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Tomatos... the bugs didn't get these ones!
Posted:
Fri Mar 25, 2005 4:51 pmby owen
Comments and critiques very much welcome. Taken with a 50mm 1.8 at 3.2 or something like that. Anyone guess as to the lighting setup?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/ ... OS_web.jpg
By the way, anyone know a surefire way to stop bugs eating tomatos? I have tried insecticide but it didn't work!
Cheers,
Owen.
Posted:
Fri Mar 25, 2005 4:59 pmby redline
window lighting? with a white board reflector?
I think you should use a smaller aperture to great a better dof
but iam not really sure how to rid you bug problem though
Posted:
Fri Mar 25, 2005 5:12 pmby Killakoala
By the way, anyone know a surefire way to stop bugs eating tomatos? I have tried insecticide but it didn't work!
Copper Sulphate. Also known as Tomato Dust. The bugs hate that stuff but make sure you wash your tomatos thouroughly before eating.
Posted:
Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:23 amby leek
I like it... could have been scanned from the pages of a cookery book...
Not sure of the scale - are they cherry tomatoes or full sized?
Can you tell us how you took the shot?
Posted:
Sun Mar 27, 2005 8:43 amby MHD
Try collective growing... you grow it with something bugs hate...
A good one is Basil.
Please tell us what the ligting techniques was as this is a great stock photo!
Posted:
Sun Mar 27, 2005 12:16 pmby Killakoala
Oh i forgot to add that i like the photo too
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Sun Mar 27, 2005 4:10 pmby KerryPierce
Interesting photo composition, Owen. The contrast of the red, surrounded with all white and the one green spot, is pretty clever.
Posted:
Sun Mar 27, 2005 4:39 pmby Matt. K
The image has a zen quality. That's hard to achieve.
Posted:
Mon Mar 28, 2005 3:58 pmby owen
Hey folk, thanks for the comments.
MHD, I actually have basil growin about 50cms from the tomato plants... would it work better if it were closer? At the moment I have a tomato that the bugs got into lying on the ground near the others, and they seem distracted so far! hehe.
The lighting for this shot was like redline said. On a table beside a glass sliding door. The bowl thingo was put onto two pieces of white A4 paper. I spot-exposed for the tomato at the rear (The focus was slightly off that) which then over exposed the paper and got rid of the line where they overlapped.
The idea was actually from a guy from the photo club, saw his pic and thought it was great... this is just a different arrangement of his idea.
Next in line too shoot is a pear and then a cappucino with some coffee beans.
Thanks for taking the time to check it out and comment.
Cheers,
Owen.
