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A simple fruit drink
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This was a intended to be a simple a fresh looking pic, any opinions welcome
Hi Oscar!
This looks fabulous..but it’s very difficult to view. The file is enormous.
I am really interested in seeing this properly.
Is it possible for you to embed the photo at about 800px on the longest side?
Thanks a million,
Sharon
Lovely shot Oscar,
Now that it has been brought down to size. There does seem to be a bit of banding in the background showing on my monitor.Jim
Brickee wrote:
There does seem to be a bit of banding in the background showing on my monitor.Jim
I can see the posterization too and it was there on the original large file too (I noticed it before it froze my browser). Most likely as a result of working on an 8-bit file rather than a 16-bit file whilst making post processing adjustments in Photoshop. Given the fact that you shot this using a Canon 1Ds MkII, I presume you shot this in RAW mode, so it should be easy to remedy this problem.
There does seem to be a bit of banding in the background showing on my monitor.Jim
now i know what the technical term is for that,
Most likely as a result of working on an 8-bit file rather than a 16-bit file
and what likely caused it! ;)
in any case, its a wonderful shot, great concept and well executed. plus it made me go out and buy strawberries and blueberries :)
Thanks for the comments guys. To be honest I have been photographing food for a good while but working with PS CS3 is very new for me. So should I always work with 16bit files and avoid 8 bit. The end file in tiff when 16bit comes out at close to 100mb. In regard to shooting in RAW this is the only mode I ever use, thank god!!
Oscar wrote:
So should I always work with 16bit files and avoid 8 bit.
It depends, but if you have the data and the resources available to you, then there is no reason not to work in 16-bit mode. The reason I put work in bold is because once you have all your work done, you can convert it to a 16-bit image in JPG for printing or saving, if you need to save storage space.
There is a discussion on another thread here where some members suggested there was little point in working in 16-bit because they couldn’t see the advantage. You’re image is a good example of what could happen if you rigorously adopt that approach. I posted some links in my reply to that thread which you might check out as they explain things much better than I could.
In a lot of cases working in 8-bit mode is fine, but there are times when it’s best to work in 16-bit mode and certainly, if you are doing any commercial or fine-art work, I would always advise working in 16-bit mode in order to preserve the maximum amount of data as you work the image. It’s not during saving or printing that you need this extra headroom, but while you are actually pushing pixel values around in photoshop.
You’ve spent a small fortune on a Canon EOS 1Ds MkII, a full frame, high resolution camera. Don’t throw away the benefits you gain in using this camera by taking shortcuts in your workflow. Use 16-bit mode and also ensure you have a fully colour managed workflow and this will help you get the maximum quality out of your investment in time and money.
Hey Oscar!
Thanks for resizing and welcome to the site :D
Love the photo…look forward to learning a lot from you as it seems you got lots of experience.
Hope to see a lot more of you here as you seem to be of the same of mind as I am..though I am extremely amateur on both accounts as opposed to you being professional!I am with Summer…made me buy berries!
Sharon
Some good advice there, many thanks. A perfect balanced histogram is a nice thing.
Hi Sharon
I’m far from professional when it comes to photography although food is a different story. The learning also tends to be a two way thing.
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