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Oi, Boss, where do ya want your grapes??
Oi, Boss, where do ya want your grapes??
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Challenge: Still Life With Fruit (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
Location: Portugal
Date: Jan 21, 2010
Aperture: 10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 34,4
Galleries: Humorous, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jan 21, 2010

 Well, I've tried to go traditional on this one, and my props were not many, but I thought about giving it a different twist. Hence Woody :)
Thanks to Insomniac for the title choice, I was hanging between this and "Be still, you fruits!!", but I think we chose right.

The photo is done from 3 exposures, merged in PS CS4 (Photomerge to HDR), and then used the soft portrait preset of Topaz adjust, to give it a soft feeling.

The original exposures were light painted, as I had a lot of trouble trying to get the flash lighting right. It was fun anyway.

Then I just burned and dodged a bit, and presto!

Hope you like it!

Statistics
Place: 32 out of 141
Avg (all users): 5.9477
Avg (commenters): 6.8889
Avg (participants): 5.8611
Avg (non-participants): 6.0100
Views since voting: 1119
Views during voting: 320
Votes: 172
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 01/31/2010 04:22:53 PM
Woody, a modern incursion into a classic still life. At least he's prostrating himself humbly ;-)
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 01/31/2010 12:02:13 AM
Cute. I'd prefer to see some real fruit in there...but still, it's fun. Good luck!
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 01/27/2010 12:31:02 PM
Woody: he's agile. Pretty colors and lighting here. Nice one.
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Nikon D70
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Nikon
 01/26/2010 10:17:00 PM
Nice! Top 3! 8
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 01/26/2010 05:22:54 PM
lovely concept, but overuse of noise reduction software has taken away the texture and character from your subjects.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 01/25/2010 06:16:34 PM
Funny, nicely composed, good lighting. Maybe he should put one in the glass of champagne.
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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH
 01/25/2010 12:36:06 PM
Excellent lighting and nicely arranged and composed. 7
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 01/25/2010 07:58:41 AM
IMHO the winner , cam back to bump this to a 9 , fabulous shot
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.4
 01/25/2010 04:10:14 AM
this will be on the podium for me... original and well done, i like in especially the management of lighting, that on the still life is all, great composition. In my fav! 9
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