yellow refreshment
by juras

Comment by Anachronite:
ooo yes, great lighting.... good focus and clarity... perfect contrast.. can\'t find anything wrong.. and you did a good job making a cliche interesting... good luck in the ribbon hunt

yellow refreshment
by juras

Comment by dbenson:
I like the color, focus, and contrast, but it cuts the middle too sharply.

yellow refreshment
by juras

Comment by vtruan:
wierd view.

yellow refreshment
by juras

Comment by Digipixer:
Turning the lemon so the front edge touches the edge of the glass would have been better. Now it looks like the lemon was croped by the edge of the glass.

yellow refreshment
by juras

Comment by mbardeen:
Love it! Good composition, good lighting. The contrast between the edge of the glass and the negative space is lovely - it makes the picture so much more interesting!

yellow refreshment
by juras

Comment by casualguy:
Contrast is nice....

yellow refreshment
by juras

Comment by Gussi:
Is the lemon in glass? like the idea :)

yellow refreshment
by juras

Comment by Hoogie:
Awesone stuff great contrast

yellow refreshment
by juras

Comment by Lustre:
That's a very interesting crop you have used. Focus is fine, although the image seems to have a slight green tinge to it.

emotional distance
by juras

Comment by kandyj:
Critique Club:

Meets the Challenge: I would say very well, not only peppers but food still lifes would be to me a photography cliche!

Composition: Excellent, fairly good use of thirds, the stem kind of leads to the yellow one in the background. Like the variety of focus and "pose" of the other pepper. The black background works well against the intense colors of the pepper.

Technical quality: Good use of DOF, colors very natural and intense, sharpness in the foreground pepper is excellent. No post-processing issues noticeable. I, too, use black posterboard and hate the way it looks like grain, but fabric gives me a prob. too, so don't mind this in the photo. The lighting is great and adds a bit of mood to the photo.

Creativity: Good use of a rather common subject, especially with the lighting and DOF to add interest.

Conclusion: Very nice photo meeting the challenge well. Very well executed, I would have given it more like a seven, it's a shame so many nice photos end up in the "average" range when they are really above this (at least in MHO).

Feel free to email me with any questions or comments!