Lebanese Eggplant by Canon DSLR Challenge


23-OCT-2006	Melbob

"Rule of Thirds"... Does that mean you have to cut everything up into three pieces?

Canon EOS 5D ,Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
1/5s f/20.0 at 40.0mm iso400 full exif

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Canon DSLR Challenge		31-Oct-2006 18:15
WoW, I never knew eggplants are so beautiful. I guess its all in the presentation! -Cat

Canon DSLR Challenge		30-Oct-2006 17:55
I missed seeing the original version of this, but I have to say that I like this one a lot. It sounds like it was a lot of work but it's a lovely result! Jim H.

Canon DSLR Challenge		26-Oct-2006 18:55
Beautiful veggies Bob, and I also thought about trying an eggplant shot but after seeing yours, decided against it! Nice one! :-) CJ

Canon DSLR Challenge		24-Oct-2006 23:46
Love the eggplant and leaves together -- beautiful. The funny thing is, a few nights ago I actually dreamt about looking at an eggplant (though it didn't really look like a real eggplant), and thinking --'hey, I could shoot that for the challenge'. And really, that's very odd for me--because I NEVER think about eggplant. I don't even like eggplant. Then a couple of days later I saw this...weird. :) --Melanie

jnconradie		24-Oct-2006 14:03
Looks great to me! Best regards ~jnconradie

Canon DSLR Challenge		24-Oct-2006 13:58
Thanks everyone for your patience and helpful comments, I reworked this and removed the embossing, it was tedious but I think better as you suggest. I photographed the display on a white table napkin which was embossed, hence the pattern you could see. It looked OK in the full res. version but downsized looked like artifacts. I used the napkin so as not to stain my new soft-box liner, which I carefully ironed for this occasion. Thanks again, regards Bob

Guest		24-Oct-2006 09:53
Agreed, this is better, and like Nico & Victor those marks under the leaves are now the distraction... Phil

jnconradie		24-Oct-2006 04:35
I think this version is much better, but also feel like Victor about those watermarks. Perhaps a little more PhotoShop work required in that area? Regards ~jnconradie

Canon DSLR Challenge		24-Oct-2006 02:53
I find the vertical lines nearly in the center to be very distracting. The watermark, or whatever that is, underneath the vegetables is also distracting. At first I thought it was jpeg artifacts. It probably wouldn't bother me so much if I saw a large print. -- Victor

Canon DSLR Challenge		24-Oct-2006 01:56
This looks a lot better now. theFly

Canon DSLR Challenge		24-Oct-2006 00:42
Thanks Nico, Phil and Alastair, I did lighten up the leaves etc. a little, agree that they were a too dark and that blue line was supposed to be purple/mauve so I faded it to be a little less conspicuous Phil. Started out with plain white background but it seemed a little too 'stark'. Appreciate the feedback, Regards Bob

Canon DSLR Challenge		23-Oct-2006 22:32
Beautiful job Bob. Very nice PS work. Alastair

Guest		23-Oct-2006 21:53
Sometimes you see a picture and think "Why didn't I think of that?" The leaves, the eggplant are all excellent. I'm not 100% on the background, though, especially the blue line - that's not to say it's bad, but I think I would have gone for a plain (probably white) background. Of course, I might not have made such a good job... Nice work. Phil

jnconradie		23-Oct-2006 20:54
Seriously interesting stuff... and fun, too! You clearly went to much trouble to set this up (including cutting it up!), plus to add the background/surface, lighting, etc. etc. I love the interesting shades of colour on the surfaces. My (minor) suggestion for improvement would be that I find the top part of the arrangement slightly on the dark side, with some detail difficult to figure out. (Perhaps my monitor only.) Well done! Regards ~jnconradie