A gathering of items recently harvested from my gardens. Taken on a black comforter draped over a wooden chair outdoors in the shade.
Edited in RAW: Brightness, Contrast, Shadows.
Converted to JPEG.
Edited in Photoshop: Cloned out a flower and a few specks of white in the background. Cropped the shot. A little dodging and burning to make a few items pop a little. Added a border because without it something was wrong.
[Aug. 18th, 2010 10:59:16 PM]
I have a feeling my border hurt my score pretty bad. I know my shot isn't the greatest, but I think I did pretty good for a first time still-life and B&W submission.... and I did it on the quick.
As for the dark background, the comforter I shot this on was pretty ugly so making it all black was a major improvement!
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Likes: sharpness, well exposed, placement of subjects. Dislikes: all black background, some background lighting or textured wall or wood would have made this photo pop some more
you have the right idea, just a couple of things that bother "me"...your border (and I like borders) is to heavy and your shot is very dark IMO and that combined make this feel very heavy
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