Strawberries in negative space!

[DLutz]

OK, I was thinking of the old Muppet's skit "pigs in space" LOL I am a nut what else can I say, here we have a tribute to the West Tennessee Strawberry Festival, and I thought they came out good enough to eat...
Shot with a AB400 9x36 strip soft box camera left a AB400 w/grid 20 degree on the boom as the hair light (Yes I can see hair on thees) and a gold 5 in 1 12x24 oval for front fill...

Tripod mounted Canon 20D with 24-70mm f/208L shot at ISO 100 1/250 sec. f/10 at 70mm used mirror lockup to avoid camera shake (makes for a super sharp image) black muslin draped over shooting table, covered with plexi to add reflections...

Color saturation/vibrancy and exposure set in Adobe Lightroom...

http://danielsdigitaldarkroom.com/images/img_4863-edit-2.jpg

[MHP]

succulant!... yum yum :-) nice work!

[Jian]

great...but how to make the background black? PS?

[DLutz]

Thanks Mark... don't get to use succulent to many times in a day ;)

Jian, it has to do with my shooting space is semi-darked out with drapes... and I am controlling light with grids and exposure I find as long as the backdrop is a good 3 stops different than the subject it just gets black

[Yiskah]

Love it... now you're making me hungry!

[rickydiver]

Daniel I have just posted my first shot up with my studio lights a few posts below, but this shot just shows me how much I have to learn. That is one fantastic shot you have created, you want to reach ouut and eat those berries:) Thanks for sharing your technique also :)
Ricky

[Miniflash]

Yumalisious ...hahaha Great photo simply beautiful ~

[barP]

wow! those are perfectly lit. it's clear you take great care with the details, and that makes all the difference in the world. these are beautiful!

i'm also glad you spelled out your setup so thoroughly, because i also use the 20d. how does shutter lockup work at 1/250? i thought that was just for super long exposures.

wp.

[the_incubus]

so vibrant. love it.

[DLutz]

wow! those are perfectly lit. it's clear you take great care with the details, and that makes all the difference in the world. these are beautiful!

i'm also glad you spelled out your setup so thoroughly, because i also use the 20d. how does shutter lockup work at 1/250? i thought that was just for super long exposures.

wp.


I have started adding this to my bag of tricks I can see a big difference in my images when they are magnified, in the past I only used it for time exposures but I find even at sync speed there is a bit of difference

[Cobra351]

That works well, nice job!


"Pigs in space", I forgot about that....:lol: :lol:

[thisisnotmax]

Some burning is most definitely evident around the strawberries...

[chloeosmom]

Jian, it has to do with my shooting space is semi-darked out with drapes... and I am controlling light with grids and exposure I find as long as the backdrop is a good 3 stops different than the subject it just gets black


Im gonna play dumb here, but how do you get it 3 stops different? Soo much to learn!!

[rrdjserv@earthlink.net]

Fantastic color, clarity and comp. An excellent example of fine art. --Rick

[TByrne]

These guys are charming. You expect the big one to wisecrack in maybe Eddie Murphy's voice, and the little one punch right back... I'm hearing David Spade.

[DLutz]

Im gonna play dumb here, but how do you get it 3 stops different? Soo much to learn!!

meter your ambient light at the background say it is f2.8 in a shaded studio... you just light your subject to have f/8 or f11 almost anycolor backdrop falls to black but if you start with a black drop it really gets dark... just my findings

and eveyone thanks for the wonderful comments