Dreamy strawberries

[pinkster88]

Last night i took some pictures in my garden of my mums strawberries
This one i actually thought was rubbish until i turned it around and i quite like the feel of it, i cropped it down and did some dodging and burning, and played with the brightness & contrast, first time ive ever photographed strawberries, what do you think? Before or after?

Before



After



Thanks for looking

[SJH Foto]

I would just sharpen "after" a bit, and you'd have a winner! They are very nice pictures. "Living is easy with eyes closed..." (are you too young to get that?)

[dannyrich]

I like strawberries!

I took some strawberry pics too but my DOF was too small and i got half of it out of focus. That'l teach me to check my settings!

When you say dodged and burned, ive never used this technique what does it do?

[SJH Foto]

Since you don't mind, I'll show a couple of my strawberry pics. No editing (I'm allergic to PP work):





These are Canadian strawberries. You can tell because they don't say, "Good show, old man!" when you eat them!

Ok, dumb joke...

Seriously, do you see what I mean by sharpening? My second pic is drab because nothing is crisp, whereas a sharp subject stands out. You have a very good image, I just think a little sharpening will make it "pop"

[pinkster88]

Well its a techinque i first used when i developed and processed my film, when you dodge you expose it to the light for less time then the rest of the picture so that area becomes lighter and when you burn you expose it more to the light so it becomes darker than the rest of the picture. Do i make sense?

[SJH Foto]

Originally Posted by pinkster88

Well its a techinque i first used when i developed and processed my film, when you dodge you expose it to the light for less time then the rest of the picture so that area becomes lighter and when you burn you expose it more to the light so it becomes darker than the rest of the picture. Do i make sense?

Actually, I don't understand. I thought dodge & burn meant something else.

[pinkster88]

Originally Posted by SJH Foto

Actually, I don't understand. I thought dodge & burn meant something else.

Whats your explanation then

[SJH Foto]

Originally Posted by pinkster88

Whats your explanation then

It was just what came to my mind when you said that, I'm not saying mine is the "true" explanation: I just thought that you dodged by focusing on everything instead of a "point" in your frame, and burned by overexposing. Sorry, but what did you mean?

[pinkster88]

Ok well when i used to develop the b&w film from my Canon A1. When you had your your photographic paper and your negative in the enlarger. you would expose the paper through your negative for a certain amount of time depending on your desired final image.

But it wasnt always that simple, some parts of the image may require extra time (burning) because there too light... and some parts may require less time (dodging) because its too dark.

Comprende?

[pinkster88]

Just googled it and this is the definition wikipedia has

Dodging decreases the exposure for areas of the print that the photographer wishes to be lighter, while burning increases the exposure to areas of the print that he or she wishes to be darker.