My second go at a challenge (though the third to be voted on).
I experimented with a lot of stuff (mainly fruit) before settling on this composition.
Black card with hole used as a physical mask atop a light box. The Kiwi is hollowed out with a bit of internal masking to give more even light distribution.
Editing: slight change of curve, dust and scratch for a couple of hot pixels, usm; and a crop. (The image was rotated 180 degrees in camera).
Statistics
Place: 12 out of 239 Avg (all users): 6.3540 Avg (commenters): 8.0000 Avg (participants): 6.1296 Avg (non-participants): 6.4673 Views since voting: 2894 Views during voting: 281 Votes: 161 Comments: 12 Favorites: 3 (view)
So, its been a really big week for you. Just a few days ago, this was your new personal best, both in score and challenge placement. Then, you had to go and outdo yourself and pull in a ribbon. Nice work.
Camera Work/Technical: Your focus is spot on and exactly where it needs to be. This is one of the major strengths of the image. I also like the tones that you captured. The brightness of the green does nicely against the darkness of the background.
Lighting: Superb. Hollowing out the kiwi did wonders for the lightning.
Composition/Content: I like the composition, but the content is a bit too common for my personal preference. Search kiwi on the site photos and you'll find lots of these. However, your composition shows a more creativity than most, and you captured this one better than most of the others that I looked at while thinking about your image.
My Opinion: I think that the 6.35 is about right for this capture. A top 15 placement is fitting looking at the rest of the challenge entries, and this is one of the better fruit shots in the challenge. Nice work in pulling of a fine image with fairly common subject matter. If I had voted on this challenge, this would have been in the 6 or 7 range. You met the challenge well.
Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric
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