My tomato was red.
In this image, my paper backdrop was orange.
Whereas with the pear I had to introduce a colour filter to bring in the red, there being no red there in the first place, with the tomato, all I had to do to get orange was simply move the colour sliders .
I was able to get a better orange background by using the orange paper backdrop but then had to go into Adobe to select the tomato and change the red colour of that - the selection tool becomes more difficult to use when the subject and background are similar colours and so the edge of the tomato isn't so clean looking.
On this one, as opposed to the one in my other image, you can see the reflection of the vase that the tomato was standing on, so the elimination of that hasn't worked so well.
Lesson learned here - making the whole week of images in advance wasn't a good idea from a learning point of view. Already I would have been doing things differently if I could start with a clean sheet. No time. So this is it.
The alternative edit for orange is in my other album if you can be bothered.
If you use PS, you can go to change colour, sometimes you need to change the white or black to a grey first. The grey then becomes a better tone to use the sliders on. I don’t always get what was in my head to achieve, it’s all about playing and learning. I was thinking of getting a light box, but then it takes all the fun out of finding something with what I have at home. I like the creative side, if I get time that is. You did well here with just sliders. Once you get the colour go back and correct brightness and contrast that sometimes helps. If you have Lightroom give it some clarity. Not that I am a master, I fail a lot. :)
i like how the tomato is hanging there all plump and ready to be juicily consumed. great slider work! i'm never sure what i'm doing with tones and suchlike
I like that it looks like is floating. to get highlights where the vase was, you could and a tiny light in the vase.Thanks for sharing your learning :)
