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Strawberry Drop

Strawberry Drop
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a strawberry dropped into a glass of water.

Photographer: Denny Giacobe
Folder: DennyG
Uploaded: 20-Jan-2013 00:53 CET
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Camera: Olympus E-30
Exposure time: 1000Sec
Aperture: 6.3
Focal length: 35mm
Lens: 35mm Macro
Focusing method: Manual
ISO: 1000
White balance: Custom
Flash: no
Image format: RAW
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Image resized to: 600x450

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First of all the idea of shooting a strawberry falling into a glass is a good one, as are also the choice of background (white with no visible structures) and the short exposure time to freeze the water. Also the illumination is good, because there are no visible shadows.

But then there are some issues which prevent this image from being a great image:
- Individual drops of water sprayed randomly here and there, making the image looks sort of unclean.
- Then, well, the bottom of the glass is unsharp. I think this would look better if everything in the image (glass, water, strawberry) were sharp.
- I have seen this kind of shot looking better elsewhere (forgot where), because the water was more contrasty, sharp, the light was different i.e. there was sort of a shimmer making things look cooler.
You might also experiment with lightly coloured water (yellow, green, blue etc.), how that would look.

Alfred Molon at 19:30 CET on 20-Jan-2013 [Reply]

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Alfred Molon wrote:
> First of all the idea of shooting a strawberry falling into a glass is a good one, as are
> also the choice of background (white with no visible structures) and the short exposure time
> to freeze the water. Also the illumination is good, because there are no visible shadows.
>
> But then there are some issues which prevent this image from being a great image:
> - Individual drops of water sprayed randomly here and there, making the image looks sort of unclean.
> - Then, well, the bottom of the glass is unsharp. I think this would look better if everything
> in the image (glass, water, strawberry) were sharp.
> - I have seen this kind of shot looking better elsewhere (forgot where), because the water
> was more contrasty, sharp, the light was different i.e. there was sort of a shimmer making
> things look cooler.
> You might also experiment with lightly coloured water (yellow, green, blue etc.), how that
> would look.
>

Thanks for your comment.

Denny Giacobe at 14:07 CET on 22-Jan-2013 [Reply]