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by mBastin

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
I had thought this was an intentional desaturation. the other aspects of the photo were done well enough that I was pretty sure you meant it to be that way. I suspected the look would not go over well. I gave it a 6, however.

Stacked
by mBastin

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Not sure if the subdued color treatment will go over well with everyone. I'll be curious to see where this places.

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by mBastin

Comment by Blackbox:
The photo seems to lack color. Maybe it's just my monitor?

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by mBastin

Comment by kauisyndrome:
The colors seem off to me, and overall a little oof. Nice compo, though.

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Comment by kivgaen:
It's very dark. With the red and green apples, were you going for this muted approach on purpose? I would have liked to see more intense or saturated colours and contrast between the reds and greens. I also think using the rule of thirds would have made this a more successful image (having the tower built on the right hand side, for example).

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Comment by vawendy:
It's very nice, but it also seems dark and for such colorful food, the colors are extremely muted. Did you try playing with levels and saturation? I making the colors more natural would help quite a bit.

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Comment by LearnD:
It's too gray, I'm sure you were going for something but it makes it dull and gloomy looking. Good idea although I think bright vibrant colours make fruit and veggie pictures more appealing.

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Comment by Mylle:
cirque du soleil?

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Comment by ineedauniquename:
not sure about the colours, I think complete B&W would have worked better - red tomatoes are so cliched that slightly red looks washed out a bit. LIke the construction though

Curves
by mBastin

Comment by Ecce_Signum:
Greetings from Andi via the Critique Club Mike and congratulations on a great score in your first challenge here!

First Impression: A well lit shot with some great contrasting curves. Sadly my eye is constantly drawn to the small shadow on the left most paper.

Composition: The shot nicely fills the frame and the idea to have opposing angles and an odd number of curves is excellent.

Subject: Yup, its pink so meets the challenge and whilst folded paper is becoming quite common here a well shot example is always pleasing to view so thanks!

Technical:Lovely pastel colours with the darker constradting right subject gives the shot the edge, lighting is almost perfect (that 1 shadow spoils it a little for me). Maybe if the 3 subjects were totally symmetrical the image might be improved slightly?

Final thoughts: Great choice for the challenge and in my book should have been a 6+ however you now have that joyous occaision to come ;) Good luck for future challenges!