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Blueberries
Blueberries
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Macro IV (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Olympus C-4000Z
Location: Backyard
Date: Aug 1, 2004
Aperture: 7
ISO: 100
Shutter: 5
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Aug 1, 2004

Natural light.

Post-processing - crop, levels, hue/saturation, blacked out the background and unsharp mask.

Statistics
Place: 26 out of 248
Avg (all users): 6.3043
Avg (commenters): 7.9167
Avg (participants): 6.3306
Avg (non-participants): 6.2500
Views since voting: 1589
Views during voting: 287
Votes: 184
Comments: 29
Favorites: 16 (view)


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08/15/2004 11:53:49 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This is a great shot. I love it. It has nice shapes, forms, textures, and color: all combined to make a photo with a lot of impact. The black background is perfect. The dirt is controversial. I personally like it; it gives the image an earthy feel as well as makes viewers wonder why it is there. Very creative and technically perfect.
08/10/2004 10:16:45 PM
How insulting! Everyone thinks your favorite cereal looks like dirt! Love this photo. Adding it to my favorites.
08/09/2004 05:41:20 PM
this is way cool, lee. when i first saw the thumb, i thought it had an eerie, sort of david lynch quality to it, i guess because of the dirt. like there might be little bugs crawling around in it or something. ah well, lynch is weird and apparently so am i! :) going in my favs.
08/09/2004 05:14:30 PM
I think the dirt adds A LOT to this photo, i'm surprised it didn't do better!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/08/2004 01:08:22 AM
The color is really nice. I know I shouldn't be like this but the stuff (not the blueberries) in the spoon really is not appealing at all. This would have been a 10 without it.
08/07/2004 11:00:49 PM
...and sawdust? I don't get it. I want to love this image, but the idea of food and dirt isn't very appealing. Original though, and good use of selective desaturation.
08/07/2004 10:03:50 PM
It looks like you eat your blueberry with ashes. Interesting image nonetheless.
08/06/2004 02:25:02 PM
Striking, if a little stomach-turning pic. Well done for trying something different. I like the muted blue colouring
08/06/2004 11:52:02 AM
This is just fabulous texture and color. My favorite for the challenge! 10
08/06/2004 04:32:54 AM
The blue on the berries is lovely. I think this would have been so much nicer without the dirt on the berries. The focus and lighting are really excellent.
08/05/2004 08:01:48 PM
the texture in your shot is great.
08/05/2004 08:17:16 AM
Very unusual treatment of a common subject.
The mix of textures and subdued lighting really add so much impact to this image.
Love it...10
My only 10 of the challenge and just added it to my favourites.
08/04/2004 11:48:00 PM
I'd wash them before eating them if I were you. They look a little dirty. Great out of the box macro shot.
08/04/2004 06:48:32 PM
I really like this image! I hope that you don't get marked down because "it doesn't look appetizing". The contrast and composition are excellent. 10 Good Luck
08/04/2004 06:42:41 PM
TEXTURE. This is an awesome example of how texture and colour can make a
very appealing image. I love this shot. I hope others do too. I'm picking it for top ten.
Enjoy your ribbon.
08/04/2004 02:55:49 PM
Interesting comp and colors. Good focus and DOF. Kind of creepy but I'm not sure why. Can't imagine licking the spoon.
08/04/2004 12:58:31 AM
Great subtle but intense colors! I like this very much!
08/03/2004 06:28:25 PM
I really like your blueberry shots
08/03/2004 10:17:15 AM
Nice saturated blue. Great composition. Well done.
08/03/2004 08:17:48 AM
I love this photo. I like the lighting and subject. I like closeup photography a lot and this one really stands out.
08/03/2004 02:57:30 AM
Wow, fantastic. Great color, original subject, very attrative image. Simple, strong.
08/03/2004 12:43:25 AM
One of the best in the challenge. I really like whatever is on the berries. The color, composition and sharpness is great. Definitely a 10.

Good luck...
08/02/2004 06:08:51 PM
There's something very appealing about this earthy picture of blueberries. The desaturation works well and, yes, I'd hang that one on my wall. Good luck! 10
08/02/2004 05:06:26 PM
very cool! very original concept. love the textures, colors, composition, everything
08/02/2004 04:32:22 PM
Great shot, not sure why the dirt in the spoon with the bluberry? The blue is a bit artifical and not as natural as I would like it. But good overall! 7
08/02/2004 11:37:53 AM
That looks pretty unappetizing. I like the darkness of this shot. The color is very arresting.
08/02/2004 09:53:32 AM
Lotsa fiber in that spoonful. Beautiful amount of detail, I love this image.
08/02/2004 05:16:15 AM
I really like your choice of background here.
08/02/2004 12:43:44 AM
This is a wonderful photo! Great job! I would say top 20. Here is a 10!


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