Prickly Pear Redux for Aimeethetoo, This Time in Blue
by noraneko

Comment by Hipychik:
I think you did a great job. I like it as well as the original.

Reach
by noraneko

Comment by sulamk:
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background good,
Technical: Focus, good Exposure: good,
Appeal:lovely soft colour,

Total Averaged Rating 6.

Prickly Pear Redux for Aimeethetoo, This Time in Blue
by noraneko

Comment by bassbone:
Cool image Cat! Very cool tribute to an awesome shot.

Prickly Pear Redux for Aimeethetoo, This Time in Blue
by noraneko

Comment by SandyP:
I love this photo! You did a great job. I also put just a little of my own style in mine and feel that it hurt my score. This is really good and has just the right Noraneko touch to it :)

Prickly Pear Redux for Aimeethetoo, This Time in Blue
by noraneko

Comment by aimeethetoo:
Congratualtions on the excellent score. Very nice image. I know just what you mean about doing a straight-up copy. I decided to alter my Deja Vu image a bit myself. A copy did feel wierd - for me it felt more like a technical exercise - not a reflection of myself artistically (not to mention BORING!). I think I payed for a little in my score (2,3,4's). Thanks for choosing my image to do - it was so cool to see it in the challenge! Nicely done. : )

Prickly Pear Redux for Aimeethetoo, This Time in Blue
by noraneko

Comment by riversong:
Great tribute!!

Prickly Pear Redux for Aimeethetoo, This Time in Blue
by noraneko

Comment by CNovack:
One really has to really have a lot of patience and time to stick over a 100 pins into the pear. A really nice emulation of the original. Lighting is good with all elements evenly light and no harsh shadows cast that would distract the eye from the main subject. I do have a few suggestions on how you can improve the visual impact of your composition. First is to have found a pear with a more even skin color and tone. The patches of brown here & there on the pear is less appealing then one that has a even green skin tone for it looks fresh and healthy. Next the shape of the fruit can impact the appeal of the visual. A pear with the steam sticking straight up out of the top of the pear will not break up the smooth curvy shape of the pear as much as one sticking out a bit lopsided and not directly on the top. Lastly, while you have some detail here it could be much more sharper. Dare I say sharp as a pin? All the pins could be in sharp focus if you use a smaller aperture - a higher aperture of 8 or above can get you nice sharp details in the foreground & background of your image. Aimeethetoo lists her stats of her composition as aperture: 9.0, ISO: 200, Shutter: 1/400. Depending on your light source you may have to play with shutter speeds to see which yields the better exposed sharper shot. None-the-less a good shot but it just needs a little more work to get it into the stellar category.

Prickly Pear Redux for Aimeethetoo, This Time in Blue
by noraneko

Comment by see:
Nice take on the original, a slight detraction because your DOF is a bit shallow, still a good shot and a 8 from me.

Prickly Pear Redux for Aimeethetoo, This Time in Blue
by noraneko

Comment by MAK:
That must of taken you AGES to set up -7-

Prickly Pear Redux for Aimeethetoo, This Time in Blue
by noraneko

Comment by dnstommy:
It has a great look, but I think you should have used a macro light on it and gotten more of the pins to sparkle. It seems flat on one side.