I took this picture when I was just sitting outside. I don't know if people will be bothered by the stake holding the tree up but that's always there and it would've been very hard to take it out. I selected the lemons, randomly, cut them and b&w'ed the pic and then pasted them back. I messed with their color a bit and uped the contrast but otherwise it's pretty much the way it came out. I'm hoping this'll do really well
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This is an interesting shot and reading your comments you wondered if people would be bothered by the stake holding the tree. From reading the comments you did receive that isn't what did bother them. I too love the idea of what you were going for, just needed some refinement. I hope you take the suggestions offered so far and try this again. Focus in on just one or two lemons, leaving the wall and gate (is that a gate?) of the shot completely.
Also reading the method you used to take the lemons out did leave a harsh line between the cut and paste area, maybe next time, if you have Photoshop, using the magic lasso to surround the lemons, then go to Select in the top line, Inverse and then desaturate the rest of the shot, then select again, inverse and you can play with the colors of the lemons a bit if you want. They have more orange in them than yellow in this shot. Your contrast and levels on the black and white are pretty good and stand out very well. Again, the idea is great and if you decide to redo this shot I would love to see the results!
Good Luck In Future Challenges!
Deannda
DNeufer@stny.rr.com if you have any questions or want to discuss this further!
Great idea, and great composition, but the desaturation seems a little too hard- like there's a line around the lemons that just makes them stand out too much. I think it has much potential, just needs to be refined
I have a love hate relationship with this picture. Stepping back from the monitor it works, looking at it it normally doesn't. That's because the transition between yellow and orange have pixilated on you. While desaturating the picture you must have accidentally removed a hue used by the colored segment of the picture. It's a nice hight contrast picture to work with on this challenge - one liemon from the correct angle might have worked better for you. Rated 7.
The edges are too sharp, looks fake. And saturation is too high, tone it down a bit. Use a smoother brush next time to get a gradient soft edge effect.
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