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princess butter lettuce
tanguera


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Challenge: Extended Free Study 2017-10 (Extended Editing)
Collection: 2017
Camera: Nikon D750
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Date: Nov 11, 2017
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 250
Shutter: 200
Date Uploaded: Nov 14, 2017

 I could have sewn this dress in less time.....

My mother is a sculptor, so my upbringing was...interesting. We'd come home from school to find my mom in her studio, wearing a mask, goggles, a bandana over her hair, wielding a 14" chain saw, covered from head to toe in sawdust. No brownies for us...

She had (and still has) this habit of seeing "art" in everything; at restaurants, as we were getting ready to leave and everyone had tossed their napkins on the table, she would freeze in place, eyes fixed on one of the napkins and study it very closely. The shape, or the shadows, or the texture would spur some sort of artistic idea in her.

Fast forward to me at the supermarket a couple of weeks ago, picking out lettuce. I picked up a beautiful head of butter lettuce and the way the light struck it, and the color, and the softness of the leaves... well, the idea that it could be a ballgown just spontaneously popped into my head.

Julia wanted to shoot with me because it was her birthday, and this seemed to be just the project for her. When I told her my idea, she was positively giddy. So here it is. A butter lettuce ballgown. Ingredients include:

Butter lettuce - front and side panels
Escarole - tail
Frisee - insert and boustier detail
Endive - boustier
Squash strips - sash and trails
Strawberry cap, tomato cap, and bell pepper stem - hat
Pomegranate seeds - necklace and bracelet
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Thank you George for the wonderful award, and everyone for the great comments. I was rather shocked to find myself in the top 10 with a tiny violin!!

Statistics
Place: 9 out of 45
Avg (all users): 5.9737
Avg (commenters): 7.3750
Avg (participants): 5.5000
Avg (non-participants): 6.5000
Views since voting: 1248
Views during voting: 90
Votes: 38
Comments: 15
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS II USM Lens
 11/23/2017 01:02:45 AM
super creative. Great shot!
Congrats on the TT.
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 11/22/2017 04:29:05 PM
Crunchy and fresh! Congrats tanguera!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 11/22/2017 01:56:49 PM
Originally posted by IreneM:
I love this shot, it's so darn good. I don't mind the vignette at all, or was it vinaigrette? ;-))


LOL! Yes, vinaigrette :)
Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 11/22/2017 01:23:41 PM
I love this shot, it's so darn good. I don't mind the vignette at all, or was it vinaigrette? ;-))
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Sony Alpha a1 II
Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS
 11/22/2017 10:31:05 AM
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that contributes well to the extended challenge

What a lovely, creative and original idea. I can imagine this must have been one hard image to get together in a convincing way but that is exactly what you have achieved it does look really convincing. Altough it's a tad soft at the front it is not at all detrimental to the end result. The lighting, her pose everything just comes together lovely, well done. A well deserved high score that in any other challenge would have won outright, well done Johanna
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X-Pro2
Fujifilm XF 10-24mm f/4 R IOS
 11/22/2017 12:10:42 AM
Wildly creative. I love this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 11/21/2017 11:13:51 PM
tight crop with vignette makes your photo look cramped
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z7II
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 11/21/2017 08:50:51 PM
Marvelous!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-80D
 11/17/2017 02:10:56 AM
Very creative. I love this photo. Green is very hard to use as the main color but you've done an excellent job here.10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III
 11/15/2017 08:11:14 PM
Tasty outfit.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSLR-A550
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 11/15/2017 08:03:36 PM
well its original is it not 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X-T30
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
 11/15/2017 04:52:19 PM
seems to be at a ripe age, the lettuce I mean....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon RP
Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 IS Macro
 11/15/2017 01:44:55 PM
Wow. I am impressed with this one. Very well executed editing. Hopefully there's no rabbit nearby.... A 10 from me and my Red Dragon Award
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 11/15/2017 11:59:16 AM
Wonderfully creative image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 11/15/2017 11:37:24 AM
hahahahaha! This is so much FUN!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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