Bananas
by hajeka

Comment by Ken:
I'm not sure exactly what you were trying to do, but I'll give some input, hopefully it helps. Besides the spots on the banana, the reflections off the banana and especially the spots on the steps upfront. If you're using a lamp or something similar, putting a paper towel or similar over it can soften it quite a bit. As far as color temperature, are you using auto WB? It doesn't look bad on my monitor here (laptop, calibrated but seems off a bit) but you can get it better by choosing the WB manually or using a gray card (or wall) and taking the picture and setting WB to that. If you have any questions, just send a PM.

Bananas
by hajeka

Comment by cutout:
you got vision

Bananas
by hajeka

Comment by Maggye:
Nice composition, the only thing, you seem to be losing some detail in the highlights.

Bananas
by hajeka

Comment by sherpet:
I like the textures of this one.....

Colors
by hajeka

Comment by Ken:
At first I didn't care for the pencil box, but the more I look at it the more I like it, especially the bit of pencil that shows the use. The color looks great on my monitor.

Fuse
by hajeka

Comment by Ken:
It's amazing how two different items go so well together. Even though the month is almost gone, this makes me want to try for something like this.

Fuse
by hajeka

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
Nice composition and a good idea to use the match for both size and composition and to add a little color. It even has a little "H" for Hajeka on it.
I do the same thing with my P&S when I can't see the lettering on something small. It's also a great way to get the model and serial numbers of things when you need to have them for later.

Fuse
by hajeka

Comment by glad2badad:
He-he. It's funny how the simple things can work at times. The first thing I thought of when I saw this was the phrase "Light the fuse".

Great detail...you can see the texture of the paper reflected in the bottom metal of the fuse and the matchstick reflected in the top piece of the fuse.

Fuse
by hajeka

Comment by GregoryB:
Excellent detail and lighting once again Henk.

Fuse
by hajeka

Comment by bjoern:
I like the simplicity of it - even if it is a "practical shot".