In honor of them, I of course did a simple little portrait of one tonight. Nothing crazy, just simple goodness.
My first thought was to under light the fruit using a gridded strobe. I did this for a light bulb a while ago, and then used a screen for the shoe picture a while ago.
I set up this light before anything else. Starting at lowest power and f/9, it actually lit the fruit perfectly from below. That was easy...
Then I added a top light by way of a soft box just about 5 inches up. Here's a little picture of it..
You may see that I added a piece of paper under the fruit. This was because I didn't like the way the grid was sort of taking over the image... just wasn't working. But with the paper, it turned into a little seamless white background. I held up the corner to make that seamless effect.
That's about it for shooting...oh I used a 4x macro converter to get a bit closer. I really need to get a macro lens.....
Editing...I just added some brightness to the background by way of a very feathered mask around the fruit. That's it though...
Like I said, very simple photo.
See you tomorrow!
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