Shot in the dark and used a flashlight to light the scene. My teammates seem to think this is ribbon worthy. If it does ribbon, I'll find some way to take a nude self-portrait in the next available challenge. :-O
*please don't ribbon, please don't ribbon!*
[Apr. 11th, 2009 01:54:45 PM]
146 votes in and it's sitting at a 7.02. I didn't really expect this shot to do *that* well. My Southwest teammate lydiatoo might be sharing the front page as well with her fitness shot. woohoo!
I guess I better be concerned with the next two challenges and hope they are "nude" friendly. :-)
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What a tremendous honor to get the blue with this many entries - especially with the "regular" ribbon winners just below. I gotta hand it to my Southwest teammates, they nailed it from the beginning by saying it would ribbon. Thanks a bunch for the great comments and votes!
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Like the title says, it's a Kiwano... not that I knew what it was... LOL I had to look for it online, and this is what Wikipedia says:
The horned melon, also called melano, African horned cucumber or melon, jelly melon, hedged gourd, English tomato, or kiwano, is a vine of African origin, grown for its fruit, which looks like an oval melon with horns, and is very decorative. Native only to the region of the Kalahari desert, it is now grown in California and New Zealand.
AWESOME shot, btw! CONGRATS!! And like always, a wink to whoever rated this with a 2... Blue Ribbon dedicated to him/her!
Oh, and btw, you better be careful with what you promise!!! LOL
I gave two images in this challenge a 10, yours was one of them... the other turned out to the the 2nd place shot. First time I've predicted 2 of the 3 ribbons lol.
Awesome image! Can't give you any critque as you're way more talented than me lol, so I'll just stick to the superlatives :-) It looks so juicy!
This is very well done. It held my interest for a good bit. As I look for something to comment on the only thing I can find is maybe the droplet at the left near the center is a little distracting but in basic there's not much you can do about that. Cropping it out would make you lose too much of that wonderful green texture. Maybe during the shoot adjust the light or "style the fruit" by dabbing that spot would help. Great shot.
Another excellant abstract with imprecise little features. The image is incredibly sharp and perhaps right on the edge of being over sharpened if not just a touch over the edge, but it is effective because it's so sharp. Demonstrates the variable nature of texture in the natural world. Excellant image and worthy of contending for the top prize.
beautiful beautiful photo! the colors/background, the sharpness, the framing, the angle... it's all extremely captivating. my favorite in this challenge.
Beautiful shot. At first glance it looks like a bit to much yellow tint but on further inspection I think it works very well and a definate contender for the front page.
Kiwano
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