Fresh Fruit

[Dman51]

Shot at my friends house saw a fruit tray in decent lighting and snagged this.

[Dman51]

Did a quick re-touch of a few spots that caught my eye.

[GB1]

Good touchup. It works in a lot of ways, I think. I like the colors and the shapes of the fruit. I like the fact that you used a shallow DOF also.

Now, for how it could be better. I'm a bit distracted by two things: the bottom left edge of the plate, which seems somewhat like a mistake, and the upper left bright area. Neither are fatal or anything but I think they distract.

One thing I wonder about the pic; shallow DOF should be used to pull a viewer's attention to a particular area. I ask myself, why am I pulled to this particular area ... The orange is pretty but the lemon steals the attention, and it's not quite perfect on the skin or what not.

Anyway - welcome to the forums too!

G

[Dman51]

Thanks for the advice it's greatly appreciated!

[Anbesol]

I think longer DOF would have been more appropriate here.

There could be more specularity to the light, try dropping white point maybe.

[photoexpressions]

dof would of made this photo more eye catching but otherwise its a good shot and you have a good eye for seeing a good opportunity for a photo