Curves, slight Hue/sat adj, B&W conversion with Silver Effex Pro, Blur layer, More Blur layer, some D&B, cropped out candle on left, Adamus sharpening, SFW.
I tried to make this about the color and the texture. I wanted to contrast a bit of a painted feel with the 2 blur layers and still keep the cantalope skin as sharp as possible. I hope it does well.
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Nice fruit, nice image -- nice details, except the orange up front is a bit out of focus and you might have been better off without it. (Comment only, no vote)
The cantelope is a little bit of an elephant in the room, but MAN, it sure shows detail nicely! Nice control of lighting. I do wish the front orange was within the focal range... Overall still one of my top choices. Well done!
Wow! This is really wonderfully done! Congrats! The cut orange bothers me slightly for some reason... perhaps if it weren't so 'straight on' but were turned to the middle a bit? I dunno...
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