Lychees and strawberries before we ate them for lunch at work.
@ Fluorescent lighting, handheld.
@ Cropped a little.
@ A little cloning and burning to tone down some of the specular highlights, especially in the foreground.
@ Slight noise-reduction using PictureCooler
@ Resized for DPC
@ USM at 16%/64 dia/TH=5
@ USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH=7
@ SaveAs JPEG = 7/10 quality
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Excellent dof ... I like the composition very much ... Some redder strawberries would have been helpful.
Thanks ... some redder strawberries would taste better too!
Originally posted by ladyhawk22:
Nice subject choice! I like whatever those are stuck in with the strawberries....good texture contrast.
Those are lychee "nuts" from China or Southeast Asia, still in their outer "rind." The insides are a fragrant, slightly gelatinous pulp with a fairly large seed. You can probably find them canned in a major supermarket, and fresh in Asian markets when in season. They're great cold on a hot day ...
The images that always suffer from a lack of comments are the ones that are right in the middle ground. Everyone comments on the awesome shots. Some comment on the bad shots. But the middle ones, very few people say anything. So here I am to explain why I voted a 5:
This image qualifies as a close-up (not a macro), and has pretty good sharpness and depth of field. I really like the reds in the surrounding strawberries. Where I think it lacks is in the main subject. Something different, even little whisps of whipping cream or some other "stark contrast" to the red of the strawberries, would have added interest to the image. You might also play with lighting to add a little difference in highlights and shadows.
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