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Challenge: Macro V (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S1 IS
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Jun 30, 2005
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Humorous, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jul 2, 2005

 Lychees and strawberries before we ate them for lunch at work.

@ Fluorescent lighting, handheld.
@ Cropped a little.
@ A little cloning and burning to tone down some of the specular highlights, especially in the foreground.
@ Slight noise-reduction using PictureCooler
@ Resized for DPC
@ USM at 16%/64 dia/TH=5
@ USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH=7
@ SaveAs JPEG = 7/10 quality

Statistics
Place: 249 out of 374
Avg (all users): 5.1037
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 5.1104
Avg (non-participants): 5.0897
Views since voting: 1191
Views during voting: 322
Votes: 241
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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 07/13/2005 12:20:49 AM
Originally posted by kawhona:
Excellent dof ... I like the composition very much ... Some redder strawberries would have been helpful.

Thanks ... some redder strawberries would taste better too!
Originally posted by ladyhawk22:
Nice subject choice! I like whatever those are stuck in with the strawberries....good texture contrast.

Those are lychee "nuts" from China or Southeast Asia, still in their outer "rind." The insides are a fragrant, slightly gelatinous pulp with a fairly large seed. You can probably find them canned in a major supermarket, and fresh in Asian markets when in season. They're great cold on a hot day ...
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/09/2005 10:02:50 PM
The focus seems to be at the bottom while my eyes want it to be in the center
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/09/2005 02:40:41 PM
Fit to challenge criteria: 2 /2
Contrast/Colors: 1/2
Photo Quality: 2/2
Composition: 1/2
My subjective affinity: 0/2
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/08/2005 12:51:49 PM
lighting and exposire looks wrong lacking colour and vibrancy seen in such fruits
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2005 09:48:57 PM
Nice subject choice! I like whatever those are stuck in with the strawberries....good texture contrast.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2005 06:44:37 PM
A little more work with levels and saturation could really help this one. It just comes off very flat, and the colors don't have much pop.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/05/2005 10:07:06 AM
The images that always suffer from a lack of comments are the ones that are right in the middle ground. Everyone comments on the awesome shots. Some comment on the bad shots. But the middle ones, very few people say anything. So here I am to explain why I voted a 5:

This image qualifies as a close-up (not a macro), and has pretty good sharpness and depth of field. I really like the reds in the surrounding strawberries. Where I think it lacks is in the main subject. Something different, even little whisps of whipping cream or some other "stark contrast" to the red of the strawberries, would have added interest to the image. You might also play with lighting to add a little difference in highlights and shadows.

Hope the comments help.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2005 11:21:09 PM
10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2005 04:24:53 PM
good title
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2005 12:08:46 PM
Base: 5
Tech: +2
Subj:
Chln:

Total: 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2005 03:20:28 AM
Excellent dof ... I like the composition very much ... Some redder strawberries would have been helpful.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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