This is a particular (but not so uncommon) specimen of chayote squash, in case you're wondering... :) sexy veggie, isn't it? Sorry for the small but visible damage in the ...um.. groin area, which would be trivial to fix if cloning was allowed. Alas, this is a basic challenge, so it had to stay... Perhaps, after the challenge I'll post a cleaned version of this shot along with a few other renditions. Anyway, let's see what happens. Expecting a lot of comments :)
post challenge:
WOW! who could've thought that THIS can ribbon! Thanks everybody! However, now it is going to adorn my profile page, and I am not too thrilled about that... LOL. Need to come up with a good shot ASAP to push it down into obscurity.
By the way, here are two outtakes which don't have that unfortunate birthmark :)
Idnic used a more modest view of this type of veggie in her nice shot
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Oh my god. My family cooks chayote once a week in tomatoes, with eggplant or just slice and fry as french fries.
Im my 33 years of knowing this vegetable, Ive never seen it as sex alleghory.
Bravo on your imagination.
Can you tell me how u achived this lighting?
MAggie
Oh my God, I read all the comments and I can't stop laughing. I love this picture it's one of my favourites.I like the other two also,especially the black and white. Awesome job.
Thanks once again for all the comments (47 during the challenge!), i had a blast reading them! Just a quick observation: contrary to my expectations, among all comments only a handful were angry or judgemental - and all of them, without exception, were from men! Women, on the other hand, were uniformly supportive! Way to go, girls!
Congratulations Lev - you have achieved the ultimate DPC goal. To go out on a limb with something controversial and suceeded with flying colours (yellow to be exact). I love that this has made it to the front page. DPC GOLD imho.
LOL, I'll never eat a choko without thinking of that now. (At least that is what it is called in Oz). Must check out the veggie dept. more thoroughly at the markets from now on. :-)
And another thing...maybe you could get big bucks for that on E-bay, and I want 20% of the proceeds. :-) :-)
Terrific shot.
8 - 'Good'. Criticism; some finer lace to enhance the 'illusion' may have made this better in my opinion, however I do like the color & texture combinations you have achieved with this. Lighting seems good, particularly given the 'shine' of the 'subject', was likely difficult. Shame about the 'eroded flesh'.
Well...I'm sure you'll be seeing many comments on THIS one! ;^) Where did you find that ?? vegetable ?? - I thought it was a pear at first glance. Then you could have done 'Forbidden Fruit'.
Ohhhh, something naughty! You might get some low scores from prudes. Someone took a bite? Hmmm. Can't figure out what vegetable this is. Like the lighting, the composition. Excellent find. 8 - good luck in the challenge!
If it wasn't so human looking, for the challenge purpose, I would have thought this to be a ribbon winner. Just an awesome shot and idea. I won't ask you how you thought of this LOL.
ROFLMAO This is awesome. Love the lace. The lighting and placement is well done. It's so funny, cause I was at the grocery store looking at bell peppers, hoping to find something as well done as this. The focus seems to be just a smidge off. Maybe it's me and I need more coffee. GREAT
Oh my, looks like you shaved a bit too much! lol This is great! I can't look too long at this while at work, people might get the wrong idea and I'd be stumped to try to explain. Nice lighting and composition to make this look like what it's supposed to be (I think). Great conception, uh... wait, I mean imaginiation.
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