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Seed of Life
Seed of Life
Lorene


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Seed (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Date: Sep 17, 2006
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/4 sec
Galleries: Digital Art, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Sep 17, 2006

An avocado in my husband's hands. I love how the seed/pit looks so much like wood. I'm really excited about this entry and think it has the potential to be a new high score for me. I'm eager to watch the scores on this one.

Used a flourescent light above/to the side, as well as an overhead light.

Shot in RAW: changed white balance to daylight.

In P/S:
Rotate
Crop
Curves
Selective color (black)
Brightness/Contrast
Hue/Saturation on everything but the avocado (desat)
Hue/Saturation on yellows in avocado (desat)
Burn
Healed some bright spots
Blur
Resize
Unsharp Mask
Save for Web

Statistics
Place: 10 out of 163
Avg (all users): 6.4255
Avg (commenters): 8.1667
Avg (participants): 6.1667
Avg (non-participants): 6.5862
Views since voting: 1793
Views during voting: 288
Votes: 141
Comments: 19
Favorites: 3 (view)


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01/11/2009 11:26:27 PM
I love the line on the hand...I focus on that more than the avocado...wonderful shot...
09/30/2006 07:07:24 PM
Excellent shot. Congratulations on your top ten finish!
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09/29/2006 11:42:34 PM
A very nice presentation. The hands look great and so does the avocato. Everything about this image is fine except that I would have maintained the real color of the pit. However, the image has great impact and its qualities are upheld by finishing in the top ten. Congratulations!
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09/25/2006 02:18:10 AM
The impact of this image is achieved by modifying the textures and the colours in such a way, that they loose touch with reality. I don't see a photographer's work: only that of an illustrator. You are on the wrong path.
09/25/2006 12:15:44 AM
Woohoo! Top ten! Congratulations!!!
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09/25/2006 12:05:27 AM
I thought for sure this was graphic_funk. Just love this. Congrats. I thought it deserved a ribbon.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/24/2006 02:53:41 PM
Great textures of hard and soft
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09/24/2006 11:50:59 AM
Back to comment. Nicely done. Beautiful greens against the nicely textured hands. The lighting is perfect and the shape that the hands make is pleasant. Bumping to 9.
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09/24/2006 10:04:50 AM
I like the idea but it seems a little over processsed.
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09/22/2006 02:39:22 AM
I really like how you processed this shot. Gives it a real life feel. Good composition and lighting. Well done.
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09/21/2006 07:29:20 PM
a very nice shot. fantastic detail in the hands and the avocado. I love the texture of the pit. however, this type of shot is fast becomming very cliche on DPC. I won't hold that against you though. 9
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09/20/2006 11:47:43 AM
Incredible tones and and great PP. A lot of great texture! (and the start of a great guacamole perhaps:-}) 10
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09/20/2006 09:33:47 AM
Nice counterpoint in colours.
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09/19/2006 09:15:08 PM
Wow, you've got all the lines of his hands. Like the saturation of colors and contrast.
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09/19/2006 03:05:05 PM
Very nice!!! Excellent shot!
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09/18/2006 05:46:50 PM
What prompted you to turn hands to mono? They must have be more or less in line with the seed colour? It's a very good photo, but I feel the trick takes away from it, rather than enhances.
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09/18/2006 08:01:00 AM
Excellent image here.....
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09/18/2006 12:32:26 AM
Several hand shots and this is a better one. Great lighting and the hands' details is excellent. I love it.
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09/18/2006 12:29:44 AM
great clarity and lighting...very good against the black bg
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