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Challenge: Still Life With Fruit (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
Location: Home
Date: Jan 24, 2010
Aperture: f19
ISO: nik lo
Shutter: 2 sec
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jan 24, 2010

 Post challenge:
I'm a bit late adding these details because I've been away for a couple of weeks. At around the 70 vote mark it was scoring about 6.65 and then someone asked for it to be validated. After that it dropped to 6.3 before climbing slowly back to its finishing score. (I wonder if anyone has noticed the "This image has been validated" statement having a detrimental effect on the scoring. Maybe it was just coincidence.)
In the meantime, quite a few people commented on the lighting and/or the ray of light. The set-up was straight forward on the kitchen table using natural, overcast daylight from a window. The camera was on a tripod. I used manual exposure for a 2 second shutter speed with 1 stop of underexposure. The 'ray' of light is a roll of white paper being waggled about during the exposure.
On reflection, I feel the crop is a little too tight.

Statistics
Place: 6 out of 141
Avg (all users): 6.5920
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.4789
Avg (non-participants): 6.6699
Views since voting: 2336
Views during voting: 379
Votes: 174
Comments: 16
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 02/01/2010 10:25:26 AM
Interesting lighting!! Good job!
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 02/01/2010 03:18:17 AM
The light is exquisite! Great job!

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 01/31/2010 11:49:11 PM
Great lighting and composition, congratulations!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2010 04:54:15 PM
Love the beautiful, vibrant colors. Those plums look so yummy.
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 01/31/2010 01:04:02 PM
Nice fruit, nice image -- nice colors on the fruit (Comment only, no vote)
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 01/31/2010 12:32:53 PM
The light and the composition are beautiful. A very pleasing image.
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 01/31/2010 11:10:11 AM
The beam of light totally makes this shot for me.
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 01/29/2010 08:32:45 AM
I like your lighting. Nice colours and setup.
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 01/28/2010 01:36:52 PM
So nice, but would be better if the rim of the pot were more level.
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 01/28/2010 03:30:32 AM
Nice composition and clean lighting.
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 01/27/2010 11:06:26 AM
beautiful colors and light- top 10
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 01/27/2010 11:01:53 AM
love the light, very nice 9
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 01/27/2010 05:16:59 AM
Wonderful classic composition here. Lovely lighting...just right. How long did it take to keep those stacked apples in place? :-)
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 01/25/2010 09:07:50 AM
Nice lighting & arrangement
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 01/25/2010 07:31:42 AM
Nice lighting and detail in this simple but harmonious composition.
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 01/24/2010 07:17:09 PM
classic shot here and well done
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