Composition (content) Good composition, it builds up to the tomatoe by the use of several composition tools.
* The lemons in front seem to point at the tomatoe and create an angle that leads into the frame.
* All the lemons optically seem to form a mountain with the tomatoe on top.
* The creative use of aperture works out perfect, only the area where the tomatoe is in seems to be in the field of focus, and the tomatoe is pin sharp.
* The color contrast between the tasteful (this looks like a healty, ripe tomatoe and those are tasteful) red of the tomatoe and the nice saturated yellow of the lemons is excellent.
* good choice of background, see item on that.
So any other composition rule like the rule of thirds is out of the question here, it wouldn't add anything.
The drops of water on the tomatoe are a nice touch, combined with the excellent lighting it just wants to make you grab it and prepare it to eat it. :)
Background The background is a boring color/grey, you don't want to look at that, because the foreground is more interesting. Choosing color would have taken something away from the red/yellow balance that makes this picture so appealing to the eye. Black or white would be distracting in my opinion.
Camera Work (Technical) Good use of aperture, excellent exposure, good focus and sharpness.
Digital Processing (technical) The saturation is very good, sharpness good.
The image could be saved at a higher quality level, because it is only 55kb of the 150 allowed. That would improve the grain/noise in the background as it seems visibly affected by jpeg compression. It would also take away the jpeg noise around the greens on top, a much smoother relation between background and foreground. It doesn't distract here, but it is something to keep in mind.
I personally don't like the big black border. The color is not in balance with the image and it is also big in relation to the image. I'd like a thin line more than this. (It seems to be very dark green btw, taken from the shadow area of the stem of the tomatoe I guess)
Congratulations Sonja - Ol' Michael must be very proud. This consistent excellence shows the mob that you are not just another tootsie roll from the Wyoming countryside.
Nice tomatoe , cute name for the king of the hill. This tomatoe rules the sour bunch,huh.Sweet And Sour COOL PICTURE , SONJA !!!! (ps) It looks like the lemon on the right wants to overthrow the stranger.
This is very well executed and composed. Light and focus are precise. Now from my personal stand point, I’m already tired of fruits and vegetables, especially tomatoes. I am looking forward for creativity surprises, above and beyond technical achievement, which I consider a given trait for a submission to a challenge.
An outcast! Very good color and focus. Nice arrangement, pleasing to the eyes. I was hoping for more out of this world strangeness from this challenge, but this is a very, very nicely taken photo, so I won't ding you too much for my hopes.
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very nice shot... I love the color contrast and the background in this image... I personally would like this one even better if the tomato was slightly off center to one side or the other... great work :) - setzler
One of my tops for this challenge! The contrast in colors is great as of the use of the flash. The bland grey bg brings us back to the colors. Very crisp! Good Job!
You've captured the colours beautifully. Perhaps the tomato is slightly too bright red at the top, but the contrast between that and the lemons is great!
This picture is great! Add this to my list of 'I want that in my kitchen' photographs. I think it'd be more effective as a less rectangular shot, though ... as I almost feel like I've got to pan the picture to see everything that's going on. Great job, though.
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