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Challenge: Table Shot II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Location: Studio
Date: Jan 26, 2007
Aperture: f28/5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jan 27, 2007

 knife and red holly berries on a white plate shot at eye level



Cropped, adjusted curves (first time with that tool), saturation, smart sharpen, neatimage, thin border, sftw -then another smart sharpen pass (first time using the 2nd pass -- BIG difference)

========= What a ride! Many, many thanks for the comments -- a new high finish.

Statistics
Place: 6 out of 180
Avg (all users): 6.8991
Avg (commenters): 7.8750
Avg (participants): 6.8889
Avg (non-participants): 6.9038
Views since voting: 2474
Views during voting: 365
Votes: 228
Comments: 30
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 04/06/2007 10:57:59 AM
This is a fantastic photo!
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 04/06/2007 10:19:25 AM
Very nice shot, so crisp and clear, focus and DOF is spot on.
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 02/07/2007 01:16:30 PM
Congratulations on your top ten finish. I love the clean crispness and color play. Very nice.
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 02/06/2007 10:03:09 PM
dito... feel unofficially ribboned by me!
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 02/06/2007 07:37:22 PM
really thought this would be in the top 3...great job!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/06/2007 08:24:27 AM
never seen a knife like that, top three for me so far, great, 9
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 02/05/2007 06:50:54 AM
nice image i like the contrast between the white plate and the baby red tomatos
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 02/04/2007 05:11:47 PM
I like the minimalistic look of this and the spots of color
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 02/04/2007 08:21:25 AM
Clean & simple - love the little splash of color. Back to bump you up to 8.
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 02/03/2007 04:42:47 PM
Nice, clean and simplistic composition. great
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 02/02/2007 11:53:34 AM
Red on white works. But white (plate) on white background took away some 'oomph' to the overall impact of this image.
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 02/02/2007 05:50:16 AM
I love the SDOF, and the minimal feel to the tomatos.
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 02/02/2007 03:22:46 AM
Very nice! Crips DOF and focus. Nice composition. 8
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 02/02/2007 02:32:38 AM
Are those currant tomatoes? Nice simple layout. The knife just kind of dissappears with the angle its on but it offers a good line. Nice work. bumpingup to 8.
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 02/01/2007 06:14:40 PM
nice minimalism, i love the contrast and crisp selective focusing
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 02/01/2007 09:36:59 AM
Simple and yet sophisticated! I like the lines and red touch.
If anything, you could have leveled the plate...
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 02/01/2007 04:50:58 AM
I love the shot. Good job with white on white (table/plate). I like the bareness of it. But after looking at it some wondered if it needed more. But my first thought was love it. The only thing that bothers me is the knife. I would like to see a hair more of it so it is not just a line through the shot.
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 01/31/2007 02:14:03 PM
This is one of my favourites, I love the DOF and the stark image with the little bit of red. Well done!
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 01/31/2007 07:40:48 AM
This image is very simple and I think there could be more, but I like the red on white coloring!
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 01/31/2007 07:06:08 AM
I especially like how the red sticks out on the whtie plate and background. It brings a lot of interest to the photograph.
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 01/31/2007 04:40:14 AM
like the simplicity, colour range 8
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 01/31/2007 04:20:57 AM
I really like how the tomatoes are in focus and the only color in the photo. then how the knife lies across the plate at that angle is really unique.
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 01/31/2007 03:57:38 AM
love the splash of color, but the knife seems almost too obscure.
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 01/31/2007 03:37:29 AM
sweet shot.
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 01/31/2007 03:19:04 AM
Minimalist and good contrast, somehow trying to see what's on the upper part of shot, as if there was something missing..
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 01/31/2007 01:05:01 AM
at last!
A good clean shot on a table
7
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 01/30/2007 10:42:35 PM
Initially a bit hard to make out it is a knife. I would like to see one of those cheery tomatoes getting the taste of the steel
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 01/30/2007 08:58:24 PM
This is absolutely perfect in every way...I wish I had ideas like this! 10
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 01/30/2007 08:13:33 PM
Very good comp and use of colors. 8
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 01/30/2007 07:44:28 PM
this is great! love the contrast between the tomatoes(?) and everything else 10
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