Drops onto apples...

brettmc · Sep 28, 2009

okay so I'm not very good with titles. Anywho, here are a few more drop pics from yesterday. Please C&C. Thanks for any advice that you can give.

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TiCoyote · Sep 29, 2009

These are beautiful. #4 works the best because the drops really pop! The reflections on the center apple are a beautiful detail. Can you bring these out more?

Johan13 · Sep 29, 2009

I like #4 as well. The vivid color with the drop is very nice. Good work

Canosonic · Sep 29, 2009

They are fantastic! The best I have seen in a while. You wouldn't bother sharing how you did this?

[Dillz] · Sep 29, 2009

yeah I agree, #4 is the best because the drops do pop!

Good work!

brettmc · Sep 29, 2009

Thanks for the comments. It was all pretty simply done. I was experimenting off of what I had seen on the strobist Using a light stand I dangled a ziplock w/ a small hole in the corner above a wok full of apples. I then had this all positioned in front of a piece of white posterboard on my dining table. I don't recall what setting I had my flash on, it varied quite a bit until I got it dialed in. I also used some rosco gels to give me some color cast. If you want any specific metadata on one of these pics in particular just let me know. Oh yea lil bit of PP on CS4, just some slight exposure adjustments.
The thing that is really driving me crazy is the amount of noise my D40 is cranking out. I'm thinking that I had the iso set @ 400, but still getting a lot of noise in the shadows.

Thanks again for all of the comments!

Canosonic · Oct 2, 2009

brettmc said:
The thing that is really driving me crazy is the amount of noise my D40 is cranking out. I'm thinking that I had the iso set @ 400, but still getting a lot of noise in the shadows.

So why not set it to ISO 100?