a pepper

[blinking8s]

well, i went almost like 4 months without shooting a single frame, then i went back to school this semester and enrolled in my lighting class...first assignment (before we move to people) was a pepper

http://blinking8s.com/stuff/will-duncan_pepper02_web.jpg

it's not quite what i had in mind, but i was getting close towards the end of my shoot. smoke is hard...and we're not allowed to use photoshop, or i would have taken the string out

the setup (http://blinking8s.com/stuff/will-duncan_pepper02-setup_web.jpg) -- and no...i'm not smoking weed

[austriaka]

It is looking great. The only thing to mention is the string the pepper is hanging from. Since you are not allowed to post process it, you could have tried to hide it in the smoke.
So there remains just one question: why does the pepper smoke?
:-)
KArin

[Joe[y]]

niiiice. yeah the string is a pain in the ass though. there are small areas of smoke that just annoy me - but there's not much you can do about that without shooting a further million frames until it's perfect.

i do like how the smoke almost looks like an open palm holding the pepper.

[FirstGateDreamer]

good lighting and exposure. I question the subject though. I understand this was a class and mostly an experiment in lighting etc. but I think this shot would make a lot more sense if you used a HOT pepper such as a Habanero Chile or Japapeno ;)
But then again, I'm quite a chilihead so my opinion is biased!

[blinking8s]

good lighting and exposure. I question the subject though. I understand this was a class and mostly an experiment in lighting etc. but I think this shot would make a lot more sense if you used a HOT pepper such as a Habanero Chile or Japapeno ;)
But then again, I'm quite a chilihead so my opinion is biased!

haha...i agree, but this was the only red pepper i had, and it looked best

[JaviMartín]

Nice!! I like it.

I will suggest too, to hide the string....

[mikelangelo]

coolness. I like the idea. I think I'd like to see one that didn't have such a sharp contrast/bright highlights... something softer? But I think it's pretty sweet overall.

[photogemz]

Very cool! I love the "heat".

[freda]

Good, the red is my favorite colour, l like red very much.


:D :D :D

[austriaka]

I did a pepper too, how do you like it?
(Not to compare with the first one, just sparing a new thread)

http://uhlig.at/tmp/0805081631.jpg

KArin

[jdleung]

I took such a photo too, but I wonder call it pepper or Pimiento in english?
http://www.jdleungs.com/index.php?showimage=487&category=1

[austriaka]

The vocabulary on pepper is really funny in english.
We have three words in german for what english all would call pepper.
(sweet pepper = Paprika, hot pepper = Chilli, pepper = Pfeffer).

Pimiento I had to look up: you mean the sweet cherry pepper mentioned here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimento
http://dict.leo.org translates Pimento with "Piment", what is a complete different spice: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimenta_dioica

KArin

[MrTwister]

The austriaka's pepper photo looks very appetizing :-)

[witty]

Hi,

The vocabulary on pepper is really funny in english.
We have three words in german for what english all would call pepper.
(sweet pepper = Paprika, hot pepper = Chilli, pepper = Pfeffer).

We use those words in English too, aside from pfeffer... unless we're talkin' hasenpfeffer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasenpfeffer). Yum! Paprika is most commonly used to refer to the spice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paprika) and not the pepper from which it's made. We do describe "hot peppers" with the word 'chile', but it's the Spanish version of your word 'chilli'. In the end, they're all peppers from the same genus of vegetables (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsicum).

I wouldn't say that we use one word, pepper, to describe ALL peppers, ALL the time. Bell pepper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_pepper) is a commonly used term, but it's even more common to differentiate bell peppers by their color... green (http://www.all-creatures.org/recipes/images/i-pepper-bell-green.jpg) pepper, red (http://www.wpclipart.com/food/vegetables/peppers/red_pepper.png) pepper, yellow (http://www.usu.edu/health/graphics/Yellow%20Pepper.jpg) and orange (http://static.flickr.com/55/169820621_2398604890_m.jpg). Put one of these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalapeno) in front of me and I'll call it a jalapeno... as do most I think. We call habaneros (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habanero_chile), habaneros. In fact, I think in most cases, if someone knows the actual variety of pepper, that's the name they will use. Otherwise, commons usages like, "that's a hot pepper" or "that's a sweet pepper" are used to help make someone aware of what's at risk before they take a bite. :)


-Witty