A weed

[dreamy5]

Thank you. Part of being a newbie is second guessing yourself. I like this one myself, but second (and third) opinions are helpful.

[miguelcandela]

Hello dreamy5,

Good to know we can be picky.The picture is not bad. I dont like either to use flash so I wouldnt have use it either.

I´m not an expert either and I have only taking pictures (more seriously) about a year or so.
Anyways, I think you need more light so it can be reflected in the water... so it can have even more texture and become more vivid. I also think the background is quite disturbing (the different vertical and horizontal lines). Even though it´s a dark background, it would have been better if it´s entirely black...so we can focuse primarly in the object. Anther idea is to use a colored drink...like red or blue..maybe it would become more attractive the glass.

So basically need to fix two things (if you considere you need to):
- Search for a source of light; natural or artificial
- Find a solid color for the background.

If I was taking the picture myself I probably have approach the object in a different way...different angle (maybe closer?). But that´s the beauty of photography, nothing is wrong or right because each of us perceive things differently.

I hope I have been useful.

[dreamy5]

Oops! First response thought you were talking about the weed. Fixing now.

[dreamy5]

This is an early foray into using natural light. That limited the background since I wanted the light shining through the glass.

I've tried to replicate with artificial light on the black background (I've painted two walls of my house black) but so far haven't gotten the effect yet. In order to mimic sunlight I need a strong but diffused light source I think. Ideas?