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Challenge: Flora III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: home
Date: Mar 29, 2009
Aperture: f9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/5
Galleries: Macro, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Mar 30, 2009

I have gazzilions of flower shots but wanted a different approach to this (I know how much macro flowers are adored here !) So looking at my vegetable seedlings, I threw a few ideas around; began with the now almost cliched shot of dirty hands holding a tiny seedling; decided a different idea was needed, so came up with the seedling emerging directly from the fruit. First shots were of a seedling planted in soil in a hollowed out tomato; worked quite well but then tried this simpler version which I preferred.

Would have liked it better had a seedling with bigger leaves been available; give it a couple of weeks !

Shot in a light cube lit by a couple of spots, with a 12mm extension tube on the 24-70 lens to give me a closer focus.

Statistics
Place: 105 out of 271
Avg (all users): 5.3540
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.4706
Avg (non-participants): 5.2688
Views since voting: 806
Views during voting: 233
Votes: 161
Comments: 5
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/06/2009 05:07:59 PM
unique
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04/03/2009 04:23:50 PM
A cute setup but that purple background is not adding anything to the photo. Seems a bit washed out as well.
04/03/2009 08:19:43 AM
I'm rating it higher, even though its a staged image, just because it really funny - laugh out loud funny.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/03/2009 01:55:39 AM
This maeme laugh!!! I'm deathly allergic to Tomatoes... so it's with great pleasure I can vote your entry high without prejudice!
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04/01/2009 01:58:07 AM
great idea and capture
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