Nikas Culinaria

Getting beauty from this shoot was harder than I expected.

Things I learned or reinforced:

• I over estimated the translucence of oranges
• I found radishes to be really opaque but with lovely leaves
• kiwi have a LOT of potential that I have not tapped yet
• Alcohol, 409, and copious amounts of paper towels are your friends when dealing with plate glass

I will be revisiting this sort of shot with better technique and a better black baseplate that doesn’t allow bleed through from light below. I will be posting the setup after I get this main post up.

Here are some more images with a few of the non-flash versions (to show you what it looks like in full light though not the best lighting)

Radishes:

Oranges:

Kiwis:

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