I wasn't planning to do anything for still life but I woke up one morning thinking hmmm...maybe a pear with tons of needle sticks. What sparks those wierd ideas anyway? This is approximately 500 pins and took me over an hour to place them. I liked the pink back better than white or other colors I have.
Crop, Levels, Sharpen, Neat Image, Saturation
Post Challenge -
I can't believe I ribboned!!! I'm new at this and I thought that a ribbon would always be beyond me. Thank you so very much for your votes and especially to those of you who commented. Since some of you asked - the exact number is 552 pins. Yes, it took a while but it was therapeutic in an odd sort of voodoo kind of way. Also, don't worry - I now have a clean sensor...still learning - sorry. Yippee! Yahoo! Thank You!
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As this photo finished with the blue ribbon, I am going to leave this temporary note on your photo so that I can go on to more entries that may need my help a little more.
Congratulations on your blue, and if the powers that be decide that I should leave a little more of a critique anyway, I shall do so and contact you when it is done. If not, then know that you've done the job you needed to do and that's as much a critique as anyone can give.
Brilliant shot but it sent my wife frantic as she has an aversion to very "holey" things: she keeps imagining what the pear looked like after you removed the pins. The aversion was so bad that she felt the need to pummel me! Who said fruit was good for you! :-)
Sooo glad this came first - I didn't have time to properly view entries, let alone comment or vote but this one I did stop and look at and made a mental note to come back and comment before the challenge was out. Didn't have time but looks like most people agreed with me that it's a truly amazing shot!
Congrats, reminds me of shots by Palmi Einarsson where he stitched up fruits and stuff like that. www.pedesign.is and look under "fine art color" and then "patching up nature". Nice work!
Congrats on the Blue!!!! It is a great shot and a great idea. Not sure where those wierd ideas come from, but thankfully they do come from time to time...
At least there were no animals harmed in the making of this one... ;) Great shot, great composition. Cool idea too. This is definitely one of the more original entries for the challenge!
Returning for comments. I scored this an 8 however I'm curious how this does given the theme of the challenge. I don't know much about still life but from a pure standpoint this seems arranged and manipulated to how you wanted to present it so it fits the challenge, IMO.
I can't imagine how long it took you getting those pins in there and so evenly distributed. In addition to the uniqueness of this I like the color scheme and the lighting is perfect. I like the composition but I'm wondering why you just didn't crop this tighter to eliminate that sensor dust. Hopefully that doesn't hurt you.
This is a great depiction of a play on words... and truly does add to the image. A wonderful image worthy or a 7 at first pass. I will be back to review my score on this one. Great job.
I would not have it quite so much left of center and there are two spots in the upper right that could have been edited out. Great concept. How many pins?
Interesting subject. There is a spot in the upper right hand corner that I find a bit distracting but I love the clarity of the pins so my eye tends to stay with the subject. Nice lighting. Well done.
Wonderfully innovative idea and tack sharp with good composition. I just wish the background was a different colour - the pink really doesn't work for me personally.
Simply great, love the lighting, love the composition. Very inspiring. Must have heard the line it is not the camera but the person behind camera that matters. You prove it right, subject is very simple yet picture is amazing,15,( i know i cannot give more than 10 but its' worth 15)
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