...but I've always thought it was such an interesting fruit. All full of seeds, and a cool, kind of rough, exterior. Grocery shopping the other day I decided "I need to photograph a pomegranate" so I bought one. I was feeling really inspired, but when I started shooting I was completely disapointed. The idea in my head was not at all what I was capturing. Maybe I should have used a macro lens instead, maybe different lighting, who knows. The pictures were terrible, and I almost deleted them in frustration, but I didn't. Then just yesterday I plugged the SD card into my computer to see if I had any new pictures to post. All I found were the stupid pomegranite failure pictures! I decided to give one a try in Photoshop just for fun. I'm listing my steps, because as it turns out I was able to whittle away at a picture I hated and turn it into something I really actually like! I'm a little conflicted about the amount of photoshopping that was needed to turn around this image, but I think I'm ok with it. Without further ado, I give you The Pomegranate:
-Black and white gradient map set to soft light (not meant to look like selective color... it just brought out the textures)
-Curves adjustment layer set to hard light with plate and fruit masked (to darken up the background)
-Duplicate background layer set to hard light at 33% with pavement masked (to deepen shadows around the seeds and bump the color a bit.)
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