Totally inspired by an image I saw in Digital Photo Pro magazine this month. A photograph by Pete Turner, a photographer well known for the intense colors of his photos.
Going more for a surreal look than for the gross out factor.
I found a picture of an eye on the Net and printed it. Placed it in the middle of a peach halve. Placed the can on a piece of white construction paper. I'm not crazy about the shadow, but it does give depth to the photo. I shot it handheld with my Canon 550EX as light source. Bounced the flash off another piece of construction paper on the side of the can.
Processing:
-rotate
-crop
-Levels
-Hue/Saturation to boost the color of the eye and pears.
-add border with Canvas Size
-Sharpen
-25% Neatimage.
Lens: Canon 28-135mm IS @28mm
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The vibrant oranges of those peach halves that contrast very nicely off of the stark white backdrop and the dull silver of the can. The orange draws us in then we jump back with a 'WHOA!' as we notice that eye staring back up at us. Surrealism and surprise all in one little can:-) Your eyeball resting in the peach half is great for it with that shading around the eye it really gives it a 3-dimensional look. That hypnotic blue hue of the iris is also eye-catching. I also like how the eye is reflected in the lid of the can giving us a double on this double take eye-catching image. Your lighting is well-done for everything is illuminated effectively. That shadow of the can to the right absolutely does give it added dimension not to mention 'ground' it - for if the shadow did not exist it would look a tad odd 'floating' in this stark white space.
Hehe, cool! Congrats on the ribbon. I just picked up the March/April issue of DP Pro a few days ago, and did a double take when I saw your image on the site.
Good to see that there are other readers of the magazine here. They have great articles and there's definitely a ton of inspirational photographs. I really enjoyed the article/work of Nick Vedros from the Jan/Feb issue. Been meaning to try a remake of some of his stuff.
Congrats on another ribbon. I relly liked the lighting and angle/perspective. I think it would have looked more real if you have used a glass eye instead of the printed one.
Technically, of course, wonderfully executed - attention to detail is aastounding, even the scalloping of the edge of the tin's lid is organised. Would it be ungracious of me to point you at this photo of mine?
Astonishingly similar to the Pete Turner photograph located at //www.peteturner.com/jazz1layout.html, though the eyeball is much less realistic. I have a feeling this will take home a ribbon. 9
Peach recall! Not something you would want to eat if you were blind. That would make for a weird textured peach. Reflection in lid really adds to this shot.
Kool man that someone takes the challenge seriously. I "see" here that you took on the challenge head on, eyeball to eyeball so to speak. You must be a pupil of great photography and your iris was stopped down just right for this little peach of a shot. Just one thing, did you use mirrors or somethin' to make it look like your eye was in the can? I can tell it must have took a long time cause it is bloodshot. Should get a good score cause of that.
Top notch composition, lighting and interest. Capturing the reflection in the lid is a great touch. It is simply the "best" photograph in the challenge.
Ewww,Gross, disgusting, great! The reflection of the eye in the lid is what puts this in ribbon land. Good compostion,great lightings trong colors, and a nice sense of story. the 10. the only 10
Hmmm, this looks like the same can that Kiwiness used for his "can of worms" image. Great work with the reflection off the lid of the can...also, I really like the can opener waves around the edge of the lid.
Very good shot, white balance perfect, love the lighting, great idea for the challenge!!! A tiny dust spot on your lense maybe? Doen the bottom RHS? Well done, full marks!
Creative and very good detail. I like how you removed the label from the can. I'm assuming so it wouldn't be a distraction. Nice composition and colors.
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