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Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon
jimness


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Challenge: Fruits and Vegetables II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Canon
Location: Home
Date: Feb 10, 2007
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Still Life
Date Uploaded: Feb 11, 2007

Dragon fruit, red onions, cauliflower for feet, an indoor sparkler and a bonsai tree.
Curves to darken the background, healing brush to remove a bit of the sparkler's stem, dodge & burn, selective USM.

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Votes: 165
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/13/2007 05:47:06 PM
It too me a second to get what was going on here. This was a cool concept espcecially with the "head" but I think it needed to be developed more. Maybe alternate the onions with the cauliflower for the body and put celery for the legs or something? As it is now no one would see a dragon without knowing the title and really looking for it. I'd probably have put the flame more towards the camera and have the body behind somewhat out of focus to add more emphasis on the fire.
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02/12/2007 03:03:35 PM
This is a great idea and I love the composition. The lighting is a bit onesided so the cauliflower looks too bright.
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02/12/2007 10:55:05 AM
congratulations - this photograph contains a fruit and/or a vegetable, therefore it meets the challenge! well done!

creative idea, but i think it didn't quite work. nice try! 6!
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02/12/2007 12:15:44 AM
OK, maybe I am picky being a former chef..but this composition makes no sense...why is there a sparkler in the dragon fruit? Why would you put cauliflower with it? And why is the bonzai tree stuck in the back?
You captured some nice colours, but the comp is too much for me ...
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