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Techo's Breakfast Spread
Techo's Breakfast Spread
TonyT


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Challenge: Purple III (Basic Editing)
Collection: 2008 Challenges
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Location: My Studio
Date: Aug 19, 2008
Aperture: f/20
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250 sec
Galleries: Still Life, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Aug 19, 2008

 In honor of Techo. I saw the eggplant at the store and a bottle of grape jelly and thought....ok. Here we go.

The label is a photograph of the jelly bottle I snapped and cut up and glued on. This took the most prep time ever for a challenge.

Techo, please don't be mad at me.

Editing steps:
Open RAW. Minor adjustments.
Rotate Canvas, Noise Ninja, Shadow/Highlight, Selective Color, USM, Crop, Image Size, Convert Profile, Canvas Size (for border)

Statistics
Place: 40 out of 227
Avg (all users): 6.0404
Avg (commenters): 6.5500
Avg (participants): 5.8101
Avg (non-participants): 6.1933
Views since voting: 1134
Views during voting: 407
Votes: 198
Comments: 22
Favorites: 0

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 08/27/2008 06:23:41 AM
I can appreciate the prep time going in and think you did a great job with the details. I don't mind the use of my name in the title one bit. I'm actually honored you gave the shot a go. I like the lighting, it's just different. In some ways I like it more than in my shot. I find this fun in spoof kind of way, eggplant for grapejuice LOL. Still it's all purple and good looking.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/26/2008 06:43:16 PM
Confounding us with purple grape on purple eggplant sets the funny tone, but slicing the eggplant sends this brilliantly into the surreal zone. Very enjoyable.
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 08/26/2008 06:15:57 PM
Very cool idea.
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 08/25/2008 02:40:49 PM
Nice try at matching techo, didn't quite get it though. I guess maybe it's the lighting and background?
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 08/25/2008 06:26:54 AM
Cute take on Techo's tomato/ketchup photo....but is that an eggplant? LOL
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 08/25/2008 04:50:31 AM
Not fair to use another photographer's name in your title. I wouldn't want anyone to do it to me. A big fat zero for you!
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 08/24/2008 04:23:38 PM
Very creative concept! The flower seems kind of random but does balance the composition a bit.
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 08/23/2008 09:54:00 PM
Got a good chuckle from this one...you got the purple covered from all directions!!!
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 08/23/2008 07:39:33 PM
Where did you come up with this idea? VERY unique.
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 08/23/2008 07:29:48 AM
Yuk, eggplant for breakfast? Jejeje�
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 08/23/2008 06:39:55 AM
Reminds me of the tomato ketchup shot : )
Neatly done and set up, and the flower adds that extra touch. The only thing I would say to improve is better lighting. good shot : )
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 08/23/2008 06:13:01 AM
cool shot, great idea and good clarity and tones
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 08/23/2008 12:27:30 AM
How come the lable matches up but the sides don't?
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 08/22/2008 11:00:54 PM
VERY nice! Reminds me of the statue of Arthur Fiedler in Boston. //www.worldofstock.com/closeups/AAB1483.php
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 08/21/2008 10:04:41 AM
Because it is a reproduction of an previously done shot, I am not able to resist myself from comparing both the shots, which I should not be doing, I suppose.

Nicely executed though it was done before. Good lighting. Excellent craft work in preparing the setup.

What I am missing is the connection between the eggplant and the grape jelly label (other than the fact that they are both purple). Bcos, Techo's shot was abt a tomato ketchup label on fresh sliced tomatoes, which was screaming the quality & richness of the ketchup brand. May be it is just me.

Other than that it is just excellent.

Raj
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 08/20/2008 04:08:39 PM
Clever idea, but the execution of the photo leaves a little to be desired for me to give this anything higher than a 6.
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 08/20/2008 06:00:56 AM
Creative. I like it. I don't understand why you cut the eggplant.
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 08/19/2008 11:09:37 PM
Grape jelly inside an eggplant? very strange. Lighting is by far not as good as in techo's shot, so is the arrangement of slices. And why the flower?
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 08/19/2008 09:38:04 PM
haha, I like the idea. A little more light would have been nice.
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 08/19/2008 08:57:19 PM
very cool.
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 08/19/2008 08:55:44 PM
Haha, except it's made with eggplants (?) instead of grapes (unless you grow giant grapes? :) )...great execution!
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 08/19/2008 08:37:30 PM
why is there a flower included here? the welchs holds its own...
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