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15-OCT-2005 RK

Apple a day...*

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
1/125s f/8.0 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

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Guest 24-Oct-2005 08:54
Rod, not only are you buggered, you ARE a bugger! See, what happens when you call someone a digital cheat.... then have to eat your buggers!
ctfchallenge22-Oct-2005 04:19
Excellent, excellent work!! Superb, RK. You have chosen a great combination of colors here! -Cat
Rod 17-Oct-2005 08:25
Well I'll be buggered, wrong again. If I keep saying your work is done in PS then the law of averages ses I will be right one day:-) Very good work RK.
ctfchallenge17-Oct-2005 05:36
Differant take with two common objects. Love the blue. yvonne
Photogenix17-Oct-2005 00:32
Thanks Mark and Jano. Jano, you guessed it right! it is from Pier1
- RK
janewigginsphotography17-Oct-2005 00:00
Very creatuve nice! I bet this glass was from Pier 1? :) Great job on making this photo really stand out jano
Guest 16-Oct-2005 23:46
Thank you VERY much for posting your explanation. When someone posts their image setup, it really helps everyone.... myself included, to learn. Markjay
Photogenix16-Oct-2005 21:09
Thanks Rod, Markjay and Rentasmo.
Rod - again thanks for the complement. I wish I have the PS skill to create this effect in PS.
Mark - The apple was placed behind the glass and shot top down at an angle.
Rentasmo - the glass is thick (not sure about handmade) and has lots of imperfections.

Follow are some more photos from the session.








- RK
Rod 16-Oct-2005 10:22
I know light & glass can give some strange results & I've been wrong many times before, but the edges of the smeared colour look very PS & abrupt. Somehow light & glass have a more pleasant magical look at the edges.
rentasmo 16-Oct-2005 04:22
This shot definitely does not scream photoshoppery at me, I'm seeing a thick glass, perhaps handmade, dish with an apple behind it. I like it. I have an inkling that the focus could be a bit sharper but it may be that I'm wanting the focus to be on a different point than it is. Tricky when you have a shot with depth such as this.

I really like how the imprefections in the glass distort the edge of the apple.
ctfchallenge16-Oct-2005 03:49
I'm thinking (guessing) this is a shot of an apple through the BOTTOM looking up, through a glass bowl. Am I mistaken? It could also be a shot looking down through the glass but I would think the apple INSIDE the bowl from the bottom would be a little easier to set up? :-) If I'm correct, then this is a creative point of view through the glass and we'll have to tongue torture Rod for his comments. LOL If I'm wrong, then your PS work, worked. Markjay
Rod 15-Oct-2005 20:45
I know you have been having some fun spoiling your fine shots in Photoshop lately & this seems to have had a similar time in that wretched program. Photoshop is a fine tool for refining a photo, not for making one. If I'm wrong & this is basically from your camera then its a shame it looks like a PS picy:-)