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05-AUG-2007 Rod

Lemon & Lime

Canon EOS 350D ,Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
1/30s f/8.0 at 55.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Rod 19-Jan-2009 08:03
Thanks Carole I will have a play with this & see if I can get close to wot you did.
ctfchallenge17-Jan-2009 21:44
Rod, I'm not great at PP and don't do much more than use the shadows/highlights, brightness/contrast and levels sliders, and for sharpening I usually use Neat Image with a tad of their noise reduction. For this one I think I just lightened it a little with s/h, upped the brightness and contrast, and adjusted the midtones with the levels slider. I also corrected the color cast by reducing the red tones. Kiki would be the expert in this area and could do a much better job than I! :-D CJ
Rod 17-Jan-2009 20:49
Thanks Christakis:-)
Guest 17-Jan-2009 16:59
Nice Rod. So juicy.
Rod 16-Jan-2009 21:41
Thanks Carole it looks a lot better to me, the whites of the fruit look white & it makes the original picy look to have quite a colour cast. You will have to tell all so I can fix this one up. Thanks for doing that.
ctfchallenge16-Jan-2009 19:51
Rod, I think this could look a bit better with a little more PP - here's my version in Pending. Hope I didn't go overboard on it! CJ

http://www.pbase.com/ctfchallenge/image/108202669
Rod 16-Jan-2009 04:43
Thanks Lydia:-) The fruit was on a white plate so I don't know how it ended up pink. It was a Jpeg shot so I couldn't play with it with my poor PS skills.
Canon DSLR Challenge16-Jan-2009 03:01
This reminds me... in a tiny way... of Techo's fruit balancing act. I hope he'll enter it.

Good color here, Rod... but I'd prefer that pinkish background to be white or black... but that's just me. ~Lydia
Rod 15-Jan-2009 19:32
Thanks Suey, Aamm & DT:-) Yes go for it DT, an orange you grew yourself will make a great masterpiece. The lime here is off our tree so to have two masterpieces in the one challenge will be a real treat:-)
ctfchallenge15-Jan-2009 17:35
This is good Rod but I'm not happy because I was going to do it. I even picked an orange from my tree to star in my masterpiece. (I may still do it!) ~dtallakson
sue anne15-Jan-2009 15:10
Very nice and I like citrus, the more sour it is the better.
aam1234 15-Jan-2009 11:09
Looks better and brighter.
Rod 15-Jan-2009 08:24
Thanks Aamm:-) Bugger the flash, hows this look now wiv some added contrast?
aam1234 15-Jan-2009 08:13
Really good, mate. You need a flash to bring to life, though.