No biased statement here.

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Please help me choose one. You guys help/opinions/comments is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

This post has been edited by NasiLemakMan: Jan 17 2008, 09:28 PM

i think if u shoot the guave in a mini studio, with white or black background, it will be alot nicer

or if u intend to shoot with it's environment...
better lighting would help...=)

no idea wat u wan to tell/present

Yes studio would be nice but I'm trying to use what ever I had at the moment. I'm using natural windows lighting as you can see and taking an advantage of the shadow play at hand. So which one between the three.

God damn scary coming from you (your avatar). I'm telling guava is a good source of snack with its high content of vitamin C, vitamin A and B, nicotinic acid, phosphorous, potassium, iron, folate and is also high in fibre. Guava is also good for the cholesterol, immune system and heart. Couple these babies with regular exercises and you'll lead a healthy lifestyle.

The scratched-up chopping board and knife might look "homely", but I think it's unprofessional.

Hi NasiLemakMan,

1. DOF too shallow, so most part of the object are out of focus.
2. The color is dull. Check the level histogram.
3. The colors doesn't look attractive. Try complimentary color: red/green, blue/orange, yellow/purple.
4. Composition, rule-of-third, remember?
5. Composition too congested and the BG too distracting.

For your reference:
http://www.dpchallenge.com/challenge_resul...CHALLENGE_ID=32
http://www.dpchallenge.com/challenge_resul...HALLENGE_ID=632
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/ob....php?id=4456444

Some of the tips that you may find it useful:
1. Get rid of that knife, you want to show the guava, not selling the knife.
2. Get rid of that chop board. It's scratched and worn out and ugly.
3. Buy Black Sugar Paper from stationary shop, paste it on your wall and base. You can also try white paper or fabric if you want a bright BG.
4. If you don't have remote flash, shoot at night. Put your camera on tripod, use long exposure, then get a white LED torch light to shine on your Guava from different angle (one angle at a single exposure), you may get amazing result.

This is what I get by doing Step 4. Not Guava, but you get the idea:
http://www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=626276

You got to shoot again... enjoy

This post has been edited by kelvinyam: Jan 17 2008, 09:25 PM

If you find it too troublesome to shoot again, or maybe you are running out of Guava, I guess this is the best you can get:



This post has been edited by kelvinyam: Jan 17 2008, 09:42 PM

true. another person's judgement never be the same with others. so comments help photography to mature.

here goes my aesthetical perspective,

i pick #3 because the concept is interesting. the execution falls short. there's a concept here, which is theorectically controversial, but it falls short of provocation. the knife seems to overpower the guava and separate the sliced and the survivor.

which vis-a-vis questioned me, "is life fair enuff?"

other than that, i would comment that it's just compostionally distracting, hehe no offence. but i do believe u have a reason to make use of the external lighting from the sun on a real life subject.

gambateh!

This post has been edited by dgrebel: Jan 17 2008, 11:39 PM

Thanks kelvin for the advice and also excellent and helpful links there.

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Added on January 18, 2008, 1:40 am

Thank you dgrebel. Pretty deep interpretation there.

I guess I didn't explain the concept properly and since it's a little bit rushed while I am doing this there's a whole lot of shortcomings in it especially the execution. I purposely used and position the natural light from the window to the fruit so that to tell that guava is a natural and the radiance on the fruit is to show the health that associated with it. Since sun light provide one form of the vitamin he guava complements add a whole lot more. The three pictures were differ in aspects:

1) I want to provide more action as if to invoke an active situation (weak execution). Guess I should used macro for the in your face guava effect.

2) The angle I choose so that to add a little more drama by accentuate the shadows from the activity of the revealing of the guava of some sorts.

3) This angle provide the best light and composition IMO to tell the audience the wealth of healthy substances that comes from that particular fruit.

The focused light on the fruit and shallow DOF is an attempt to make the primary subject stands out.That side of the chopping block that I used for this shot is the cleanest I tell you, you don't want to see the other side .

Back to the drawing board I guess.

This post has been edited by NasiLemakMan: Jan 18 2008, 11:50 AM

NasiLemakMan, after submitting entries to Dpchallenge, the most important lesson I learned in photography is to let the photo tell the story. I often show a photo to my wife and asked her if she understand what it means before telling her what I wanted my photo to tell and have it submitted into the challenge.

If neither of us understand what you were trying to tell from your Guava shots, I believe your superior or whoever the "customer" in your company will not understand too.

Yeap, you need to get back to your drawing board.