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Beta Vulgaris
Beta Vulgaris
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Challenge: Fruits and Vegetables II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED
Location: home
Date: Feb 9, 2007
Aperture: F9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 3.2s
Galleries: Still Life, Studio
Date Uploaded: Feb 9, 2007

Beetroot lit at night by fluorescent spots.

PP:
Crop
Burn some grey parts of the background
Clone out some stray hairs
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USM
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Statistics
Place: 183 out of 346
Avg (all users): 5.5000
Avg (commenters): 6.1111
Avg (participants): 5.3400
Avg (non-participants): 5.7581
Views since voting: 678
Views during voting: 230
Votes: 162
Comments: 9
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/17/2007 10:09:06 PM
great character....love the table top, comp, and color...glad you didn't go for b&w
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02/16/2007 12:02:08 PM
i think this would be way more appealing in black and white.
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02/15/2007 11:15:14 PM
Oh man, my alternate for this challenge was turnips. I REALLY wanted to try to take an otherwise unattractive fruit/vegetable & do something interesting with it but went with a cliché shot instead (sort of a 'learn the rules before you break them' lesson for me...).

Anyway, that's what I like about this - that and its strong first impression. It's a little bottom-heavy for my tastes and deeper dof would have satisfied my detail fix but I like the lighting you employed here.

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02/15/2007 09:33:42 PM
Ya know......I'm thinking there's something to the latin term "vulgaris" there! *grin*.....not pretty, are they? But, great shot!
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02/15/2007 07:09:49 PM
Good idea, but the shadows are too dark for my taste. They're hiding the textures that I want to see. 6
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02/14/2007 10:39:22 PM
Makes me hungry
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02/13/2007 09:31:14 PM
very cool, i like the earth colours and great DOF.
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02/13/2007 07:43:01 PM
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02/12/2007 10:53:26 AM
congratulations - this photograph contains a fruit and/or a vegetable, therefore it meets the challenge! well done!

vulgaris is right! i certainly wouldn't eat that! LOL 6!
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02/12/2007 08:51:16 AM
I like the idea of this. Great lighting. I'd have the root sticking up in the background out of the shot and have them sitting on a solid black surface.
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