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Labour of Love
Labour of Love
manic35


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Challenge: Country Life II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Pentax *ist DL
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Pentax Digital AF
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date: Feb 12, 2006
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/8
Galleries: Emotive, Rural
Date Uploaded: Feb 12, 2006

I was inspired by this by the Farmer's Markets that we have in Brisbane every second weekend and I have really wanted to see if I could create the toil. Shot with GIS_boy's hands that he kindly offered to get grubby and shot it with window light in our loungeroom with the remainder of the black backdrop material that remains from the batman shot :( .

Post: Crop, Levels, Curves, Neat Image, USM, Resize, Save for Web.

Thanks,
Nic.

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Place: 20 out of 219
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Votes: 217
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02/22/2006 05:03:14 PM
*Critique Club*

"Labour of Love" is an excellent addition into the Country Life challenge. 21st place isn't too bad out but I thought it would end up higher, because it has such a natural and earthy feel to it.

The image itself despite the subject is extremely clean. Your background is a nice rich black allowing us to focus on the subject. The subject itself is prefect, probably what most people in the country would hope to achieve after their hard work. I think your placement of the tomatoes is excellent and great use of three. The few things I am really seeing the seems a little off is that upper right hand corners color which you saw from your comments of the photo. Also tThe focus seems a little soft when you really start looking at the tomatoes. I do love your work and hope to continue to see it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/19/2006 12:53:26 AM
Nice contrast with the red tomatos and hands makes the photo pop..Good idea!
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02/17/2006 10:45:05 AM
I love the contrast in this shot. Is it me or is the tomato stem a little fuzzy?
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02/17/2006 07:13:38 AM
An original entry for this challenge, love the bold colours, 7
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02/16/2006 09:53:19 PM
Wow...Love it! Good luck with this!
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02/16/2006 09:09:47 PM
The fingernails sure are clean here. The quality of the image is real nice. The content I am not too sure about. Usually when removing tomatoes your hand will not be full of dirt. I still like the quality of the image.
02/16/2006 09:55:00 AM
Just love it!
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02/15/2006 03:05:01 AM
Great photo, one of my top 10:)
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02/14/2006 08:30:57 PM
I love this! Wow great idea and implementation. Amazing work, from the colors to the lighting.
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02/14/2006 08:06:52 PM
nice pic but could have been alot sharper
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02/14/2006 04:06:19 PM
Excellent shot...truly gritty and lovely warm colour...9
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02/14/2006 02:30:28 PM
thats a Rich harvest !
one of my favs
(to think i dont even like tomatoes)
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02/14/2006 09:42:38 AM
Wonderful idea and great image! I think the focus on the hands is a little too soft.
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02/14/2006 06:16:22 AM
This is a really beautiful shot. It is very pure! I love it! 9! In the upper right corner there is a little spot. Pity, otherwise it was a 10!
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02/13/2006 04:26:49 PM
I think if this were focused more it would do much better. Nice lighting and the dirt connects us with the feeling of actually having grown these.
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02/13/2006 07:11:55 AM
I like the dirt on the hands. Makes the picture more realistic.
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02/13/2006 03:18:12 AM
Looks like a painting ... beautiful :)
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02/13/2006 01:09:56 AM
I love the post editing. It has a richness. Really well done. 8
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02/13/2006 12:09:46 AM
WOW!!!!!!!! Stunning shot, love the contrasts.
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