Blue and Black.

[woody12]

Hi, the camera club i belong to has the Chairmans trophy in a few weeks with the brief of 'Blue and black'. I've not done much still life before but learnt loads and would like to hear good or bad how i've done.

 

[sirch]

I'm no still life expert so I might be barking up the wrong tree but if you are looking for honesty I think the top half is more successful than the bottom half. For me the specular highlights are too bright/hard and I like my still lifes to be all in focus.

 

[cargo]

Hi there.

Great to see you having a go at a still life.

I agree this needed to be more in focus. I would maybe have pulled back a bit too.

To me the biggest improvement would have been to get some better light onto the scene.

Natural or strobe.

I to attend "sometimes these days" a camera club. I also took a few Blueberry and Grape still lifes for comps during my time there.

It's fun and you do learn lots from it.

Keep shooting and sharing.

Gaz

 

[Markk]

I'm no still life expert so I might be barking up the wrong tree but if you are looking for honesty I think the top half is more successful than the bottom half. For me the specular highlights are too bright/hard and I like my still lifes to be all in focus.

Agreed....
...unless the photo gets used as a product photo, then that blurred part comes in handy for text.

 

[woody12]

Thanks everyone for honest feedback, heres another attempt with better focus.

 

[CavGez]

I quite like the way the green stem wraps around the frame, and there are two distinct colours in the blueberries. This looks a bit soft in focus to me. Keep going!