Kitchen scenes: Onion & Garlic

Posted by Mirko Herzner (Mühlheim am Main, Germany) on 9 August 2008 in Food & Cuisine.

Still life of onion and garlic on a wooden trencher. This was one of my early experiments with kitchen stuff. I don't like the strong shadows but still like the composition somehow... What do you think?

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Comments (10)

ceanothe from France

La composition est assez carré, et le nombre d'objets est un nombre pair ce qui est original en général on se base sur les nombres impairs, 3, 5, 7, ..
Les couleurs sont douces et plaisantes.
Les textures sont superbes !
Une étonnante nature morte !

9 Aug 2008 6:33am

@ceanothe: Merci, Ceanothe.

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

We do quite a lot of 'still life' for our site and I always feel we learn more from that than any other photo-pursuit. And, of course, we can take them again! In your shot, I'd prefer to see a slight vignette effect in the PP to 'contain' the subject within the frame . . bit that's a personal view.

9 Aug 2008 9:10am

@Ronnie 2¢: I guess this could have worked well, Ronnie. Thanks for your constrcutive feedback!

Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States

A wonderful choice - rich with warmth and tone. If possible with that camera - I like to see us even closer to the subjects - they invite exploration of their fine details.

9 Aug 2008 9:56am

Riccardo from - Lyon - Isola Liri -, France

A simply and beautiful Still Life. Good evening Mirko :) Riccardo

9 Aug 2008 10:26am

@Riccardo: Thank you, Riccardo!

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

Simple but with such excellent detail and composition, Mirko.

9 Aug 2008 2:43pm

Klaus from Augsburg, Germany

Ich mag beides ;-)

9 Aug 2008 5:11pm

GJC from Kyoto, Japan

I love strong shadows so I think that's nice. I might have tried a different compostiion -- perhaps a little closer or perhaps placed somewhere else in the frame?

10 Aug 2008 1:57am

@GJC: Interesting ideas, GJC. You are probably right that not placing those four in the middle could have been more interesting...

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, United States

what strong shadows? ;) hehe -- great still life here Mirko -- although i too would love to see a closer shot of this arrangement... the skin of the onions and garlic would really add some lovely detail as they tend to hold light so well! and they are quite tasty too! i think i need to go have breakfast! :)

10 Aug 2008 5:39pm

@dj.tigersprout: Thanks for your insightful words, DJ!