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Challenge: Textures III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Indoors, Vancouver, WA
Date: Jul 15, 2005
Aperture: F-16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.8"
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jul 18, 2005
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First challenge entry, hope to have many more...
I wanted something original which hadn't been done to death. The picture was fairly straightforward after I remembered the neat corpuscles inside a piece of grapefruit. After running down to the grocery store, picking out a nice ruby red, and then carefully peeling several pieces apart, I placed one on a black mat and shot in a dark room with a high f-stop (for maximal DOF) and long exposure. The piece of grapefruit was lit by a penlight from the side trying to mimimize highlights and light on the matboard.
Post processing: rotate slightly, crop, levels, up contrast a bit, slightly desaturate (brought texture out more), USM, despeckle to remove some of the highlights, touch more USM, border. |
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04/29/2010 08:48:58 PM |
Sir Isaac had a trash pile, you have this.
So you have that going for you, which is nice. :) |
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11/09/2005 11:28:44 AM |
| I liked this shot when I voted was one of my favorites in the challenge. Knowing how you lit it now I cant help but wonder how it would have looked if you had lit it with a strobe flash on black velvet to get a sharper image? Great shot, I dont like grapefruit but I find myself wanting to reach out and eat it! |
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07/27/2005 01:23:53 AM |
| Wow. I am tickled with such a high finish. I consider the competition to be quite stiff here and am honored with even a top 100 finish. In the end, this picture isn't that great. It fulfills the challenge quite well, I believe, but it doesn't fulfill the question "would you hang it on a wall?" very well. I'm looking foward to more challenges in the future. |
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07/26/2005 05:50:36 PM |
| Looks like a timted brain. Very good capture as it invites my fingers to scoop it and history. Delicious. Bumping up. |
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07/26/2005 02:58:12 PM |
| Looks remarkably like a fish. Fantastic shot! I can taste, smell, and feel the Ruby Red now. :-) Great job. Bumping up. 9 |
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07/25/2005 12:17:10 PM |
| Excellent shot. I really like what you did with the grapefruit. Lighting and DOF is excellent |
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07/25/2005 10:57:24 AM |
| With out the title, I'd never have know what this is. It looks like a sculpture, but also like a rock formation, but somehow too organic as well. |
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07/24/2005 08:24:41 PM |
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07/24/2005 01:34:05 PM |
| I like the original subject and the simple and uncluttered composition. A different orientation of the light might have made the flesh of the fruit look more transluscent and appealing? Great texture though! |
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07/24/2005 07:08:22 AM |
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07/23/2005 03:55:57 AM |
| flash is a little too harsh... |
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07/22/2005 01:58:30 PM |
| This one totally blows me away. It's incredibly clear, and so well lit with nice highlighs and shadows. Great job! 10 |
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07/21/2005 08:46:57 PM |
| Now this is original... Finally someone thought to photo the inside. |
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07/21/2005 02:00:18 PM |
| Kind of looks like it is alive. |
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07/20/2005 10:48:26 PM |
| This almost looks like an underwater creature. Interesting but not that appealing to me. |
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07/20/2005 09:10:12 PM |
| Interesting. Hate the frame though - it does nothing but distract. |
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07/20/2005 02:11:20 PM |
| Very well done! Great subject and skill! |
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07/20/2005 11:46:15 AM |
| Love the textures here - not sure I am crazy about the black background. White background and more vivid lighting would have nailed this. |
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07/20/2005 12:59:09 AM |
| looks like some sorta weird tropical fish. |
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