Still life of an orange with concentric circles from orange plates and a bowl.
Basically a window shot but the shadows in the bowl were too deep so I lightenend them with a bit of flash bounced from the ceiling. I didn't realise until I was processing the photos that these hand held shots were at 1/8s (my tripod isn't flexible enough for a shot angled straight down.
Post processing:
PS with some noise reduction using the in-built noise reduction filter after applying a bit of edge masking.
Sharpen using high-pass filter.
Down-size.
USM.
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Statistics
Place: 9 out of 141 Avg (all users): 6.4094 Avg (commenters): 7.0625 Avg (participants): 6.1622 Avg (non-participants): 6.5979 Views since voting: 2208 Views during voting: 333 Votes: 171 Comments: 22 Favorites: 1 (view)
First impressions are that the oranges together with the circles reducing in to the orange make a pleasing shot.
Technically this is good. I'd have preferred the crop to be either wider such that the plates aren't crammed in so much or tighter so that the large plate is not fully visible. As it is there is a slight feeling of claustrophobia. I will say that the lighting does seem a bit harsh.
Artistically this is good but you know that this works well from your PB shot. I wonder if these are the same plates with a hue change?
In summary this is a good shot but the top 10 placing tells you that. Good work.
What a refreshing, great idea for still life. That slick black background is such a nice compliment to the vibrant color. Congratulations on 9th place.
Striking geometry, very different than the old Dutch painter approach to still life. High score for graphic quality and originality, minor deduction for slight glare.
I've been out of it a bit so noticed my scores cast are rather lower than received sooo I thought I'd better rush through and do some voting and not worry about comments.....but I've got to on this very striking and wonderfull photo.... very well done indeed.
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