Basket of Nourishment
by griz210

Comment by JerseyGenie:
Congrats Griz. Nice job. I'm not a fruit eater generally, but your basket looks so nice, I might even be enticed! Congrats David.
Jeanne
Yeah, we WILL celebrate together.

Message edited by author 2007-02-19 09:47:41.

Basket of Nourishment
by griz210

Comment by Elaine:
Wow-great finish! Congratulations on your new personal best. I love the arrangement and lighting. The crop might be a little tight on the basket. As to the background, I think pure black would have been too stark.

Basket of Nourishment
by griz210

Comment by noraneko:
Beautiful shot, David! The lighting is superb, and you also did a fantastic job with composing this still life. Yay!!!

Basket of Nourishment
by griz210

Comment by bmartuch:
Beautiful colors and great contrasting background.

Basket of Nourishment
by griz210

Comment by kashi:
Ooh - a personal best ! Congratulations.

I gave this a -6- during voting. It's a bit soft, and the crop is just a bit too tight on the basket.

The lighting is perfect, and the colours are wonderful.

Basket of Nourishment
by griz210

Comment by Melethia:
Congrats on the new personal best! The lighting in this shot is perfect - no harsh glares anywhere, very soft, and great color. You also did a very good job arranging the basket and placing it within the frame, though maybe leave just a WEE bit of space above the handle to keep it all in frame. But I really liked this one when voting (didn't do a lot of commenting on this challenge). It's a bit quieter, a bit more "gentle" than some of the higher scoring pics but that's DPC for you. This be very good!

Basket of Nourishment
by griz210

Comment by JuliBoc:
Congratulation on your new personal best. You deserved it with this shot.

Some people said you should make the background blacker. I happen to like the folds in the fabric. Maybe the problem is it is in between. It's a little too dark to see the fabric, and a little to light to be a pure black. I'd go for lighter, because you seem to have taken some care to arrange the fabric, and I think that would be more interesting than the stock shot you'd get with pure black.

Basket of Nourishment
by griz210

Comment by levyj413:
Congrats on your new high score! Just ignore lecter. Still life is still life, and this is a beautifully colorful example.

To increase the score by a bit, there are a few small things you could do: don't crop quite so tightly, really nail the focus, maybe brighten it a bit, and make your background pure black. Oh, and I suppose misting some water onto the fruit wouldn't hurt - that seems to bump scores at DPC.

But those are all small things.

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Comment by JunieMoon:
Really nice photo. The lighting looks very late in the day. Nice job.

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by griz210

Comment by JunieMoon:
Nice composition. Love the color contrasts, too. Might need a bit of exposure compensation on the people, though, to make them stand out a little better.