Taken against a matte background using ambient daylight. Adobe PSE1 and Microsoft Picture It filter applications (gaussian blur, chalk) to create painted effect.
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So pretty - The filter works so well here, creating a classy, painting-like effect. The warm colors, intricate lighting, and textures create a lovely still-life. :)
Yes, I could easily see this on a magazine cover. The painterly effect is overdone for me, though (this site is, after all, about photography- not painting). The same shot without the effects would probably score much higher (particularly with dramatic lighting).
Lovely shot and really nice use of "artistic" filter. Great composition and colour too. The negative space you have left for magazine title and features text is intelligent and well placed.
I find apples are the almost perfect subject to practice on. Good lighting and composition. The handle looks too blurry for some reason. I hate to say it, but your score is lower than it would have been without the filter. Sorry.
You might get some points knocked off for the effects, but I think it's done perfectly! Simple, but very well done, I believe. I think this would make a wonderful cover.
Not sure which filter was used, but it seems to work well. Good composition and contrast also. Hope you don't get beat up for trying something different.
Although I like this effect very much, I feel that this kind of processing takes the final product away from photography and into graphic art. You've produced a very fine image, but it's not photography. 8
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