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Challenge: Abstract Food (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Columbus
Date: Jul 16, 2006
Aperture: 5.7
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: Jul 13, 2006

I had taken another shot for this challenge of some ranier cherries. The shot came out beautiful IMO but lacked any real abstract quality. My wife was struggling with her shot and it got me thinking of something different. I decided to go with sliced zucchini on a white plate with red poster board background. I shot it outside before the sun totally came up overthe trees so I didnt have to deal with any harsh lighting or shadows.

PP - crop, saturation adjustment, levels, dodging and burning, minor cloning, USM, selective blur, NI, border, save for web.

Post Challenge - Doh - Tied with 10th place. And go figure I bumped him up to boot. Very pleased with my placing. This did much better than would the shot I originally had in (Ranier in my portfolio). Just pleased as punch to be mingling with those around me as many I admire greatly. Thanks all!

Statistics
Place: 10 out of 199
Avg (all users): 6.5157
Avg (commenters): 7.9000
Avg (participants): 6.3908
Avg (non-participants): 6.5956
Views since voting: 2239
Views during voting: 354
Votes: 223
Comments: 34
Favorites: 2 (view)


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07/30/2006 01:33:30 PM
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Great use of complementary colors and composition. Suits the challenge very well. It seems to me, though, the lighting is so even that the zucchini appears to be two-dimensional. It's almost as if you are making a photo of a photo. (...not that there's anything wrong with that.) I like the crop and the proportions of paper, plate and food. As an abstract this does very well (of course as a top 10 you already knew that). The only thing this photo lacks is the dip. Mmmmmmmmm, delicious.

(I checked Ranier out. I agree with your assessment.)
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07/30/2006 12:23:21 AM
Great rendition with vibrant play of complentary colors. Congratulations on your top ten finish.
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07/27/2006 09:59:31 AM
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Very nicely arranged. Congrats on the top ten! Are you putting your stuff out there for sale? If not, you should be!
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07/26/2006 08:49:22 PM
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Congrats on the top ten! You're just a DPC machine these days... :-) Very clean and crisp, good color contrast, and a pleasing geometric image. Good job slicing the cucumbers as well. Great shot for the challenge, but from a photography perspective, I much prefer the one you didn't enter.
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07/26/2006 03:45:20 PM
Congratulations on your top 10 finish, very good shot!
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07/24/2006 11:33:56 AM
Very nice. I think "clean" is a very good description. Love the color contrasts.
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07/24/2006 10:20:34 AM
Nice, simple, clean execution, making a great abstract.
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07/24/2006 08:45:41 AM
This is so good! So clean and perfect. Congratulations on such a strong finish!!!

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07/24/2006 07:25:01 AM
I loved this picture from the beginning ... the light, colours and composition are superb. It was one of my favorites for this challenge, and in my opinion it should have finished higher. Good job!! :-)
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07/24/2006 07:03:25 AM
Great job Tim! Congratulations on your 11th place!
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07/24/2006 12:44:20 AM
Well done Tim..... and yes, I did bump you up as well, so you deserved to be where you are.....Clean, bright, and also pleasing to look at.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/23/2006 10:13:00 PM
vert bright, and so well arranged.....
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07/23/2006 08:00:26 PM
Very nice lines, contrast and the choice of red for the background. Great job!
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07/23/2006 12:57:36 PM
i smell a ribbon!
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07/22/2006 11:32:52 PM
Very cool........As a cucumber!
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07/22/2006 07:21:40 PM
A great use of color
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07/21/2006 08:08:00 AM
Complementary color always work better. Good composition too. 9
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07/20/2006 05:21:56 AM
Great photo. Really meets the challenge well, imo. Nice use of colour.
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07/19/2006 09:36:04 PM
Very visually commanding!
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07/19/2006 11:09:56 AM
looks nice, good colour composition.
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07/18/2006 08:49:17 PM
This is a striking composition. Nicely done!
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07/18/2006 05:12:45 PM
Nice comoposition and striking colors.

Message edited by author 2006-07-24 11:07:59.
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07/18/2006 03:00:05 PM
Great line and color, nice!
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07/18/2006 01:21:44 PM
Nice use of contrasting colors and composition
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07/18/2006 12:13:18 PM
I like the colour choice and composition. Very engaging .
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07/17/2006 09:40:22 PM
Beautiful layout
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07/17/2006 02:53:19 PM
Perfect.
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07/17/2006 12:23:48 PM
Nice clean lines.
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07/17/2006 11:08:18 AM
Beautiful curved line, beautiful composition. Well lit. LOVE IT! 10
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07/17/2006 10:02:43 AM
Very nice. The composition, color, and lighting are perfect. 10
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07/17/2006 08:09:14 AM
Excellent job, one of my favourites.
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07/17/2006 07:34:11 AM
Clever. Nicely done.
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07/17/2006 12:54:13 AM
great clean shot with simple composition, well done
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07/17/2006 12:15:16 AM
excellent rhythm and graphical style!
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