All my most creative ideas fell through, the initial idea was to
1) Have a dramatic, EVE-esque model kind of shot, red-head model, red apple, over the shoulder, selective desat on everything that isn't red etc... The model got sick
2) Planned to cut up the apple into little pieces and suspend it with black thread on a black background, this plan fell through because of disorganization
3) Resolved to execute an unoriginal idea, I was going to drop the apple into a bath and capture the splash. Time constraints and laziness meant that I couldn't realize this.
4) Settled on a corny macro with the water droplets and everything. A bit of a creative compromise - I do, however, smell impending irony as my most unoriginal entry to date will probably outperform my previous ones.
USM, Blue duotone (grayscale initially), brightness/contrast, curves
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I liked this - amazing detail on the apple skin. Thought it deserved more than this!
Thanks for the encouragement, man. I think this shot works better out of an 'apple challenge' context because as an idea for the apple challenge it's a bit flat, but as a generic textured macro shot it works. I think I got grilled by the voters for the simplicity of the subject and the perceived lack of creativity.
Strangely enough, I thought this was quite a 'stock photography' type image which can sometiems do well on DPC - the voters are pretty unpredictable hehe.
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