Manggoes

Davesumner (e2 Member)

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20 Jul 2012 - 4:18 AM

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Hi Again Muhamad,

I'm a little confused with this image because I have no idea of why you took the shot as you haven't added this to your description. The light on the Mangoes isn't the best ever and sunlight and shadows don't make for a good look. Also I have no idea what the main subject is, is it the yellow rotten mango or the other two or a comination of all of them. You have to remember that a picture needs to convey the story to the viewer who has no idea of why you took the shot.

Obviously you saw the potential for a photograph but maybe you need to have a closer look at what you are taking and you need to somehow improve the light on the subject which can either be by just waiting to take the shot or by using a reflector or a flash/strobe unit. I also think that you need to try and improve the background as small areas of bright sky shining through foliage rarely make a good background. With regards to composition, it is a shame that you missed the left edge of the mangoes and had you taken the shot in landscape instead of portrait you would proabably have got them all in. Alternatively, move back and then crop in post production. Also you need to lighten up the things like the stalks that the mangoes are attached with, they are underexposed and quite dark whereas the sky shining through is fairly bright. This is a problem when you use multi segment metering, it has to make a decision of what it is going to expose correctly and here the stalks lost the battle. You caneasily brighten them a little in post production.

I have uplaoded a quick mod where I blurred and desaturated the background to seperate the mangoes from the foliage. I then enhanced the green in the mangoes, lightened the stalks and sharpened.

I hope this helps

DaVeS

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