We all strive for a little blue ribbon on this site. And its not even a real one. It does provide a lot of motivation for us however. (Even when its a real one like this one I won at my local camera club)
In Lightroom 2:
Cloned out a couple of dust spots (including a friggin hair!)
the ribbon I used was from my local camera club. Blue is for second there and you could see a little bit of the word "second" on the ribbon so I cloned that out.
Adjusted levels and then burned the carrot as it was too bright after the adjustment.
Exported to TIFF
Resized and applied USM in PSP XI. Export to JPG.
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Very cute! Dangling a carrot...a ribbon....very clever!
Composition In a challenge such as this, composition is everything. You were quite clever in the suggestion that a blue ribbon is simply like dangling a carrot in front of you. The problem here is that the carrot is too much of the focal point, not the ribbon. Don't get confused by a major element though. In this case, the carrot is more interesting than the ribbon. To the average user, this is a photo of a carrot with a ribbon partially around it.
If you look at Time for a ribbon, the ribbon is a minor element, but a focal point of the photo. The eye is drawn to the aperture shaped ribbons. In originality, the ribbon is a minor element, but the surrounding bring the eye to the focal point, the ribbon.
Technical Technically, this photo is well shot. It is clear, focus is on. Lighting is reasonably balanced, but seems a little bright on the top. One problem is that this appears to have been isolated from the background, digitally as there is a lack of depth and shadow around the edges of the carrot. This can be overcome by using two light sources, one to saturate the backdrop, the other to light the carrot.
After looking at your portfolio, you seem more comfortable with working with natural light, as you have some fantastic shots in there!
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