Checking new camera ?

[daylilydude]

Its a store bought tomato but what do you all think of the picture!

[dcarch]

Try it once more on a darker background.
Needs better focusing.
How far away were you from the subject?
What make is the camera?

dcarch

[feldon30]

I use flash as a last resort. If you can get better lighting on that tomato, perhaps holding a white card up just out-of-frame to reflect more light onto the tomato, that would help.

To get better focus, you can take the picture further away under better lighting and crop the tomato in. Or you can try Macro mode. It's almost always a picture of a flower (tulip) on the camera settings.

[daylilydude]

Thanks dcarch and feldon its just a cheapo from Wally world the only way to focus is to stand either closer or farther away from the subject. Heres a couple with a darker background.

[dcarch]

Richard,
If that's the same tomato, you will notice that the background brightness changes the color of the tomato.

Depends on the camera, many has built-in adjustments to compensate incandescent or fluorescent lighting, out door or flash. etc.

I agree with feldon that flash doesn't give you good photos. If you are into more lighting options, look into getting a slave flash.

You can get sharper pictures using a tripod or use the camera's self-timer to trigger the shutter.

dcarch

[gardengalrn]

Richard, I am quite camera/photo impaired but it looks like the second pictures turned out quite nice to my untrained eye. The advice was good, the darker background does make it look better.

[daylilydude]

Thanks gardengalrn it is a inexpensive digital camera like i was telling dcarch the only focus is either moving closer or farther back but i hope by tomato picking time i'll have it figured out.