Popped My First Cherry!
Bored, bored, bored, bored. Horrible weather today, rain, rain, rain. Not even stormy rain, boring grey rain!
Only one real option for me and that ...
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Bored, bored, bored, bored. Horrible weather today, rain, rain, rain. Not even stormy rain, boring grey rain!
Only one real option for me and that was to try a bit of still life and practice some lighting skillz! Went to Pocklington to find some inspiration and the veg shop had some superb looking cherries, taste good as well, apparently. Also picked up a poinsettia for good measure. As I was setting up the shot I noticed reflection of the plant was accidentally being picked up by the black gloss tile, it works really well with the cherry.
Placed an Elinchrom D-Lite 400 with softbox to the left hand side, shooting though a translucent umbrella and another translucent screen to diffuse the light further. I placed a piece of card to the right hand side to light the cherry on this side a little. Finally I masked off the tile with kitchen role and sprayed a mixture of glycerin and water onto the cherry to create the 'condensation'
This final image is 3 shot focussed stack.
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Only one real option for me and that was to try a bit of still life and practice some lighting skillz! Went to Pocklington to find some inspiration and the veg shop had some superb looking cherries, taste good as well, apparently. Also picked up a poinsettia for good measure. As I was setting up the shot I noticed reflection of the plant was accidentally being picked up by the black gloss tile, it works really well with the cherry.
Placed an Elinchrom D-Lite 400 with softbox to the left hand side, shooting though a translucent umbrella and another translucent screen to diffuse the light further. I placed a piece of card to the right hand side to light the cherry on this side a little. Finally I masked off the tile with kitchen role and sprayed a mixture of glycerin and water onto the cherry to create the 'condensation'
This final image is 3 shot focussed stack.
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Contest Finalist in Fabulous Food Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Objects Photo Contest
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A_B_digital
December 14, 2015
That's a heck of a lot of procedure to photograph a single cherry - but just look at the result! A mini masterpiece. Well done for working out just what would raise this humble piece of fruit to a work of art. Pure genius I love this shot!
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LindieK
April 15, 2016
Looks good enough to eat ! You've gone to a lot of trouble, but boy, was it worth it. Great shot!
JyoS
August 02, 2016
Like the controlled lighting and composition. The water droplets makes the image stand out. :)
CleusaSiqueira
September 30, 2016
What a lovely portfolio you have made !! Love all ... congratulations :)
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Eduardbetz
October 23, 2016
A beautiful shot and I appreciate your explanation on how you did it. Well deserved !
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adavies
September 20, 2017
This is fantastic! And kudos for the intent and effort to create this shot! Really well done! If you haven't done so already, please consider joining my Just Desserts challenge:)
https://viewbug.com/challenge/just-desserts-photo-challenge-by-adavies
https://viewbug.com/challenge/just-desserts-photo-challenge-by-adavies
kathyk_abq
September 20, 2017
So gorgeous! Well done! I was going for masterpiece and got magnificent capture. Great job!
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