New Photographer ?:)

[AdamGogarty]

I recently picked up a Pentax Option S5i 5MP camera and have been playing around with it.

I've worked out how to change the settngs and the exposure etc, so have taken some macro shots if you would like to look at them. I'll post the links because i cant post images yet :o





http://www.thegoat.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pooh.jpg


http://www.thegoat.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/meat.jpg.


You may have to elarge them to see them properly. I have a few more i have taken which i need to play around with and i'll post them later

 

[Talie]

hope nobody around here is vegetarian! they might find one of those pics a little icky

will check in later to see what else you post

 

[AdamGogarty]

Got another one here i took


http://www.thegoat.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rice.jpg


I need to get into some portrait photos - i'll need to find some willing subjects or maybe some wildlife shots when the weather picks up a bit

 

[boxers]

I see you like food

 

[michabo]

I used to like food too, but after these pictures I think I'm changing my mind


I don't know if that was the impression you were going for, but the pictures of the meat & rice carry some clout. The blue background and slight blue cast to the rice, for example, makes it look even less appetizing. I think this could be even stronger, but it's a judgement call. Maybe you could add some bacon fat and put it in the fridge for a bit to get it to congeal?

Was there something in particular you were trying to say by your choice of food, perspective and colour?


As an addendum: if you actually like these foods and didn't intend to get the effect you did, next time don't use the macro lens, use a warmer colour (red, yellow, orange), add some more textures and a softer light, and maybe add in something healthy-looking in the background (bread, fruit, glass of wine, something). I assume that your pictures were intentional which is why I reacted the way I did, but just in case I was wrong...