The Raspberry & The Watermelon
by MarkB

Comment by lissylou:
interesting lighting

The Raspberry & The Watermelon
by MarkB

Comment by jmosher:
Cool, but too much negative space.

Poised to Strike
by MarkB

Comment by Joey Lawrence:
The strong composition makes up for the quality for me, good luck

The Raspberry & The Watermelon
by MarkB

Comment by Evaan:
Very cool effect. Love how it's lit. Meets challenge well.

The Raspberry & The Watermelon
by MarkB

Comment by DrAchoo:
Heh, similar to my entry as far as fruit and lighting. I like your's better. Must be a 10 then. :)

The Raspberry & The Watermelon
by MarkB

Comment by hannafate:
Clever lighting! although, it does make the color and lighting more the theme of the image, rather than the texture. Still, very pretty.

Poised to Strike
by MarkB

Comment by brownt:
Had voted this as a 7, going to explain why it isn't higher.

It's funny, for some reason this shot has really stood out for me. I think I'd have preferred to have seen this desaturated to look more B&W or greyscale. I do like the grain on it, think it adds something extra to it.

I copied the shot to my PC and had a little play with it (hope you don't mind) I desaturated it, ran neat image over it to smooth out some of the grain but then sharpened it. I then added a thin black border round the edges. It made the scales stand out a bit more, stopped the right hand side from fading away.

As I said, I do like this shot, maybe you don't agree with the changes I've suggested etc, PM if you like, but I personally feel a few wee touches in PS would have helped.

The Raspberry & The Watermelon
by MarkB

Comment by RKT:
....this is cool...so so cool...

The Raspberry & The Watermelon
by MarkB

Comment by blondmcfly:
Interesting internal light.

Independence & 14th
by MarkB

Comment by fifield:
i like the brown sky