shadow/highlight
healing tool to clean up
channel mixer - adjusted green channel
duplicated layer and set mode to multiply - applied mask to that layer and painted back highlights I wanted with soft low opacity black brush
burning in some areas
cropped a bit
resized
sharpened
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I gave this an 8. Really liked the concept - difficult given the colorings, however just wish the blacks were bolder/more 'depth', if that makes sense. Perhaps a variation in lighting, not sure. Also, just a little sharper on the olives/texture(s).
This is a tough one. I want to say it's too dark, but then the subject is dark so it needs to be. Hmmm. The composition is fine. I wish you could have gotten that back olive in focus with a deeper aperture. Light green olives might have been a better choice?
I never thought someone could find emotion in black olives... but it really looks like you've done it. The openings really look like mouths almost crying for help and the water droplets, in this vein, look like sweat.
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