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Lemon slices and .....an ant!
Lemon slices and .....an ant!
Jean


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fruits and Vegetables (Classic Editing)
Camera: Olympus C-4040Z
Location: Mauritius
Date: Sep 4, 2002
Aperture: F/10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/800sec
Date Uploaded: Sep 6, 2002

Since we aren't allowed to spot edit I had to leave the ant in the picture. Hope it doesn't spoil it too much, it was my favorite picture.

Statistics
Place: 24 out of 201
Avg (all users): 6.3536
Avg (commenters): 7.5405
Avg (participants): 6.4028
Avg (non-participants): 6.3015
Views since voting: 1658
Votes: 280
Comments: 40
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/15/2002 08:52:00 PM
Quite creative! To me this lemon slices look like UFOs floating in earths orbit. Very strange. Did you photograph this from below the waterlevel up into the sky? -stephan
09/15/2002 01:55:00 PM
Unique image, great colour and lighting.
09/15/2002 10:54:00 AM
Was the ant a mistake? It would have looked much better without it.
09/15/2002 04:05:00 AM
very cool shot - 8
09/15/2002 01:50:00 AM
poor drowning ant!
09/14/2002 12:21:00 PM
oh very nice - probably cant be any better due to the glass - wish the lemons were a little more detailed .. but great job ... ayme-8
09/14/2002 11:02:00 AM
Intriguing composition. I think the bottom half works better than the top. It might be more dynamic if some of this image was in focus eg. the slice at the bottom. Very good.
09/14/2002 09:47:00 AM
really nice.
09/13/2002 05:36:00 PM
Great Picture!!! Love how the lemons are floating
09/13/2002 04:40:00 PM
for some reason, this really cracks me up! i feel like i am looking at some surreal picture of lemons orbiting our planet! and the ant---well, just makes it that much more interesting! nice job! 9--amitchell
09/13/2002 01:02:00 PM
Great effect. If feels as if the lemon slices are floating throug the air. Nicely done. karmat
09/13/2002 10:57:00 AM
this is a really cool effect. my only gripes are the dusty surface and the ant. seems like it would have more impact if you really wiped the surface clean before taking the shot. also, parts of it seem a tad underexposed, but i realize it would be tough to keep those white cloud highlights from getting overexposed. might have benefited from a weak neutral density or polorizing filter. overall, good work.
09/13/2002 10:32:00 AM
Come on now -admit it you only saw the ant when you blew it up on your monitor--but it really adds a certain je ne sais quoi to your great photo and concept lol!! andrewm
09/13/2002 07:52:00 AM
Get that bug off of there! I really want to know what it is in the top right that's curved the way it is. 7-BigSmiles
09/13/2002 06:06:00 AM
7, Kavey
09/13/2002 01:42:00 AM
At first glance, this picture appeared to be a representation of orbiting fruit. You could have named this "UFO."
09/13/2002 01:16:00 AM
Intriguing photo, and I love the colors! Can't figure out what's going on here, but I know it's upside down! I love how the light shines through the lemon, and was it just coincidence that the ant is there too?
09/12/2002 07:51:00 PM
Gazing globe? How did you keep yourself out of the frame? (always my problem). The farthest lemon slice sort of kills the effect (shows your "trick").
8 Swash
09/12/2002 05:00:00 PM
was this taken on a plane??? awesome pic!! love the ant! 7--shutterfly
09/12/2002 11:57:00 AM
interesting concept..probably one of the more unique cutaway shots I have seen in a while. At first I marked down because I was getting tired of seeing puffy claoud shots but as the week wore on I got ove it :-) Some chromatic and pixelation/oversharpening artifacts kept this from a 10..still..very exceptional...9..hokie
09/11/2002 06:29:00 PM
Cool
09/11/2002 04:07:00 PM
Nice work - creative and definately different. 9
Ruthann
09/11/2002 09:34:00 AM
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background7,
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing9,
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 9,
Total Averaged Rating8. Autool
I think I would have eliminated the ant, a magnificent shot without it.
09/11/2002 09:13:00 AM
Interesting photograph. I kind of like it.
09/11/2002 12:39:00 AM
Gorgeous shot. Could only be improved with a little better exposure. Top two slices could use some of what the bottom slice has going with the lighting. ~indigo997
09/10/2002 08:55:00 PM
Wow
09/10/2002 06:17:00 PM
This is wonderfully creative.
09/10/2002 06:09:00 PM
Looks like another mirror trick. Love the ant. I like how you encoorperated him into the photo like he was suposed to be there. The fruit is very pretty. I like how the veins show. I wouldn't want to see the middle much brighter. The angle and framing is very nice. I like the fruit in the front. Overall interesting photo. Good luck in the challenge. ~HBunch7187~
09/10/2002 04:40:00 PM
This is great... it's definitely one of my favorites this week. The bent horizon here gives me the impression that these lemon slices are floating in space gazing down on the planet... Great shot.. I would love to hear about this technique... Im assuming water and glass are involved? = 10 - jmsetzler
09/10/2002 02:07:00 PM
The angelic ant... ah yes. Flying through the clouds. And some lemons. Mmm! I like.
09/10/2002 12:24:00 PM
What the???..... This is awesome. You need to write a How To on this.
09/10/2002 12:05:00 PM
This one makes me laugh, especially the ant!
09/10/2002 07:41:00 AM
This is quite a shot. At first glance it looks like a space picture with orbiting lemon slices… But then you spot the ant! I don't know if the ant is there by accident or was put there by design, but it's got me thinking. The presence of the ant gives it a surreal effect because on close inspection, it looks upside down… OK, that said, technically it's a good shot and it certainly meets the challenge… (9)
09/10/2002 05:33:00 AM
This thing in the midden is it a fly or what?
09/10/2002 12:08:00 AM
I like your use of reflection and the ant was a bonus!
09/09/2002 09:31:00 PM
great shot, this pic has nice sense of depth... (8) ~mcmurma
09/09/2002 07:12:00 PM
Was this shot from outer space? :) Very neat effect... although I honestly wish the ant wasn't there...
09/09/2002 01:47:00 PM
Cool picture - interesting perspective.
09/09/2002 11:52:00 AM
ant going to tell yah nice image 9 bobgaither
09/09/2002 10:49:00 AM
Nice idea and composition. The clouds seem too bright, though. Good luck!


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