Softly she glides her pastel tones...

[Dream Merchant]

... Softly she glides her pastel tones of muted rays over gifts of food's perfume...

After my 'search' for that indescribible light and tonality of Sara's works, I have been searching for a more conducive location and tried something today. No desat was used. The muted tones comes from the choice of loctions/angle.

I deliberate left the 'blemished' facet of one of the red garlic bulbs visible to see what effect the muted light would have on that.

C&C welcome.

[seanlim]

Lovely tone and mood throughout the picture.
However, it would be nicer without that copyright and if it was slightly sharper.

[Dream Merchant]

Thanks for the feedback Sean.

I'm still experimenting with different ways to handle the images, but the variations are very subtle. Guess I wanted to keep a dreamy, fairytale feel on this shot.

[spazzer]

nice title for a nice composition pic

[Dream Merchant]

Hahaha ... well, it sounded nicer than 'Still Life Study #001 - Red Garlic' LOL!

Well Sean, instead of PSing the first shot, I did one more ... slightly sharper. What do you think? Extra space on top for possible editorial layouting. Realised that the photo will 'disappear' into the forum page if I didn't place it on a dark BG.

[psychobiologist]

Originally Posted by Dream Merchant ... Softly she glides her pastel tones of muted rays over gifts of food's perfume... After my 'search' for that indescribible light and tonality of Sara's works, I have been searching for a more conducive location and tried something today. No desat was used. The muted tones comes from the choice of loctions/angle. I deliberate left the 'blemished' facet of one of the red garlic bulbs visible to see what effect the muted light would have on that. C&C welcome.

very nice and creamy bokeh, it seems like the subject just snaps into focus critically when it hits the centre

but.. the watermark's..in the way

is there any lighting technique possible for the cut face of the onion to look a bit wetter/juicier? its probably quite a challenge without blowing the creamy background though if you were to use some front reflection

[Michael]

excellent stuff... i see i have some way to go...

[Dream Merchant]

Thanks Michael.

Wow! This was almost a year ago!

[mckenzy]

what kind of lighting did you use? can see something on the right front but did you use a reflector for the front?

[Dream Merchant]

I can't really remember; this was almost a year ago, but it looks like reflectors. I use anywhere from 2 to 7 or 8 reflectors for food shots.