorry to ramble on.
All the best.
Gary
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It will probably come as no surprise that I love to see still life work especially based on readily available objects/props. This one caught my eye as I have been playing with parsnips as well, but with pearls instead of carrots ( don't ask!). I can't post it on here as it is not taken with a Pentax ( starting to miss my K5!) I have to agree with Andrew re. sharpness- looking at the exif info your chosen settings do not provide sufficient DoF- and in this instance I feel a classic approach is suitable for the subject. Try using F16- sometimes diffraction resulting in loss of sharpness can occur depending on which lens you are using- but I think you would be OK with this subject matter. Try sticking to the lowest iso you can- iso100 whenever possible, this may result in a relatively long exposure time so use a tripod and a timed shutter release- this should also raise the mirror before exposure takes place helping to avoid any vibration. The lighting is rather harsh resulting in a bright distracting highlight on the left parsnip and harsh shadows- to avoid this create a larger soft light source close to your arrangement. I often diffuse light from a desklamp from left or right (with a reflector opposite for shadow fill in if necessary) through translucent plastic sheet held on a horozontal stick taped to a spare tripod, it enables you to move the desklamp back from the sheet giving a more even softer light source. The arrangement of still life groups can be quite tricky - using odd numbers instead of pairs can help, try to avoid a regimented approach- it's difficult to be random but it adds life and interest. Keep the chaos controlled by making objects within the group relate to each other- do not have any items threatening to leave the frame. The background should be interesting but not distracting- a little texture here and there often helps.
Sorry to ramble on.
All the best.
Gary
http://www.flickr.com/photos/original_gazart/
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