Pretty late uploading this! I figured I’d try my hand at a bit of food photography. This is also the first photo that was originally taken in RAW and edited a little, so there’s probably a lot that could have been done differently.

(Recipe in comments)

Exposure Settings:

Aperture: f/14 Shutter Speed: 1/20s ISO: 3200 Focal Length: 18mm

Information:

I have to post one picture every day, I can take pictures in advance, in case I’m unable to take a picture for whatever reason (vacation, weather, idk) but I still have to post once per day.

I can’t post pictures of the same thing within like, a week or two, idk, I might get rid of this “rule” if I feel like it.

Don’t be afraid to give me any feedback on any of my pictures, I’m still veeery new to photography and would love any feedback given.

Gear:

Canon EOS Rebel t2i

18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 EFS zoom lens

55-250mm f/4-5.6 EFS zoom lens

Pictures are taken in RAW, processed in Darktable and GIMP, then converted to webp and compressed to 70% quality.

If you’d like a higher (or full) quality image, just ask me in the replies or dms, I’ll happily send it when I get a chance. If you don’t specify a file format or quality, I’ll just send a jpeg at 90% quality (or whatever necessary to get a reasonable file size). You can also totally ask for the version of the image before edits.

Also, you’re free to do anything you want with any of my pictures, just don’t claim you were the one to take it :)

  • IMALlama@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I tend to stick with the 1/focal length rule of thumb. OP was shooting at 18mm, granted on an APS-C body, so they’re a little over 1/20. I’ve taken sharp photos of people this slow hand held, but I would be lying if I said they were all sharp.

    I totally agree with the sentiment though - the exposure triangle is all about tradeoffs and I would have personally made a different set of tradeoffs in this case. Opening to f/5.6 would give OP 3 stops of light to play with. They could reduce ISO or increase shutter speed by a factor of 8 or reduce/increase one by a factor of 2 and the other by a factor of 4.