A cold winter.

[Sgouz]

This is my first post here in a while. This shot was taken with my G5. I'm still very new to photography so any input is greatly appreciated .

http://members.rogers.com/infocus/berry_ice.jpg

[Sgouz]

I would really like to know how I could improve this shot, please help.

[martcol]

I would really like to know how I could improve this shot, please help.
That's a tough one, Sgouz. This shot is good and any changes suggested now will mostly be in the realm of personal choice.

I think the composure is good, as is exposure focus, depth of field. You could try different composures, B&W, different DoF and compare....

The reds look a bit over-saturated to me but that could easily be a monitor thing and I'm comparing the berries to things we have in the UK. Generally, I like it. It's a shot of berries and they don't really "shake my bush" but for berries, they're nice.

thanks for posting

Regards

Martin

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It's really not that bad. You've composed well. Dof is pretty good. I wouldn't mind it even shallower.
It's got nice saturation but maybe a tad too dark. The light was obviously very flat that day so there's not much you can do about that.

[Hellashot]

Too dark. You can hardly see beyond a big red blob.

[MattSG]

make the whites whiter, and make the midrange reds a little brighter, but keep the blacks nice and black.

Good shot though, aesthetically good, but nothing I haven't seen before ya know.

[mdr]

Good shot. Only comment, it's dark. You could consider brightening the scene up when taking such a photo with a reflector. I use a Lastolite reflector, one side is gold, one side is silver for photographing mushrooms, etc. The silver side would have given this photo more light, giving more details in the shadows and a nice coolness.

Of course you can manipulate the picture on the computer to get a similar effect, but that's a lot of effort compared to a minor lighting change when taking the photo.