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Small Seeds to Large Fruit
Small Seeds to Large Fruit
DNA101


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Before and After II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS / IXUS 80 IS
Location: Knoxville, Maryland
Date: Dec 7, 2008
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Black and White, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Dec 8, 2008

 I took this picture in the hallway of my home. I put a black sheet across the floor and up on to a chair and placed the pumpkin at an angle against the chair. I then sprinkled the seeds of another pumpkin around the whole pumpkin. The light is coming from the front and it was hard to get the right cmaera angle for this picture. I kept having the problem that the glare from the light onto the pumpkin was to bright and interfered with the look I wanted.

I think I took about thirty pictures before I finally got this picuture.

On Photoshop the only things I did were changing to grayscale then bringing back some color then I resized the photo. Very simple.


Please Enjoy!!

DNA101

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Votes: 188
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12/16/2008 11:17:47 PM
Right idea. What happened to the color?
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 12/16/2008 08:49:03 AM
Good idea, would have liked the shot to be stronger in colour though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/15/2008 09:26:41 PM
if u use more colors it will be better
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 12/15/2008 04:39:03 AM
I feel that this shot could use with a bit more colour. Perhaps saturated more to really bring out the orange in the pumpkin.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/13/2008 08:27:45 PM
Feels a little flat, missing contrast and colour maybe.
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 12/13/2008 01:51:39 PM
I would have liked to see this in full colour.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/13/2008 10:13:35 AM
nice picture, would have been better is pumkin was a bit more orange 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/12/2008 09:59:08 PM
Not terribly interesting. Colors are kind of dull; lighting's a bit harsh, flat.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/12/2008 11:05:45 AM
That pumpkin looks like its floating there. Eerie.

Good idea, but the image feels rather flat.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/11/2008 10:10:00 PM
thou I like your example...it lacks in color, kind of dull and flat in tone
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/11/2008 09:09:38 AM
The washed out colours don't really help this shot in my opinion. Pumpkins in particular have such wonderful colours it would be better to emphasize it rather than desaturate it.

Also, compositionally it's not strong, perhaps if the fruti was moved to the left or right of the image and the seeds all brought within the shot it would improve it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/11/2008 01:16:01 AM
too desaturated
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 12/10/2008 09:28:21 AM
I think that more saturation would make this pop more, and I also find the visible folds in the background distracting, as well as the shadow around the bottom and side of the pumpkin.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/10/2008 09:19:03 AM
composition is decent. I'd like more contrast and sharpness.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/10/2008 08:04:33 AM
I find the colours quite drab, and perhaps you could have arranged the subject matter in a more interesting way.
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 12/10/2008 12:37:52 AM
a little drab but a great idea I get knocked for shadow and not being in focus but I like it
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