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Challenge: Lucky 13 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenges 2011
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Front yard
Date: Mar 27, 2011
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/40
Date Uploaded: Mar 27, 2011

 The whole reason for shooting this is to show off the bowl. My sister made it. Isn't it gorgeous? But to meet the challenge, it had to have stuff in it, so a trip to Costco (which is a nightmare on a Saturday, mind you) was in order to get the limes. And oh how they've gone up in price lately! Used to be you could get a bag of limes for $4. Now it's $7! Horrors! :-)

Shot this morning with dull flat gray light on the sidewalk out front, after a slight morning drizzle; 1/3 stop underexposed, handheld. Was going to reshoot with the tripod if I liked what I saw, but it got brighter out before I got that far. Processed using Lightroom with a preset (300v1, tweaked to tone down the blown highlights it created) then Photoshop. I may get this one printed. I kinda like it.

Betting no one will guess this is me, huh?

Statistics
Place: 6 out of 96
Avg (all users): 6.5448
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.6087
Avg (non-participants): 6.5152
Views since voting: 2098
Views during voting: 299
Votes: 145
Comments: 35
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 04/07/2011 10:50:25 AM
Congrats, great processing on this.
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 04/04/2011 09:22:17 AM
way to go, Deb! great colors here
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 04/04/2011 07:46:23 AM
Congrats, Deb, on your top ten. Very nice treatment of the subject, I'm happy to have been one of your 9s (the highest score I gave on this challenge). Cheers!
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 04/04/2011 05:45:16 AM
love the treatment here.
There's something I love about stuff in a bowl shot from above as well. Real nice.
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 04/04/2011 05:42:45 AM
Even when it's not your quirky wonderful stuff, I still love your photos! I gave this a 9. Spectacularly beautiful -- the limes just glow! Congrats on a marvelous top 10!
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 04/04/2011 05:23:28 AM
sehr schönes und wirkungsvolles still-life! Gratulation zum 6. Platz. Very well done!
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 04/04/2011 05:17:20 AM
This was YOU???!!!! Awesome shot Ms. Fort. My favorite in the challenge.
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 04/04/2011 05:04:46 AM
WOW So clear great composition and in all a DAM GOOF NATURALK looking STILL LIFE PHOTO.....
Love it..from SheZ
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 04/04/2011 04:55:47 AM
Wonderful effort - heartily rewarded - congrats!!
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 04/03/2011 08:34:07 PM
Definitely would not have suspected it was you Deb! Didn't even look at this challenge, so haven't seen it until now. Well done on the top 10!
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 04/03/2011 08:33:22 PM
Awesome! An 8 from me, fun to see it's a "Deb"!
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 04/03/2011 08:20:50 PM
Congrats, a beautiful still life.
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 04/03/2011 08:17:53 PM
SEE?????!!! We all told you so. Congrats on the top 10.
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 04/03/2011 08:12:55 PM
Attractive combo, great limited palette, transition of textures.
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 04/03/2011 08:12:02 PM
Oh GOLLY I'm glad this is in the Top SIX!!! The bowl is... well.. it's wonderful... but the photography is at least as much so.

YipppppEEE for the voters seeing it, too!!

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 04/03/2011 08:06:42 PM
Deb, This is lovely. Congratulations! Nice bowl too!
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 04/03/2011 08:02:07 PM
whoo hoo yeah! top 10 :D Congrats!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/03/2011 07:57:17 PM
Tequilla!
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 04/03/2011 06:14:33 PM
So wonderful. So fresh! Love the green.
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 04/03/2011 05:35:58 AM
wow - excellent textures and what terrific tones! Love it!!
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 04/01/2011 10:30:46 AM
Beautiful lighting and texture.
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 03/31/2011 04:52:25 PM
A beautiful image
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 03/31/2011 07:53:25 AM
Simple and elegant. Love it.
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 03/30/2011 06:15:14 PM
Love the image - 10
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 03/30/2011 06:08:11 PM
Great job with the textures. The off centered placement works really well.
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 03/29/2011 06:22:03 PM
lovely work - this has 'pro' written all over it
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 03/29/2011 10:18:31 AM
This one is really good. Love the lighting
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 03/29/2011 03:25:33 AM
That only one of the limes has highlight blowout actually adds to the picture. Magnificent!
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 03/29/2011 01:03:52 AM
Those there limes have a 3D feel to them, I'm a sucker for shots from above, 9.
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 03/28/2011 04:01:03 PM
Nice still life image.
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 03/28/2011 03:29:41 PM
Nice image...love the texture with the limes.
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 03/28/2011 08:56:50 AM
Oh Golly! I LOVE THIS! (not voting)
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 03/28/2011 06:44:42 AM
So clear and sharp.. Very nice! 9
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 03/28/2011 05:23:45 AM
Excellent!!
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 03/27/2011 09:25:17 PM
Love this, Deb. Glad you chose this version :-)
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