Food sugar melting on strawberry

**pepperberry farm** · 05-09-2016, 10:46 PM

hand-held, fluorescent lighting - I know a tripod would help dramatically, but did not have one at the moment that the sugar hit the berry...

any suggestions beyond the tripod/aperture are appreciated...

**BigDave** · 05-10-2016, 07:42 PM

To me the image is overall too soft. You need to increase the f stop to get much better DoF. Try it at F11. More light would also be necessary of course. Check out this desert...

http://s3.amazonaws.com/foodspotting-ec2/blog_images/308/original.png?1302741818

and this one

http://www.radass.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Food-porn-photos-22.jpg

You can almost taste the subject!

Regards,

DA

**pepperberry farm** · 05-10-2016, 07:52 PM

thanks, Dave!

**Tonytee** · 05-10-2016, 10:44 PM

What I would like to see is more red on the strawberries as a more contrasty photograph. I do not know if in some PP Editing Software if it is possible to isolate a part of a photograph in order to increase saturation. Overall I think it is a nicely done effort. Many thanks for sharing.

Tonytee

fromunderthebridge · 05-20-2016, 05:43 AM - **1 Like**

A bit higher angle and better lighting could improve the picture. There are too many shadows on the bottom part that kind of hide the deliciousness in my opinion. Not a food macro expert so take it with a grain of .. sugar?

Biosaurus · 10-23-2019, 01:19 AM

Originally posted by pepperberry farm

hand-held, fluorescent lighting - I know a tripod would help dramatically, but did not have one at the moment that the sugar hit the berry...

any suggestions beyond the tripod/aperture are appreciated...

yummy !

800rate · 11-24-2019, 02:47 PM

I like it.

08amczb · 11-25-2019, 06:34 AM

Never ever ruin the strawberry with sugar!

I would use a deeper DoF. I like your composition otherwise!

**RGlasel** · 11-25-2019, 10:59 AM

Originally posted by pepperberry farm

any suggestions beyond the tripod/aperture are appreciated...

It's 3.5 years later, are you still taking suggestions?

You ruled out the lowest hanging fruit, which is to use a narrower aperture to get a couple edges of the berries in focus along with the sugar crystals, and Shake Reduction is working well in this photo, but you could have gotten another 2 stops of exposure by using ISO 1600. You can always apply noise reduction later, but no amount of PP will increase your depth of field.

05-09-2016, 10:46 PM	#1
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,656	sugar melting on strawberry Lens: Tamron 72B - 90mm f2.8 macro Camera: K-3 Photo Location: my kitchen ISO: 400 Shutter Speed: 1/15s Aperture: F2.8 hand-held, fluorescent lighting - I know a tripod would help dramatically, but did not have one at the moment that the sugar hit the berry... any suggestions beyond the tripod/aperture are appreciated...

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05-10-2016, 07:42 PM	#2
BigDave Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Hudson Valley, NY Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,626	To me the image is overall too soft. You need to increase the f stop to get much better DoF. Try it at F11. More light would also be necessary of course. Check out this desert... http://s3.amazonaws.com/foodspotting-ec2/blog_images/308/original.png?1302741818 and this one http://www.radass.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Food-porn-photos-22.jpg You can almost taste the subject! Regards, DA

05-10-2016, 07:52 PM	#3
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,656 Original Poster	thanks, Dave!

05-10-2016, 10:44 PM	#4
Tonytee Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2012 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 21,446	What I would like to see is more red on the strawberries as a more contrasty photograph. I do not know if in some PP Editing Software if it is possible to isolate a part of a photograph in order to increase saturation. Overall I think it is a nicely done effort. Many thanks for sharing. Tonytee

05-20-2016, 05:43 AM - 1 Like	#5
fromunderthebridge Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Photos: Gallery Posts: 181	A bit higher angle and better lighting could improve the picture. There are too many shadows on the bottom part that kind of hide the deliciousness in my opinion. Not a food macro expert so take it with a grain of .. sugar?

10-23-2019, 01:19 AM	#6
Biosaurus Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Hérouville Saint Clair, Normandy, France Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 143	Originally posted by pepperberry farm hand-held, fluorescent lighting - I know a tripod would help dramatically, but did not have one at the moment that the sugar hit the berry... any suggestions beyond the tripod/aperture are appreciated... yummy !

11-24-2019, 02:47 PM	#7
800rate Banned Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas Posts: 252	I like it.

11-25-2019, 06:34 AM	#8
08amczb Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 796	Never ever ruin the strawberry with sugar! I would use a deeper DoF. I like your composition otherwise!

11-25-2019, 10:59 AM	#9
RGlasel Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Saskatoon Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,227	Originally posted by pepperberry farm any suggestions beyond the tripod/aperture are appreciated... It's 3.5 years later, are you still taking suggestions? You ruled out the lowest hanging fruit, which is to use a narrower aperture to get a couple edges of the berries in focus along with the sugar crystals, and Shake Reduction is working well in this photo, but you could have gotten another 2 stops of exposure by using ISO 1600. You can always apply noise reduction later, but no amount of PP will increase your depth of field.

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