My Apple I Challenge entry: I hope this one does better.
Bought three Fuji apples after I went to the car show last Friday. Bought the Tulips with other flowers at Pure on Sunday. Been feeling a bit depressed and got sick so I did nothing until today. I did buy some brown curtains for the background at Targét yesterday. To tired to deal with it. So after a couple of cold drug induced naps I felt up to it. Oh bought the new metalic vase on Monday as well. This one and a silver one.
Lit with one clamp lamp pointed up and to the left of the subjects with a piece of white poster board over head and a reflector down front. Camera on tripod with cable remote. I shot it first with the regluar black background but everything looked liked it was suspended in space so I reshot with the brown. I think the apples stand out well in the image. We'll see.
Post: Camera Raw adjustments in PSElements 6.0. Curves adjustment to lighten the shadows a bit. Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue saturation. Another curve adjustment for shadows. Two crops. Adjusts sharpness. Resize. USM.
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Apples are alittle dark but I think that helps bring out the color in the tulips and it may have been intentional :) Its a very good still life. The lighting on the tulips is amazing. 7
I like this shot but I am looking more at the tulips as they are better exposed. If the challenge was about Tulips you would have got an extra point out of me. Nice shot, nice light.
I like the lighting here very much. However, my eyes were drawn to the tulips first. Bringing the apples out a little more would have given it a higher score from me, but still a 6. Very pretty!
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