While browsing photography ideas, I stumble on this shot. I thought that was pretty cool and really wanted to try it. So I picked up 2 apples, one green and one red since we would be set up for the shot anyway. When picking apples, try to get one that is as round as possible. If you compare the red apple to the green one, you'll see how it's tilted toward the camera and that makes it not a pleasing to the eye but that could also be my opinion.
Here's the setup:
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I used the TV glass stand for my platform and a flash with my custom diffuser. You'll need to test with the flash position to find the angle you like. I oiled the apple so the water would bead on the apple, like a waxed car. I think a longer lens would've been better to have a thicker depth of field.
This was shot with my Fujifilm X-T20 + Rokinon 50mm 1.2. This is out of camera raw with Lightroom presets (Adobe Color):
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The apple looked a little bland so I increased the saturation and lowered the luminance or the greens in HSL. Bumped the clarity by a lot, a bit of contrast and a lot of brushing to blacken out everything outside the apple.
A small detail I worked on was the stem, it looked bland so I made it brighter and browner. This is where the color masking is amazing. I simply brushed the stem and selected the biggest range of color within the stem and it nailed the selection. This is why I can't move to Capture One.
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| 50mm 1/160s F/9 ISO 100 |
We also tried with a red apple while we were at it.
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I did less editing here but I think it needed less as well.
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| 50mm 1/160s F/9 ISO 100 |
Yes, this shot has been done a million times but this allows you to learn how to do it and you'll learn from your mistakes. This will help you with your future shots.
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