This is a difficult one for me to critique because I know it's a ribbon winner, but it was really not among my favorites.
I think probably for me, the thing that most detracted from the photo was that there is so much going on. When I crop it to simply the oranges (and baskets) below that large chrome strip, I like it much better. The lighting and composition appear more snap-shotish to me.
I think the subject, the way all these oranges are laid out so nicely together, somehow could have made more impact. Maybe if the lighting was a little brighter or more interesting. Also, as I mentioned earlier, I would have come in closer to the oranges and left out all the upper part of the photo.
It seems I'm in the minority on this one and that's okay! I hope you find the comments helpful and congratulations on your ribbon!
Congratulations... It is a very captivating shot. sometimes the picture says it all and what you see with your eye actually is captured by the camera!!.Good job
Fantastic shot. Great composition. You did a great job of "seeing photographically" while you were out at the mall. Congratulations on your ribbon, it's well deserved!
Thanks for all the comments!
I wanted to do another image. Was at a shopping center, and wanted to photograph something like a wall of TV's. Got a good image of a lady standing in front of a shoe store, then I saw this orange display at a fresh juice store. The colour & layout caught my eye, so I shot off a few images. They all came out OK.
I had to do a 0,8 degree rotation, crop, and increased the saturation a little to bring out the orange colour. Sharpened, resized, framed & Bingo!
Top three, just a great shot. Im sure you will get comments that it doesn't fit the challenge, but IMHO it does quite well and it creates an arresting shot with great geometry.
You can choose anything..... as long as it's an Orange!
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