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A New Breed
A New Breed
trumpetwalrus


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Challenge: Complementary Colors III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus C-750UZ
Location: Kitchen
Date: Apr 24, 2006
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 2/3
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Apr 24, 2006

 Well I did this photo to avenge my photo in Complementry Colors II... The voting dis-honored my profile. I took a green apple , cut it in half and using a melonballer scooped out the inside to get just the skin. Then I cut the skin cleanly in a curved I placed the skin over the peeled section of the red apple to get a nice effect. I took into consideration the comments from last challenge and made it red and green... not black and white. Lots of thanks to my brother!

Statistics
Place: 239 out of 287
Avg (all users): 4.4858
Avg (commenters): 4.4643
Avg (participants): 4.2125
Avg (non-participants): 4.6168
Views since voting: 837
Views during voting: 343
Votes: 247
Comments: 34
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 05/23/2006 03:23:53 PM
Thanks for all of your comments! I hope to break five in my next challenge.
 05/08/2006 11:53:57 AM
Hey there from the Critique Club

This is one of the most creative captures of the challenge. You did a very nice job presenting the appearance that the apples are indeed joined. I know that you've heard some of it already, but I going to echo your past comments a bit. The black dish is horribly distracting. With it simply sitting there, it probably took away a full point for most of the voters, maybe even more. Perhaps it was a shot at your last Complementary Colors challenge, including the black dish on the white background. It also looks like your camera chose the dish for the main point of focus for the image, thus leaving the apple just a touch out of focus. With the aperture set at 2.8, your depth of field is left very shallow. Judging from that and the 1/50 sec shutter speed, I assume that you were trying to compensate for low light. May try it again outside, or in a brighter room. I like the wide, rectangular composition that you created, and the colors complement each other nicely. I would have liked it a bit better if the green skin had gone up to the stem, but that wouldn't cost you any points in my voting. I think you had an excellent idea that didn't reach its full potential. The creativity is well above average, but the execution falls a bit below. As is, I'd rank it in the 3-4 range. Removing the dish and improving the focus would easily put in in the 6-7 range, in my opinion.
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 05/04/2006 05:04:49 AM
I am colourblind (red/green) but still I can see that this is red and green. Arent they complimentary colours?
Originally posted by sammigurl:
None of those are complimentary colors.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/02/2006 07:30:27 PM
I like the creativity! I am not sure what the black thing is, but IMO it takes away from the photo.
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 05/02/2006 05:49:37 PM
Hey, I just wanted to say that this photo would've been awesome w/out the plate....
cool though!!
P.S.-Phoenix says hi (or meow...?!)
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 05/02/2006 11:43:02 AM
What is the black part at the bottom and why all the empty white space?
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 05/01/2006 11:38:21 PM
What a good idea - but what is the black thing? I wish you'd just kept the two tone apple as your subject.
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 04/30/2006 04:10:19 PM
why didn't you have the green skin go all the way up? the black thing is distracting
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 04/30/2006 03:39:44 PM
None of those are complimentary colors.
 04/30/2006 12:41:39 PM
interesting take on this challenge, the black item takes away from the photo
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 04/30/2006 08:39:40 AM
Clever idea, but could be a little sharper. Not sure what the grey thing is, but it draws the eye away from the point of the composition.
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 04/30/2006 05:58:49 AM
Nice idea, but I feel the composition is a bit unbalanced, and the focus seems off.
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 04/30/2006 05:56:07 AM
doesnt strike me
title doenst add much but fits the challenge/ wat is that dark thing on the bottom?
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 04/30/2006 05:13:21 AM
Nice work putting this togethere. I love the concept.
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 04/29/2006 05:01:16 PM
Maybe too much dead space.
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 04/29/2006 04:32:51 PM
It's hard to tell what's going on here.
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 04/29/2006 11:40:38 AM
Nice creative idea. I like it.
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 04/29/2006 10:54:26 AM
nice. this must have taken a bit of work to create. for that setup, you get a good score ;)
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 04/29/2006 09:04:03 AM
okay not baddly done at all -6
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 04/29/2006 04:22:55 AM
I find the black thing distracting and there is alot of glares on the apple
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 04/29/2006 01:38:19 AM
how was this done??
peeled off from a green apple?

hhmmm...
maybe a little more focus?
(^o^)
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 04/28/2006 11:40:52 PM
I like the idea with the apples, but it took me quite some time to understand that this blue thing is probably simply a plate.
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 04/27/2006 04:59:06 PM
2 - Not sure what you've done here but don't think the 'vision' has been achieved. No idea what the black thing is, but detracts, in my opinion.
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 04/27/2006 04:42:23 PM
Nice apple, the bowl is distracting.
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 04/27/2006 09:34:38 AM
what is that black thing ? very disturbing.
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 04/27/2006 07:37:35 AM
did u use photo editing cause im not buyin it. especially here. ^
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 04/27/2006 06:26:12 AM
Would have loved a better focus on this one. Nice idea
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 04/27/2006 01:24:26 AM
unsharp, overprocessed, uninspured composition (too much white/grey space) and crop (panorama? what for?). and what's that stuff behind the apple?
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 04/26/2006 07:28:01 PM
good shot
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 04/26/2006 10:52:29 AM
aarggh, GM horrors . . .too much dead space
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 04/26/2006 04:43:41 AM
ooo.. i whish you had skiped the plate.. just have the apple :( oh this coulde have been so nice.. very good idea 6
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 04/26/2006 04:19:01 AM
A very cool idea and the seam on the apple is very good. I really find the black object to be very distracting ... it was the first thing I noticed in the photo and my eye keeps being drawn to it.
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 04/26/2006 01:11:08 AM
it's really blurry...sorry
 04/26/2006 12:32:47 AM
Good idea! Could be sharper, and I feel the plate is a little distracting to me. Either see most or all of the plate, or leave it out. I definately feel like I want to see more of the apple.
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