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Still Life with Pears
Still Life with Pears
nheilweil


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Challenge: Fruits and Vegetables II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Location: Redmond, WA
Date: Feb 11, 2007
Aperture: 11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.6 secs
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Feb 11, 2007

 After a 3 month hiatus of no submissions, I couldn't stand it any longer and decided to create a traditional still life and keep it "painterly".

Ran out to a thrift store and bought some plates, a mug and a sheet and painted them with gray tempra paint. The sheet was still pretty wet with paint and it was a constant battle to make sure that I didn't get any paint on my hands and then on my camera...lots of hand washing!

Compact fluorescent light from the left and moved around a small flashlight shining on the pears. Used my Expodisc to nail the WB of the fluorescent light.

CS3 Beta (loving the new RAW interface!): duotoned orange on the highlights, separate levels for the backdrop, plates & pears, little sat boost on the pears, touch of vignetting in the corners, resized, USM.

I'm pleased with the outcome...hope this does well, but if not at least I've got the update button back in my life!

Statistics
Place: 50 out of 346
Avg (all users): 6.1404
Avg (commenters): 6.7619
Avg (participants): 6.0091
Avg (non-participants): 6.3770
Views since voting: 1094
Views during voting: 303
Votes: 171
Comments: 27
Favorites: 6 (view)

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 04/29/2007 11:45:38 AM
This is fabulous - I love how the background and the dishes are so dull and subtle... and how in brilliant contrast the pears are glowing and ablaze with color. It makes for a glorious image - so subtle, yet so brilliant!
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 02/19/2007 04:21:11 AM
This is stunning! I think you accomplished what you set out to do.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/18/2007 04:32:41 PM
Nice!!
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 02/18/2007 11:55:22 AM
7
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 02/18/2007 08:33:45 AM
This will sure be the winning one.... 10
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 02/17/2007 04:40:17 PM
I love how dark this is. 8
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 02/17/2007 06:27:13 AM
Very artistic. Great composition & lighting setup. This would look right at home framed in a gallery.
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 02/15/2007 07:51:26 PM
Nice inner glow.
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 02/14/2007 06:46:47 PM
Nice work
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 02/14/2007 05:07:41 PM
5
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 02/14/2007 04:03:26 PM
painting quality . . . something weird with the colours..... too bad
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 02/14/2007 03:54:05 PM
I like what you did. The brightness on the fruit really creates a nice contrast. I also like how well the textures show up.
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 02/14/2007 11:16:37 AM
Good attempt. Very interesting composition. I think the lighting could be improved a little though.
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 02/14/2007 07:30:48 AM
A mesmerizing photo indeed... I would have been fooled and thought it was a drawing if it was not part of a photograph contest. A great job!
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 02/14/2007 05:20:57 AM
Wow, the spotlighting on the pears really make them stand out from the background! In some ways this almost takes on the appearance of an oil painting. I love the look of this still life but I think it needs a tad more illumination on the pitcher and plates. Upping the gamma a tad or using a little more light would make those objects stand out a little more from their background. Hmmmm...just had a thought that adding a little more light might be problematic if you used a long exposure with light painting technique. If so then the only way to brighten up those objects a bit is to use gamma correction selectively or even brightness/contrast levels.
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 02/14/2007 04:53:40 AM
Very "old masters" looking -- I like this one a lot!
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 02/14/2007 04:04:35 AM
very nice
I would reamy like to hear about your lighting after che challenge
I think this one should be on the top page
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 02/13/2007 09:17:27 PM
Like this a lot, would like to know hoe you went about this.
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 02/13/2007 02:57:02 PM
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 02/13/2007 10:43:57 AM
nice classical composition
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 02/13/2007 06:41:52 AM
I like how you've lit this shot. Looks like a Dutch Realist painting. Nice job.
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 02/12/2007 08:30:29 PM
Could hang this on any wall....10
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 02/12/2007 07:17:02 AM
Is this an artistic spoof? Looks familiar, somehow, based on a painting or something. :)
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 02/12/2007 07:02:22 AM
Very classic composition, lighting and coloring. 7
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 02/11/2007 11:46:23 PM
good photo
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 02/11/2007 07:52:13 PM
Yes. pretty original. Nice color choices
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 02/11/2007 07:49:32 PM
Nice. Best tones yet.
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 02/11/2007 07:40:48 PM
wow, looks like a painting...love the brown bg
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