Sugard almonds - Several versions of my 'smooth' photo were taken, I tried a white background, dark background, throwing in a different coloured stone amongst the sugared almonds to give a different focus point. My main issues though were not with the subject but with the light, opening the aperture, changing the sensitivity, I tried various ways of eliminating shadows and even leaving shadows in, I eventually settled on this photo after assembling the almonds on top of each other, taking the 'object' outside using a stack of close up lenses at 45mm. f5.6 1/60
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The smooth image is another good one - I think you were wise to go for the natural light of the 'outside'. The large expanse of open sky acts as a huge light source that gives even but directional lighting from above that has resulted in the accentuation of the smooth shape of the almonds. The narrow depth of focus throwing the almonds behind the main one out of focus brings a soft fuzzy feel the the image that emphasizes 'smooth'. It's difficult to see the exact point of focus and it may be that using many close up lenses has resulted in nothing being 'pin sharp', I would have tried for getting the rim outline of the central almond sharp. Printing out an 30x40 image to form part of an exhibition may well bring out any shortcomings of focus. As such it's always a good idea to consider what the final outcome of an image is going to be. An image in a book measuring 12" by 10" is going to have different requirements to an image that is 2 metres by 1.5 in an exhibition. Also, I might have wetted the almond to make it glisten as a way of emphasising the smoothness, all these are just idea. You have got a good image here.
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