It depicts a close up of the inward curvature of the mid-sections of four over-ripe bananas, placed on a ‘forward slash’ diagonal orientation, apparently either still on the stalk or laid side by side. The bananas are yellow with innumerable brown spots speckled throughout. It appears there is strong backlighting as well as weaker fore-lighting, or perhaps even a reflector. There is little in the way of shadowing, although it appears the weaker light/reflector is coming from the left.
The banana at the upper left appears larger than the rest, and is more brightly lit, almost presenting a translucent effect. The backlighting is particularly apparent here, with bright light shining through the around the edges of two bananas. It appears the light might actually be focused slightly on the top banana. I would suggest backing the light off to minimize the translucent effect, as well as the banana edges that have been blown out.
There is a significant amount of grain in this photograph, either from a high ISO or because of an extreme crop. Because these bananas are aged and have become significantly spotted, the grain adds to the already textured effect.
The bananas appear to be in focus, with reasonably sharp delineation of theedges of the lines, but because of the soft edges of the rough brown spots, and the grain, I cannot get a completely accurate gauge on that. In any case, the focus is adequate; again, the aged appearance of the fruit lends itself to the focus of this photo.
The photo is also effective because it has depth—it does not appear the bananas are photographed straight on—and because bananas create parallel, if curved, lines the eye travels easily across the photograph. In this case, because there is nothing else in the photo to provide perspective, and the subects are parallel, the diagonal orientation does not create a slightly skewed effect that is often disorienting.
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ReplyDeleteIt depicts a close up of the inward curvature of the mid-sections of four over-ripe bananas, placed on a ‘forward slash’ diagonal orientation, apparently either still on the stalk or laid side by side. The bananas are yellow with innumerable brown spots speckled throughout. It appears there is strong backlighting as well as weaker fore-lighting, or perhaps even a reflector. There is little in the way of shadowing, although it appears the weaker light/reflector is coming from the left.
The banana at the upper left appears larger than the rest, and is more brightly lit, almost presenting a translucent effect. The backlighting is particularly apparent here, with bright light shining through the around the edges of two bananas. It appears the light might actually be focused slightly on the top banana. I would suggest backing the light off to minimize the translucent effect, as well as the banana edges that have been blown out.
There is a significant amount of grain in this photograph, either from a high ISO or because of an extreme crop. Because these bananas are aged and have become significantly spotted, the grain adds to the already textured effect.
The bananas appear to be in focus, with reasonably sharp delineation of theedges of the lines, but because of the soft edges of the rough brown spots, and the grain, I cannot get a completely accurate gauge on that. In any case, the focus is adequate; again, the aged appearance of the fruit lends itself to the focus of this photo.
The photo is also effective because it has depth—it does not appear the bananas are photographed straight on—and because bananas create parallel, if curved, lines the eye travels easily across the photograph. In this case, because there is nothing else in the photo to provide perspective, and the subects are parallel, the diagonal orientation does not create a slightly skewed effect that is often disorienting.
This is really a lovely image. Leading lines, color, texture… whole package. Use PS curves a bit on the lower right quadrant. It's a bit flat there.
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