Green tomato close up

[Shor]

I took this shot playing around with my camera in my folks green house the other day.
The tomato hadn't turned red yet, but I thought it could make a cool photo still.
My question is..how do you make subjects like this stand out more? I feel it doesn't quite have enough "pop".
I know that if I had waited til it turns red it would probably look better, but I was only there for one day...not quite enough time to wait for that

Any other input about the photo is very welcome, I am still very much a beginner at photography by 3 months or so..so still loads to learn that I can't spot myself yet.



Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

[Photo Bo]

Hi Shor,

I like the concept but the main this I notice is that you should have cropped tighter on your subject. With this point of view it seems to blend in with the vines. It looks as if the light (since it's a greenhouse I'm guessing sunlight) is coming towards the camera and lighting the back of the tomato.

[Shor]

Hi, and thank you for taking a look at my disasterpiece

I see what you mean...I played around with some croppings..and ended up with this.
It does stand out a lot more like this I think...but now I am getting slightly distracted by the blossoms..which also look nice though...gah...photography is an enigma...did I crop too tight...or not tight enough? I'm staring myself blind at my photos sometimes

[LostMahbles]

While I would normally say, try to adhere to the rule of thirds, the first photo has a sort of brightness gradient in the background that goes from left to right, and since it seems to be even all the way across, cropping the left or right side out seems unsettling. So long story short, I actually like the composition of the tomato in the middle. My eye seems to think there's just a little more space on the right than on the left though, so if you're going to put it in the middle, put it right in the center so it doesn't feel uneven.

[Shor]

Thanks for the input Lost.

I played around some more..and I took in what both of you said..and came up with something inbetween!
I made a tighter crop above and below the tomato and then I made really sure it was dead on in the center. It was slightly off center as you said, Lost.

Final image that I am pleased with (for now..) is this one.
In the first image it kinda felt like the vine the tomato was hanging on came from nowhere..it looks a bit more natural now I think. I considered cropping some more from the top..but when I cut off the vine too much it started looking slightly odd.

Thanks again for your input

[Photo Bo]

I think you're on the right track now. I prefer the second one. I think it's just my taste that makes the third one seem too wide, not bad at all it's just me.

[Shor]

Composition is a big weakness for me, but that's what I'm trying to work on the most right now, so all of this input is very helpful.
I'll be trying to take shots of as much as I can and try out various compositions for my photos as practice.
It wont be the last post I make in the critique forum for sure

[cilclobit]

Hello everyone. Nice to meet you all.