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11/20/2003 02:58:50 AM · #1 |
Hi guys,
This picture is one of the first that I did with my new Canon EOS 300D. I want to improve it, so please, how will you do it to improve it?
Apple Splash
Thanks in advance,
Message edited by author 2003-11-20 03:00:55. |
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11/20/2003 05:03:52 AM · #2 |
To me the lighting looks a bit flat.
I would try to increase the contrast in the water drops by adding a dark or colored (yellow ?) surface around the scene, outside the immediate view of the camera. The color will then will be refracted in the water and might (need to experiment !) enhance it.
What kind of light did you use now and from which angle ? I got a nice (but very different) image in the past by having a strong permanent light at an angle from the back, combined with a flash on camera.
The example is here
Message edited by author 2003-11-20 05:04:07. |
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11/20/2003 10:55:30 AM · #3 |
Thanks for your comment willem!
I really love yours "It´s pouring down". It´s just a brilliant shot, the composition are great and the colours are perfect, too.
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11/20/2003 01:40:45 PM · #4 |
| I wonder if a black backdrop would yield better contrast in the water dops. I think the lighting is OK, there's just not enough contrast. Look at the winner for the Book Title challenge. Might work, might not, but it would be interesting to see... |
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11/20/2003 01:51:01 PM · #5 |
You could try adding food dye to the water to color it, which could give it an interesting contrasting gradient of color. I'm assuming if you used a white background and a light/flash that it bounced a little.
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11/20/2003 02:14:25 PM · #6 |
I quite like the shot as it is. Maybe it's just taste, but I prefer lush green apples myself. :-)
Below I fiddled about with the apple's colour and added a background. The Photoshopping isn't great; I was more doing it to say how I'd have tried to take the shot.
Interested on your thoughts. |
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11/20/2003 07:03:44 PM · #7 |
Slightly tinted water might also help bring more attention the splash and drops. Or as someone else mentioned, an non white surface for background.
This is a pretty cool concept tho... new twist in water shots :)
edit... someone alreay mentioned tinted water... d'oh :p
Message edited by author 2003-11-20 19:04:25.
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11/20/2003 09:37:10 PM · #8 |
Here's a quick edit:
I also went for the green apple look, and tried to get the drops to pop more. I did not use any non-DPC-legal techniques.
I think I was somewhat successful, but not totally satisfied with the tone of the apple.
Here's what i did:
- Open in Photoshop, convert to 16-bit
- adjust hue/sat to get the green apple the way I wanted.
- Adjust levels, black point & reset white point since it shifted during my hue/sat adjustment
- Adjust curves slightly to get a bit more emphasis on the droplets
- Desaturated a bit, green was too vivid.
- sharpened a bit more. It's now maybe a little oversharp, but pleasing for web display at this resolution, I think.
Message edited by author 2003-11-20 21:38:17.
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11/24/2003 11:11:05 AM · #9 |
Thanks for all your comments and opinions!
@Kirbic & Paul: the post-processing that you made are fantastic. |
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11/24/2003 12:28:07 PM · #10 |
just a quick 30-second edit. i like the yellow, but it would take some work to level it out and get the yellow out of the shadows.
nice shot, Alexis
Pedro
Message edited by author 2003-11-24 12:29:58. |
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