Comments on: Reflections on a table

By: SoulPixels, the soul and the pixels of photography | SoulPixels

SoulPixels, the soul and the pixels of photography | SoulPixels — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:53:51 +0000

[...] photo of this post is an alternative version of the photo I used in the post “Reflections on a table“. Using the advise of Chuck I applied a gradient for the foreground of the photo, but the [...]

By: Maarten

Maarten — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:01:12 +0000

Thanks, Chuck. The bright spot in center of the foreground area is really drawing too much attention. I’ll try a gradient and maybe even crop the image so you don’t see that bright spot anymore. I’ve got a couple of shots of this subject and maybe there are some other ones I can work on.

By: Chuck Pefley

Chuck Pefley — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:29:37 +0000

Maarten, I like this. The color, of course, is appealing. More, though, is the colorful lens element reflections in the background echoing the many water droplets. One possible improvement might be using a gardient to darken the out of focus foreground a bit and drawing the eye to the sharp focus of the droplets in the middle. Nicely done! Chuck