CONCEPT: I originally thought of the old saying "You can't compare apples to oranges" and thought of shooting an apple and an orange on a scale or balance but couldn't find one anywhere. My next idea was this one...slice an apple and an orange in half, stick them together using toothpicks and since it's advanced editing I can clone out any small bit of toothpick I might have sticking out of one side or the other.
SETUP: My dad has been building an inexpensive home studio and he let me use his "studio" for this shot. He suggested the white to black sweep for the background and helped arange the slices. We really worked together to create this shot which I ruined by adding apple seeds to the slice on the right side of the photo. Unfortunately I didn't shoot any without those silly seeds so I hope it doesn't hurt my score drastically.
POSTPROCESSING: Converted from RAW. Brightened, increased contrast, cooled the temperature a little, increased the color saturation. Cloned out two minor distractions where a tiny tip of toothpick poked through both sides, cloned the seam between the apple and orange to remove small imperfections in the alignment.
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Sorry, I see you went to a lot of trouble getting this nice shot together but for me, it doesn't meet the challenge "Gather exactly two objects that are completely unrelated"
Excellent idea! I don't like the pieces lying in front of the "orangapple". They work distracting. Center on the "orangapple" and leave the pieces out.
wow, great idea...I like the lighting...my only negative is that the apple in the back is not in focus, perhaps a better dof would have taken this higher...8
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