Cosmic Fruit Series - Pass the Critiques Please

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/22/2008 01:22:23 PM · #1

Introducing the Cosmic Fruit Series - three more are planned but I have to wait for the season:-)

I would greatly appreciate any feedback or critiques - what you like, don't like or what can be improved. Thank you.

Cosmic Pineapple

Cosmic Cherry

Cosmic Lemon

Man_Called_Horse

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

05/22/2008 01:26:46 PM · #2

Interesting.

I can actually see them blown up, and matted and hung in a kitchen, or a restaurant.

KarenNfld

05/22/2008 02:39:26 PM · #3

I think they're really cool and funky. I too can see them huge on a wall. I don't really care for the pineapple, though, maybe because it's so big and you can't see as much of the background as in the others. There's also a shadow behind it. Maybe if you just had a piece of pineapple?

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

05/22/2008 04:18:20 PM · #4

The concept is great - for a kitchen or restaurant as mentioned. The shadows really hurt though. If you're using a light tent, try to get some low side lighting to get rid of them. And I agree with Karen about the pineapple - it crowds the image a bit. Slicing all the larger fruit in half lengthwise might add to the appeal.

Wonderful idea though! Look forward to Mangos! ;-)

rob_smith

Nikon D300

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

05/22/2008 06:20:50 PM · #5

Nice shots!

Retroesque

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

05/22/2008 06:34:37 PM · #6

Cool Idea.

I'm not thrilled with how flat both the pineapple & cherries are. And the light on the lemon is too flat I think.

05/23/2008 09:29:38 AM · #7

Originally posted by iamwoman:

Cool Idea.

I'm not thrilled with how flat both the pineapple & cherries are. And the light on the lemon is too flat I think.

Hmmm, it does look good on my screen but that does not mean it looks the same elsewhere.

How is this before and after contrast? Better or worse?

05/23/2008 09:36:01 AM · #8

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

I will have to look into sacrificing a slice of pinapple to put into the paint:-)

As to the shadows - It would be great if they were not there. But the several dozen shots I took without flash the colors looked very flat (and yes the top of the light tent box was open so I could get an overhead shot). The 2 dozen shots taken with the flash on slow reflected a much vibrant color to the photos - and yes I did use the trick to 'soften' the flash shadows by putting a thin strip of tissue around the flash unit (and without that tissue the shadows were much harsher).