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Peaches, Pears and Poppies
Peaches, Pears and Poppies
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Still Life With Fruit (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Jan 23, 2010
Aperture: f/ 16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/4 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jan 24, 2010

 Michael had POPPIES! I almost had to change my pants when I saw them. Bought some pears, peaches and apricots to shoot with them and just used the pears and peaches. Borrowed a table cloth from work. Shot with two clamp lamps each with a 100w energy saving bulb on either side atop the shooting area with the light directed away from the subjects and a third that I held in front and down. Camera on tripod and used the cable remote release.

Post:
Camera raw: Tint from +2 to +8
Exposure +0.40
Fill Light 15
Clarity 45
Vibrance +10
Saturation +10
Crop
Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation.
Adjust sharpness
New layer, adjust color curves, increase contrast default, merged down normal blend mode 33 opacity
New layer, Hi pass 5 pixels, merged down, soft light blend mode
Resize
New layer, topas adjust, Vibrance default, merged down soft light blend mode 51% opacity
Resize
USM

Statistics
Place: 43 out of 141
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Avg (commenters): 6.2500
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Views since voting: 911
Views during voting: 307
Votes: 167
Comments: 7
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
 01/30/2010 09:39:12 PM
Nice fruit, nice image -- nice yellow/orange/green colors of the fruit and flowers (Comment only, no vote)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/29/2010 01:26:38 PM
Very pretty, lovely setup, the poppies are gorgeous. Are they real?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 01/28/2010 04:07:03 PM
I like the colors in this. The green backdrop works well...wish I didn't see the seam up front, but not a major nit. Overall, well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 01/25/2010 05:47:08 PM
Very nice
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 01/25/2010 02:21:13 PM
Pretty!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M5
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH
 01/25/2010 12:28:35 PM
Nice lighting, clarity, detail and colors in this pleasing composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D40
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR
 01/25/2010 11:31:17 AM
pretty - I like the colors and think they work well together
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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