Monday, January 24, 2011

Day 10: Salad

Day 10:  Camera Controls, Shallow DOF

I'm not so happy with this for a few reasons.  First, I don't think I got the DOF quite shallow enough for the category.  Also, it seems a little too dark, the color is a little too yellow, and the blueberry in front has a big shadow on the front of it.  But I'm hungry, and I'm going to eat that salad instead of fixing/redoing the photo!


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11 comments:

  1. Morp's RambleJanuary 25, 2011 at 2:57 AM

    Lovely food shot. I know what you mean about the brightness and yellowness. I think the DoF is certainly shallow enough

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  2. secretatlantisJanuary 25, 2011 at 12:04 PM

    What were your settings and lens? I know 2.8 looks different with my 60 mm macrolens from my 17-50 lens.
    If you don't like the yellow cast and you shot raw it is not hard to adjust in photoshop (also in elements) and plain easy in lightroom.

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  3. kimbomacJanuary 25, 2011 at 4:56 PM

    The yellow cast is probably from ambient tungsten lighting in the room, and the wrong colour balance setting on your camera. RAW processing can go a long way to fixing that up, but it's better to get the colour balance adjusted in camera. Saves a lot of time.

    It's a good attempt at shallow DoF, and I love the colours of all the goodies you have in it. A reflector (like just a piece of paper) might have helped light up the blueberry a bit from below...

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  4. RegochJanuary 26, 2011 at 4:01 AM

    I LIKE that salad! Looks so much tastier than what's on my plate right now. :)

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  5. Andromeda5000January 26, 2011 at 11:29 AM

    One wonders what Regoch has on his plate!!

    That's one very healthy salad - very impressive. And if you aren't shooting in raw then it's something I would recommend. I'm glad I took the plunge and changed and I would certianly not go back.

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  6. Rick MosherJanuary 27, 2011 at 7:33 AM

    That is a delicious salad. I think you made the right move!

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  7. euryJanuary 27, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    A bit of reflection off a white card or something would be enough to fill in the bit of light you need on the blueberry. I have to say, although a bit yellow in the light, it's better than everything a bit too cyan; that's where meat starts looking putrid. So, better warm than too cold.

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  8. BarbaraMJanuary 27, 2011 at 11:12 PM

    Thank you for your comments, everyone. It really helps me.

    I just started shooting raw + JPG recently, but haven't tried processing a raw file yet. I downloaded the Adobe raw converter last night, so maybe this weekend I can do something with it.

    I didn't realize you can use a white card as a reflector. I'll have to try that.

    Good to know about warm/cold on food.

    I'm not so hot at white balancing in camera, either. I did set it before this shot, but obviously didn't do it right.

    The salad was delicious! :)

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  9. secretatlantisJanuary 28, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    I always put the camera white balance on auto and adjust it when needed in Lightroom. Works perfectly for me.

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2011 at 10:12 PM

    That looks like a very healthy salad.
    MadamMtnLion

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  11. essjaynzFebruary 11, 2011 at 6:59 PM

    Very tasty salad! I can sympathise with you and your white balance. I have used the white card for a while and it works great.

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