Balls!!!

[gpics07]

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This shot was constructed by placing these little balls (which are normally in a vase) on a dinner plate. Shot was taken handheld using the camera's flash. To minimise the depth of field as much as possible, I used the the biggest aperture possible (smallest f-number) with the longest focal length available (105mm).

About this Shot
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Camera: D90
Lens: 18-105mm VR kit lens
Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
Shutter Speed: 1/200
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Tripod: No
Flash: Yes

Processing:
- 1 x RAW exposures
- Imported into Lightroom 2
- Temperature increased as the white balance wasn't quite correct
- Clarity, vibrance and blacks increased to really bring out the colours
- Some dust spot removal used to try and remove imperfections in the plate!
- Saved out as Tiff and opened in Photoshop to resize / reduce noise / sharpen
- Border also applied in Photoshop

[Matthew James Norman]

I love the colour and reflection. Nice work, my friend.

[Frienca]

I have a question.
You said you saved it out as a TIF file and reopened it in Photoshop.

I don't know if it does something different, but when I am done editing everything in RAW, I go ahead and click the OPEN button in the bottom-right and go ahead and edit from there and save it as a TIF file.

Do you know if this produces different results such as compression or reduced quality?
Also, is TIF the best file type to save for an uncompressed photo?

Thanks!

[Frienca]

Oh, and also a great shot.
I like how easy you made this, yet the results are professional looking.

[JPV]

You have inspired me to pull out some dinner plates and borrow my nephews marbles.

[eaglesfan]

Originally Posted by JPV

You have inspired me to pull out some dinner plates and borrow my nephews marbles.

lol same here. i was thinking about doing a shot with marbles earlier, but never thought of the plate.

nice pic! i really like it

[gpics07]

Thanks all for the kind comments, I'm glad I've inspired a few people to have a go at something similar. I was pretty pleased with the results considering that no fancy lighting setup was used.

Originally Posted by Frienca

I have a question.
You said you saved it out as a TIF file and reopened it in Photoshop.

I don't know if it does something different, but when I am done editing everything in RAW, I go ahead and click the OPEN button in the bottom-right and go ahead and edit from there and save it as a TIF file.

Do you know if this produces different results such as compression or reduced quality?
Also, is TIF the best file type to save for an uncompressed photo?

Thanks!

I would guess that the two different techniques (yours and mine) wouldn't make a huge amount of difference to the end result. The reason I save out as a TIF then re-open in Photoshop is because I am using Lightroom to edit the RAW file then using its export function to get it into Photoshop. I'm sure there is probably a way (which I haven't found yet) within Lightroom to export directly into Photoshop in TIF format without having to do all the saving out business.

It depends on what you mean by 'The Best'? I think that the TIF is the best uncompressed format for retaining as much data as possible and giving you more to play with at the processing stage, but I would be happy to be proved wrong by more knowledgeable people

I hope that helps

Gordon (gpics07)

[KajeYomama]

wow good idea! great shot too! the colour is so vibrant.

[the angel]

i loved ur work , ur very creative very inspiring

[newPerspective]

Nice colors, DoF, composition and overall presentation. And you could acehieve all this with steps - nice!