Taken in the morning on a marble cutting board - which is why there is some smudgy texture in the corners. One of these days when I know how to use Photoshop, I'll be able to fix that. Used Digital Macro with Auto everything else. ISO 80, I think.
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Nice composition - good use of the shapes. The lighting's pretty flat, though. The white dice are quite gray, just about matching the gray background for the page. Try enhancing the contrast and see what you think. That should also help get rid of the distracting texture of the background.
Pure white and bright green on absolute black, and this would do much better.
This is a very well done dice shot! It looks so 3-dimensional. I think I may have liked them all to be white - but that is soooo just a matter of personal taste and not a reflection on the photography! Nice job!!
A little too close up on this I think. Would also help if the pieces (dice and background) were clean. Do what you can physically to control the environment, then use despeckle (or similar noise reduction) to minimize some of the other smaller specks. A true black background would be helpful here (pick up a black poster board for a couple bucks at local art store). In this case a minor adjustment to levels and contrast might have worked. All of the above is JMO of course. Best of luck to you in the challenge.
They look well-used ;-) I kind of like the off-balance composition; makes it feel like the die on top is going to fall off any second. A little soft but I think that works with the other signs of age on the dice.
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