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Painted With Light
Painted With Light
limerick


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Apple II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D60
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR
Location: KY
Date: Feb 8, 2009
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 20 seconds
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Feb 4, 2009

 I finally found a reason to use those cinnamon sticks I got on sale after Christmas. The apple and leaves are fake. I got them as Thanksgiving decorations last year.

I have been wanting to do some still life pictures and have been doing research on painting with light. Its been a lot of fun to do. This was done in my kitchen on a small table with black poster board taped to the wall behind it. I just used my husbands little flashlight to paint it.

NO WAY! hahaha. I never expected this. I had so many that I could have entered and one was in and I pulled it because I liked this one more. It doesnt always work out like this tho! Thank you all so much for your comments and votes. I really am so happy!
Disqualification Details
Banned user trying to sneak back in under a new account.

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Views since voting: 4817
Views during voting: 434
Comments: 34
Favorites: 5 (view)

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 03/16/2009 10:18:27 AM
wow the light is perfect, almost a painting
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 02/19/2009 09:33:32 PM
wow, looking at your original, this is an amazing photo. Im so glad you didnt photoshop the crap out of this. You didn't need to. Congratulations on your ribbon.
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 02/18/2009 11:49:39 PM
Originally posted by jccminty:
I been a casual observer of this site for a few years now. I have had a tendency to stop voting for the photos on this site because I am usually in total disagreement with the weekly winners. I have had a hard time figuring how my ideas of a winner and the actual winners can differ so much. To me it seems that it is more of contest of who can photoshop better than the photographic skills a person has. And as usual I did not vote this time. But your photo is probably one of the nicest I have seen at DP Challenge. The first thing that strikes me is the warmth that your photo exhibits. The composition is perfect and it's in focus. I do not know how much processing was involved but it looks it was kept to a minimum. Excellent job, congratulations. The only negative that I could say about your photo is that it did not receive the blue ribbon. Good job.


WOW. Thank you so much! That is a big compliment to me when you see all of the talent here.

This is my original. The only thing done to put it here was rotated and resized.



The editing steps werent much:

rotated left

crop

sharpen

brightness/contrast

border

resize

Message edited by author 2009-02-18 23:51:38.
 02/18/2009 09:42:14 PM
I been a casual observer of this site for a few years now. I have had a tendency to stop voting for the photos on this site because I am usually in total disagreement with the weekly winners. I have had a hard time figuring how my ideas of a winner and the actual winners can differ so much. To me it seems that it is more of contest of who can photoshop better than the photographic skills a person has. And as usual I did not vote this time. But your photo is probably one of the nicest I have seen at DP Challenge. The first thing that strikes me is the warmth that your photo exhibits. The composition is perfect and it's in focus. I do not know how much processing was involved but it looks it was kept to a minimum. Excellent job, congratulations. The only negative that I could say about your photo is that it did not receive the blue ribbon. Good job.
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 02/18/2009 04:17:00 PM
I did buy over 10 lbs of apples first tho to do other pictures like the ones of my out takes. hahaha. So I didnt get away without spending some money but its a good thing we like apples around here. Just so happened the coloring of the fake apple worked better. :=)

Thanks every body!!
 02/18/2009 03:49:04 PM
Aw, shucks! - I could have eaten this apple - and now you tell me it's not real!!
Thats so impressive I am embarrassed! - a very top result - I think it should have got further - it could be used in an apple advert!

Congrats!

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 02/18/2009 02:37:44 PM
Interesting textures. Congrats.
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 02/18/2009 09:33:49 AM
awesome shot. I love the mood and textures.
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 02/18/2009 09:08:22 AM
Really beautiful and a very worthy ribbon winner. Congrats, Agnes.
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 02/18/2009 09:06:55 AM
Congrats on your ribbon this was one of my favorites. :)
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 02/18/2009 08:01:47 AM
My favorite. Nice warm feeling.
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 02/18/2009 01:33:09 AM
Congrats Agnes!! beautifully done
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 02/18/2009 01:00:43 AM
My favorite of the ribbons, has a gentle, warm, old world feel to it that pulls me in and reminds me of pleasant smells and the warmth of a freshly baked pie. My only gripe is the semi-hot spot on the apple, but c'est la vie as they say.
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 02/18/2009 12:27:24 AM
Very cool shot... congrats on your ribbon.
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 02/18/2009 12:09:12 AM
Congratulations! The start of many ribbons for you.
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 02/18/2009 12:02:17 AM
Far out, Agnes - You are amazing girl!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/17/2009 07:44:01 PM
it looks pretty cool but i am an apple love and the organicsy of the look quite unreal
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 02/17/2009 05:59:04 PM
I like the soft lighting, reminds me of candle light.
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 02/17/2009 04:04:58 PM
My pick as Best Still Life.
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 02/17/2009 12:37:58 PM
Oooh!! Such a wonderful combination of elements! Its so earthy in tones.
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 02/15/2009 05:31:48 PM
beautiful still life.
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 02/14/2009 10:22:26 PM
really well executed. one of my top 10 picks for this challenge.
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 02/14/2009 10:15:42 AM
Nice master's feel to this 8
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 02/14/2009 12:03:20 AM
Nice and warm and cozy. I can actually smell this photo.
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 02/12/2009 07:39:33 PM
You know, at first glance I gave this a mediocre score. Then I went back and realized the light here is lovely. 9. Real leaves would have made this perfect :)
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 02/12/2009 08:21:38 AM
This looks like a painting. Great shot!
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 02/11/2009 09:39:52 PM
Very nice still life. The cinnamon sticks are a nice touch. Great lighting and color. One of the top photos IMHO.
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 02/11/2009 07:46:17 PM
excellent lighting - warm and inviting
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 02/11/2009 07:36:59 PM
Looks like a painting. Great lighting, well done.
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 02/11/2009 01:48:50 PM
nice, long exposure light wash?... good job.
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 02/11/2009 12:12:19 PM
I really like the softness of the light in this image. It looks like an AJHopp - I wonder if it is?

The more I look at this, the more I notice the care that has been taken with the set-up and composition. Great stuff.
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 02/11/2009 11:57:18 AM
very nice still life
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 02/11/2009 08:37:15 AM
Beautiful light, lovely set up.
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 02/11/2009 08:34:53 AM
Very beautiful. Great lighting. It's like a painting and a dream. At least you read the instruction right! An apple!
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