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Banana
Banana
thomasjessen


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Yellow IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: My living room
Date: Jan 14, 2008
Aperture: 20
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0,4
Galleries: Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jan 14, 2008

 Painted a banana black. I was thinking alot on Andy Warhol while shooting.

Set up my light box with yellow background and light from the right. I wanted a strong shade from the banana.

- Did 70-100 shots
- Found the right one. It works best when there is an angle on the banana
- Raw conversion
- Color/contrast/fill light/black adjustments
- Image size
- JEPG export

Statistics
Place: 41 out of 273
Avg (all users): 5.9066
Avg (commenters): 7.2308
Avg (participants): 5.8556
Avg (non-participants): 5.9341
Views since voting: 1051
Views during voting: 440
Votes: 257
Comments: 32
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 01/30/2008 04:20:46 AM
I thought this was a really cool idea and executed well.
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 01/23/2008 04:48:51 PM
Hi

Thanks for all the comments. The banana was spray paintet - completely black. No freezer or stinking old bananas :-)
01/23/2008 11:28:34 AM
Um..it is a little past due from the banana bread stage.. hahaha
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 01/23/2008 12:18:04 AM
Shame this didn't place higher...much appreciation from over here though :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/22/2008 10:49:19 PM
I like the black banana & yellow background in the yellow challenge!
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 01/22/2008 10:05:03 PM
Nice concept of reverting the color perception!
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 01/22/2008 09:34:23 PM
Now this is creative! Well done.
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 01/22/2008 04:51:10 PM
intersting take on it
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 01/22/2008 12:36:27 AM
You just knew this challenge would be full of bananas and lemons - I like that you did something different with it.
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 01/20/2008 05:11:07 PM
haha, great approach! i like it :) was this a very old banana, or just modified using photoshop?
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 01/20/2008 12:35:58 AM
Great twist on the Yellow theme. Would have liked to seen some better lighting. Great idea...Good Luck.
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 01/19/2008 07:55:30 PM
A great juxtaposition. Best banana shot yet.
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 01/19/2008 10:49:08 AM
Love this concept shot -- the black banana simply screams YELLOW!
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 01/18/2008 07:32:52 PM
Nice creativity. Well done.
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 01/18/2008 01:41:23 PM
Great idea, could use more detail in the dark end of the banana I think.
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 01/17/2008 05:51:11 PM
cool shot, love the color swap look.
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 01/17/2008 09:37:30 AM
cool shot. One of the better ones of a banana because you actually thought a little about it.

Nice sense of scale and great shades.
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 01/17/2008 07:58:15 AM
Clever juxtaposition of colour - bold and graphic.
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 01/17/2008 04:25:23 AM
creative. Nice viewpoint too
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 01/16/2008 11:41:31 PM
Love the negative color. Curious as to how you did it. Did you paint the banana or mess with the colors in photoshop? Either way very cool. Nice lighting. Very simple.
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 01/16/2008 11:35:12 PM
HAHA i love this!
i hope it does good.
cause i absolutley LOVEIT!
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 01/16/2008 10:17:49 PM
Nice take on this. Looks almost like a chocolate banana.
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 01/16/2008 09:13:25 PM
Unexpected.
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 01/16/2008 06:38:05 PM
Is that painted? I really like how you turned the yellow around.
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 01/16/2008 05:37:13 PM
tsk task, did you put the banana in the freezer ;) I really like this clever take. The banana being black, void of color, and background being yellow. Normally you'd see it the other way around.
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 01/16/2008 03:27:47 PM
Great stuff. Fantastic quirky idea and nicely executed. Might have been nice to have a little more exposure/lighting towards the tip but I can see why so much solid black is needed to make the point with the yellow background. I really enjoyed this one...it's almost negative eye candy...
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 01/16/2008 02:05:18 PM
I like it! Original idea, and I like the lighting.
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 01/16/2008 12:51:41 PM
I like it!
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 01/16/2008 11:31:41 AM
I really like this contrast :)
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 01/16/2008 09:34:04 AM
Probably the picture would've been more interesting if the subject was yellow, rather than the background.
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 01/16/2008 06:22:37 AM
Odd twist. Cool idea, well executed.
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 01/16/2008 01:45:16 AM
great, something different, I like it
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