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Strawberry Nipples
Strawberry Nipples
Judi


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Challenge: Abstract Food (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date: Jul 13, 2006
Aperture: 1/32
ISO: 500
Shutter: 1/2
Galleries: Macro, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jul 13, 2006

 IMG_3902.CR2
Entry number 33

This strawberry is less than an inch long but this is the full crop. I didn't want a full abstract that this was completely unrecogniseable....but I wanted something that was not normally recogniseable by the normal viewer.

100mm Macro and a 50mm reversed.

Statistics
Place: 98 out of 199
Avg (all users): 5.5545
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.5476
Avg (non-participants): 5.5588
Views since voting: 2387
Views during voting: 330
Votes: 220
Comments: 9
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 07/23/2006 09:16:33 PM
first of all - that image title is obscene! LMAO... ok, it's creative.
I liked the DOF and especially that green leaf on the right corner. I would personally bumped the contrast up a little, but that's just me. Nice photo nonetheless.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/21/2006 05:40:32 PM
Lovely macro and I love the colors.
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 07/20/2006 06:23:44 PM
Lovely macro shot. The textures are wonderful. The colors are warm and sooting eyt I wished the DOF was greater. Still a wonderful image.
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 07/18/2006 05:41:23 PM
Abstract as I perceive abstract? Yes. This works well as an abstract and is still mostly recognizable - would have taken me a minute to figure it was a strawberry.
Do I like it? Yes.
Technicals? Composition is very good; good use of color and the diagonal corner. Also very good use of DOF.
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 07/18/2006 12:52:23 PM
Now there's quite the macro, very nice! Awesome detail and texture.
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 07/17/2006 06:38:29 PM
This is a wonderful macro. I can't vote but I sure can leave comments. Maybe a bit of saturation would make this better.
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 07/17/2006 12:47:56 PM
great abstraction!
the colors and shapes are lovely. i have two suggestions that you can take or leave as you please:
- don't feel married to the 3x2 format of your camera. in this case, i think there's a bit at the top and a bit more at the bottom that could be cropped off. the seeds and the veins in the leaves are beautiful, but the top and bottom of the frame are nothing but blurred areas. possibly 5x7 or 4x3 would have suited you better.
- IMHO, the importance of capturing a full tonal range (in most cases) cannot be overstated. you have lovely gradients and lighting, but virtually no white. especially with a solid white border, the image itself winds up looking dark and underarticulated. for this picture, possibly some dodging on the light areas circling the seeds would have added a bit of welcome 'pop.'

good luck :)
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 07/17/2006 11:18:52 AM
Your strawberry is better than mine! LOL
I couldn't get that macro shot to save my neck.
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 07/16/2006 08:42:11 PM
why do people in this challenge keep saying nipple??
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