Trying to work with lighting and reflections. Not sure if I like the reflection in this photo. I've taken a million shots, give or take a few, and this is what I've ended up with.
[May. 11th, 2009 12:31:09 AM]
I thought this looked ok when I first posted it, but when I saw it on my monitor at work it looked too dark, so I made it lighter when I got home. Lesson learned,at least now I know that my laptop is a better guide to how dark I can go.
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On the technical side, I think something happened in your PP with the contrast. The black of the background looks "muddied." On the positive side, you subject/concept is good.
Good idea but the white filter on top is kind of disturbing. the apple seems burned from the inside and not rotten.. but that might not have been your meaning either. great ide though!
Unlucky........glad you cut that and didn't bite into it arn't you.
I like the idea, but a few things ont eh execution. The flash lights on the apple are a major distraction. They emphasise that the lighting is uneven and quite harsh. The leaf there looks fake, like it has been placed there, and wasn't there originally. I would have cropped off the top area of the apple. At the moment, the dead space above does little for the image, and causes the apple to be centred. I feel the upper dead space detracts from the effect you were after with the negative sapce to the right. Cropping the topmakes this other negative space more effective.
Unfortunately, your refelctions are not distinct enough to really become a strong feature either.
Ouch... This is a fine image that would have scored pretty well, but your calibration is way off. Your background is dark grey, and the image as a whole has a grey haze.
the levels appear to have been adjusted and the blacks appear gone - as if the background was brightened artificially leaving a 'grey' look instead of black
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