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Toni Martin
{K:5092} 11/20/2002
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Kim, I keep a lens shade on all my lenses all the time. Not only to protect the image from stray light, but it helps keep the dust off the lens.
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Toni Martin
{K:5092} 11/20/2002
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Well Kim, you know how different I am. I really like this. I am like you and prefer the tungsten lighting on this shot. It does look warm. In fact the candy is glowing, which I like also. It makes me think of sitting by the fire at night, curled up with m+ms and hoping they don't melt before I get them down! You can shoot them how everyone else would shoot them, or you can do it your way. Contrast can be good, but maybe it is not necessary all the time. What is necessary, is that you say what you wanted to say with the image! Don't forget that.
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Kim Culbert
{K:37070} 11/20/2002
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Thanks for all the helpful advice, I didn't even think of using my 80-200mm for this shot (my mind is stuck on Macro)
I liked the warm light better than the natural light, gave them a more interesting hue, I thought, but I will try one with full on natural light diffused just to compare.
Thanks again for all the constructive comments!
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Jon Rank
{K:683} 11/20/2002
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My M&Ms are happy to have company. The little suckers are hard to shoot because they catch the lights and have lots of hot spots. You did a good job on keeping the yellows from burning out. I tried a shot with a large glass bowl of them and had trouble with the yellows being too bright and not being able to see the M. You might try PS to adjust the brightness and contrast as you have the detail to work with in your shot. Keep up the good work.
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Andy Ly
{K:716} 11/20/2002
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Chris is right.. You might want to make sure that light isn't hitting your lens also, this drastically kills the contrast of your image and could make it look absolutely flat.
For a shot like this, instead of using a 50mm, you should try something like a 80mm or a 135mm. That way, you can flatten the perspective and not have to worry about getting so close. Especially since you intend on shooting at f/11.
Try to compose your vantage point so that your subject falls within the focal plane, this is so you won't have to stop down so much. At the angle you're shooting, you will have to consider the DOF you gain from stopping down, yet you will have to consider the loss of edge sharpness from stopping down too much. It's a balancing act, but that's what makes it so fun eh?
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chris meyer
{K:597} 11/20/2002
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The lighting is uneven. I find the bright (overexposed) yellow doesn't compliment the dark brown and blue (that lack separation from the background). Try mixing the M&Ms around a bit.
The lighting is a bit bland. How about diffused natural light with a reflector for the shadow areas? That may add some punch to the colours that may have been lost due to the tungsten.
A sharper photo would help. Do you have a 50mm lens you could attach the +4 macro too? I haven?t had much success with those macro things and 28mm lenses.
I?ve been meaning to make a similar photo for ages. I?ll post it when I do!
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Koen B
{K:3279} 11/19/2002
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Jummie... nice shot. It seems though the lamp has quite warm (hence the yellow) light.
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