Fresh

I couldn't resist a quick shot of this colouful salad before the family

devoured it. As always any technical critique is welcome. I realised

after I could have lowered the iso as I was using flash, so don't be

too hard on me. Please and thank you.

I like the idea, the possibilities are endless, as of course are the colours that could be introduced according to the ingredients. I think you have captured an element of the fresh crispness. But I do wonder if a slightly smaller aperture would allow a more even level of sharpness. I don't know if thats whats required, it's never really occured to me if theres a right or wrong way to photograph a salad, so I suppose it very much depends on taste (no pun intended) Maybe another possibility is to whack the ISO up a lot further and try without the flash?

Best Regards

Alf

Hi Alf, thanks for stopping by.

I should have taken more care with my lighting, prehaps bouncing the flash or as you suggest higher iso and no flash. An earlier prep of the salad would work before the kids are too hungry also.

I also need to get my head around this 'stopping down improves sharpness', I need to study more to work out how it all works. It seems a waste to spend money on a fast lens only to stop it down. Very confusing but I will hopefully get there in the end.

Gareth.

Sorry, my comment regarding sharpness could be confusing, stopping down the aperture won't improve sharpness, in fact there is a lot of arguement to suggest that the best quality can be achieved by shooting with the lens wide open (Mike Palermiti would recommend this) However sharpness at varying depths of field will become greater with a stopped down aperture. There is also the focus point and focal distance to take into account. One other thing to consider if considering the higher ISO and no flash that would help a lot is a tripod. Yes, it can be very confusing : - )

Best Regards

Alf

Nice color match.  Very good idea.  Best Regards,

Gareth,

  Wonderful creative image with beautiful colors & composition.  It makes me hungry for stir fry.  Thanks for sharing.  Take care, Patsy

Hi Alf, I didn't have time to set up a tripod so had to go hand held with flash. The kids were hungry and I had to hurry but you have given me plenty of food for thought if I try this again. Thanks for the advice.

Sadly Mike has left PN but I am still in contact with him via email.

Best regards

Gareth.

Hi Wanghan and Patsy

Thanks for the visits and nice comments

Regards

Gareth.