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Challenge: Apple (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Date: May 17, 2005
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60 sec
Galleries: Humorous, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: May 17, 2005
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A bite was taken out of an apple (quite delicious, by the way, truly a shame to waste it), a single chopstick was used to poke a hole, then an earthworm taken from a friend's garden was sacrificed and its body unceremoniously dumped into the apple. Brown sugar was used to brown the rim of the hole, and my friend held the apple while I took a tripod-mounted shot. We took a number of shots this way, getting everything I wanted just barely in time, as it started to rain.
Post-processing:
1) Import from RAW, contrast boosted, saturation slightly increased
2) Mild Noise Ninja (with the ISO100 settings, didn't really change anything)
3) Sharpen (smart sharpen 2.4 pixels, 100%)
4) Shadow/Highlight adjustment (20 point highlight reduction to reduce glare on the hand and reflection on the apple)
5) Resize
6) Mild resharpen (smart sharpen 0.6 pixels, 50%)
7) Save For Web, 95% jpg quality.
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08/11/2005 02:14:23 AM |
Nice to know that no animals were hurt or really harmed in the making of this picture. By using an earthworm, you chose an animal with remarkably few nerves. Earthworms also have extraordinary abilities in regeneration. In a week, the donator of that tip won't even remember his little incident and be none the worse for wear.
Well done on the picture too btw. I'm a huge fan of apples. |
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05/24/2005 10:32:32 PM |
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05/24/2005 05:00:50 PM |
| *SHUDDER* Definitely an emotive shot and well-composed. I truly feel for whoever bit that apple, because I had the same experience once... *SHUDDER* |
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05/23/2005 05:52:59 PM |
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05/23/2005 04:34:32 PM |
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05/23/2005 03:48:13 PM |
| gross. this has happened to my daughter before with a peach. nice photo |
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05/23/2005 01:22:38 PM |
| This could set one back a bit. Bump. |
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05/20/2005 05:32:16 PM |
hehe! Nice detail on your image, and I love the green background with the red apple. Nice manicure too!
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05/20/2005 02:02:55 PM |
| Especially if that's half a worm |
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05/20/2005 12:25:21 AM |
| Creepy, I don't want to know how you got the worm in there. I think I would prefer this shot without the hand. Hands often look unnaturally cropped to me. |
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05/19/2005 07:04:31 PM |
| LOL!! Someone had to do it, and you did it well!! |
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05/18/2005 10:37:44 PM |
| Great title. Fun shot. Good job. I don't want to think about this anymore. |
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05/18/2005 08:55:29 PM |
| Is that a half a worm or a whole one? Great find. |
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05/18/2005 06:08:39 PM |
| Yum. lol not a good sign. I think a tighter crop although it would make some puke, would of been more affective, more impact. Maybe too much hand here. |
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05/18/2005 05:54:10 PM |
| OMG! I think I'd spit if this happened! Nice composition! |
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05/18/2005 11:04:07 AM |
| yuck yuck yuck!!! good capture though 5 |
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05/18/2005 12:23:58 AM |
| I think it could be worse, say for example the worm was magic..and would have granted you three wishes, but alas. |
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