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Cherry Tomato

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Cherry Tomato

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted May 8, 201463 views5 comments

The first of my balcony tomato plant. This is about the size of a golf ball.
Single Soft box studio strobe shot through another white umbrella near object for greater soft light and diffusion.

Sony a77
70-400 zoom at 300mm with cpl
f11 @ 125/sec
IS0 100
studio flash

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 8, 2014 at 9:08 PM

The special lighting's just fab Rick, couldn't be nicer..
You say tomato, I say I tomatoe.. And I'm glad we didn't call the whole thing off

Very well done!

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Turner on May 8, 2014 at 9:31 PM

Me too Howard.

Life in Texas. We get to visit all the great places and live in the greatest.

Registered on February 18, 2012, 534 Posts, 2755 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on May 8, 2014 at 9:51 PM

Nicely photographed. I appreciate how you controlled the lighting for good end result, yet with a natural feeling.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by gary phillips on May 10, 2014 at 3:52 AM

Holy sweet tomato, Rick. I'm so totally in the dark about studio lighting. It' wonderful to such beautiful work.

Registered on October 24, 2013, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 11, 2014 at 3:23 PM

Hi Rick

I love this image

beautifully composed, with awesome light and color

Albvert Darmo
Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments