My other carved apple, a little worn out. some curves, some brightness/contrast, some poster edges, some selective color and hue/sat to bring the yellow down, some crop, resize and USM.
I was using a tripod, so it was megadumb of me to leave the ISO on 800.
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Okay, so I knew this was yours, but it is a horse of an entirely other colour. It haunts me, it reminds me, and I wonder what the other months feel like. The mouth, the mouth, the mouth. The glazed coffin of skin.
Oh dear. This scored over a 6 and the commenter average is out of the ball park. What has happened? AND it's a cool shot. Wrinkly and fits the challenge month selected. I think I'll work on my bucket list - the world is rapidly approaching a sooner-than-we-thought demise....
I suppose I should make a wisecrack about the "bottom of the barrel", but that would be unworthy because this is unquestionably the best entry. I thought briefly of Mt Rushmore, but it's better than that (if on a less heroic scale). Perhaps The Scream is closer to the mark? Or it could be Count Orlok, I suppose. Whoever it is, it's going to keep the doctor away. I know I'll not feel comfortable biting into a pippin for a while.
I can imagine this as Posthumous' shot. A bit late for the apple challenge? Anyway, great subject, but lighting could be enhanced. Bumping you slightly up to 7.
Gravity gets us all eventually...
The processing/color choices makes me think this might be Skew's. I particularly love the eyes and the artist's sig at the bottom right.
Exceptional.
This is not a nice image, and I'm saying this in a good way. Extraordinary powerful expression coming out of a decaying apple. He seems peacefully angry (if that's possible). I like how the lighting supports the image, and the slight slant gives it a nice touch (oops, I said nice).
I've been starting at this photograph for a good 10+ minutes now and it is still just as beautiful. At first I didn't really like the post-processing on this, but it is actually beginning to grow on me. The lighting is wonderful. This image brings out so many thoughts that I have yet to formulate into words. Needless to say, I like this.
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