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09/26/2014 02:06:41 PM |
Thank you for the well thought-out critique, it was very helpful.
I kind of liked the two-color shadows so I worked with that more, but it was probably a bad call.
Might have to try a macro of the frozen juice sometime as well. |
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09/25/2014 10:43:50 PM |
| Focus is good on the glass and the frozen juice showing off the details. You've got the main focus down, but the areas that need improvement is the lighting and composition of elements. First off you have two different light sources that gave off different temperatures - you have a cool blueish/purple cast on the left of the frame and then you have warm yellow tonal cast off to the right of the composition. Had the lights given off the same color temperature you would have had better color balance to the shadows on either side. Since this is Advanced Editing, a simple way to correct it in Post Processing is select the background, feather selection to avoid hard edges, and then converting just the selection to B&W - BUT since the glass itself also has the different color tones to it you would have to select some portions of it as well so that it doesn't look odd. It still may not work effectively which is why getting lighting correct before you press the shutter will save you alot of headaches later on. Composition wise, straight on centered main subjects *generally* don't hold the eye's attention for long. Here, having the main subject off center with a full shadow falling to the right would add more visual interest. Just a suggestion, but mayhap, placing the glass on a white box the same color as the white backdrop so that the shadow falls at an interesting angle could have added another element of visual drama for the eye to stop and look. Just something in addition to think about - is to play with other 'angles' or focus with the photo shoot for you never know what cool creation can come from it. I.E. I am looking at the frozen cranberry juice in the glass - if you have a lens that can get tack sharp macro shots then cracks and bubbles in the red juice might have fantastic detail for an abstract or macro shot. |
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