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Jedusi


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Challenge: Fruits and Vegetables II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: My Garage
Date: Feb 11, 2007
Aperture: F4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Feb 10, 2007

 Lit by 3 lamps, two smaller ones on each side, a larger one behind and below pointing upwards, black backdrop.
The flames are real flames, created by feeding a gas pipe into the pepper, then making small puncture holes in the veg and lighting them.
Post processing - very little. Gentle sharpening, saturation, curves to darken the background further and crop.

Statistics
Place: 88 out of 346
Avg (all users): 5.9059
Avg (commenters): 7.8571
Avg (participants): 5.7788
Avg (non-participants): 6.1061
Views since voting: 976
Views during voting: 243
Votes: 170
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

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 02/26/2007 07:46:07 AM
I love this image but agree with MattO 110% ... kill that extra flare and kill the right hand third of that dead space and it will be a much more dynamic shot IMO.
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 02/25/2007 05:20:31 PM
Greetings from the Critique club. First let me say that I enjoyed looking at this entry. Its a very well focused and creative shot. You have good lighting. I would like to see a bit more light on the one side of the pepper. Creative use of negative space, I wish there werent quite so much of it though. That may be a personal preference. Being advanced editing I might also have cloned out the stray flame at the top it takes a bit of focus off the main subject. Overall very creative and well done, fits the challenge well. My vote would have been a 7 had I voted.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/18/2007 05:35:48 PM
Ha! That's great!
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 02/18/2007 08:34:41 AM
congrats... if you're not blue, you wont be far....
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 02/14/2007 08:36:55 AM
very nice
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 02/13/2007 11:01:22 AM
the fire adds a nice effect
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 02/12/2007 08:15:59 PM
Good effect, and color.....9
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 02/12/2007 07:58:50 AM
Clever and well shot.
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 02/12/2007 07:27:43 AM
very cool concept. Great execution. Great technicals, nothing to critique here. 10
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 02/12/2007 07:27:30 AM
Not so sure I really like the composition with all the negative space but I love the concept and exposure is great.
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 02/12/2007 06:41:45 AM
funky.. nice take on the challenge... 8
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 02/12/2007 05:55:32 AM
tramendous clarity and beautiful flame. Effective use of negative space! :0)
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