Congrats Griz. Nice job. I'm not a fruit eater generally, but your basket looks so nice, I might even be enticed! Congrats David.
Jeanne
Yeah, we WILL celebrate together.
Wow-great finish! Congratulations on your new personal best. I love the arrangement and lighting. The crop might be a little tight on the basket. As to the background, I think pure black would have been too stark.
Congrats on the new personal best! The lighting in this shot is perfect - no harsh glares anywhere, very soft, and great color. You also did a very good job arranging the basket and placing it within the frame, though maybe leave just a WEE bit of space above the handle to keep it all in frame. But I really liked this one when voting (didn't do a lot of commenting on this challenge). It's a bit quieter, a bit more "gentle" than some of the higher scoring pics but that's DPC for you. This be very good!
Congratulation on your new personal best. You deserved it with this shot.
Some people said you should make the background blacker. I happen to like the folds in the fabric. Maybe the problem is it is in between. It's a little too dark to see the fabric, and a little to light to be a pure black. I'd go for lighter, because you seem to have taken some care to arrange the fabric, and I think that would be more interesting than the stock shot you'd get with pure black.
Congrats on your new high score! Just ignore lecter. Still life is still life, and this is a beautifully colorful example.
To increase the score by a bit, there are a few small things you could do: don't crop quite so tightly, really nail the focus, maybe brighten it a bit, and make your background pure black. Oh, and I suppose misting some water onto the fruit wouldn't hurt - that seems to bump scores at DPC.
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