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Challenge: Apple II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon MF Zoom-Nikkor 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 AIS
Location: Los Angeles, CA - My Apartment
Date: Feb 8, 2009
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Still Life, Macro
Date Uploaded: Feb 8, 2009

 I'm really bad at still life, and I don't have a pet. But I really need to get into the swing of things for the sake of my DPCO team. So here's my best shot. It's not very creative, so DNMC by challenge description...

Lit with a big shoot-thru umbrella off camera left, and that's about it. Post involved shoving the Clarity slider to the max in RAW, and pushing up the vibrance a bit. Once in Photoshop, converted to Lab, used curves layer to increase contrast on Lightness channel, and steepened a/b to up vibrance even more. Resize, sharpen, save for web.

This was shot with an old Nikkor macro (35-105mm f/3.5-4.5), so the EXIF is way off on lens length/aperture. Pretty sure it was shot at f/8, though.

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Nikon D90
Nikon AF Nikkor 24mm f/2.8D
 02/17/2009 08:37:22 PM
Nice framing and cropping!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
02/17/2009 05:58:09 PM
I really like the set up, focusing and color usage on this well composed image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/17/2009 05:21:40 PM
nice lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 6
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 02/17/2009 02:08:26 PM
I like this, good colors. The lighting makes for some really hot spots on those shiny apples though, something a little more diffused might work well?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 02/16/2009 10:58:37 PM
I like the contrast between the green and red, DoF is interesting on the green apple as well
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot S5 IS
 02/15/2009 05:30:11 PM
love the color in this, great contrast.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 02/14/2009 10:16:24 AM
Even though there are a lot of hotspots I really like it.. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED
 02/12/2009 01:16:16 PM
not keen on the blown highlights but I do like the composition
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 02/11/2009 07:38:11 AM
Nice color
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Leica SL
Voigtlander Ultron 35mm f/1.7 Aspherical MF Wide Angle - Black
 02/11/2009 03:59:10 AM
Slightly overexposed to my eye, but a nice image nonetheless.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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