Fruit bowl at work, side window lighting with overhead fluorescents. Isaac pulled on the thread attached to the grape stem on my count to create the motion blur.
-Handheld, super-macro mode, shutter-priority mode
-Cloned out thread and touched up some hot reflections on the tomato and lime
-RGB Curve
-Crop from right and bottom
-Resize for DPC
-USM at 12%/48 dia/TH = 0
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 9/10 = 149kb
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Clever title. Technicals while ok is holding it back. Perhaps just a change in composition would have helped greatly. Shooting from above as you did here, almost always comes across as too ordinary.
You have a still life, and you also have the motion with blur. Both of those are the most important aspects of this challenge to me. However, a few attention to details could have really improved this shot.
Clean the plate of dust or clone the spots out. I don't mind the crack on the plate, gives it a rustic appeal. clone out the spot on the tomato and lime. and a better dof would help. the focus seems to be in the wrong spot. Its just barely nipping the lime. you have some good left side light going but it is a little flat. You want to see a highlight on the tomato. The red of the tomato is overpowering the image. Red is aggressive and doesn't need to take up that much space on the shot. a plum tomato or a grouping of cherry/grape tomatoes would have been enough. Some things to think about on your next go.
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