Fruit Macros

[Cobalt]

was messing around with my macro lens the other night and fruit... had stock photography in mind when i did this. any and all c&c welcome

[mlaumann]

Hi there!

Generally I'm a bit more interested in get to know a little about the photos. Can you tell me how you achieve the shots? Was is shot from the floor and up, or from above?

I havent got much to say about them, im sorry, but I can give you a little hint about stock photography. The key to nearly 90% of all stock photos, is that they are well lit. I mainly see stock photos as very bright and some kind of "hard-to-achieve" exposed.
When looking at your three photos, Im a bit worried for if the two first is exposed enough. The last one is a bit brighter than the others - which is a nice thing. So maybe try to crank up the illumination on the two first photos a bit.

That being said, I think you did a great job cropping the photos as they are! That fit stock photography very well. And ofcause nice to see you used new and fresh food!!

(Seriously; I once saw a stock photography of an apple, where it was obvious that it wasn't fresh! Thats simply not good enough - unless its a part of the idea behind the whole creation)

[hunterstella]

So good and so fresh! These photos just makes me want to grab the fruits one by one! Can I feature these on my blog?

[Cobalt]

thanks for the feed back and feel free to use them on your blog

i wasnt going to post them on a stock sight it was more like a shoot because i rarely shoot macros and i got a new table top light studio with the walls that you shine the lights on and it is supposed to turn the thing into a big soft box, so the whole thing was for fun but trying to make it like it was an advertisement photo if that makes sense... so yup i went to the store bought a bunch of fresh fruit and things that would look cool sliced up. so i put them in a clear jar and filled it up with ice (have to fill it with ice to keep the fruit where you want it and it wont float on its side) and strategically placed them and then filled it up with soda water, hence the bubbles. i didnt have to much time i only had about 2 hours before i had to go to work so i was a little rushed. but the table top studio (was lowpro) didnt do as good of job as i thought it would have, so i returned it. oh and i shot it from the side, not the top