(The Colour Red) - Love Tomato Soup

Paul Iddon

We have another set theme comp coming around next week at the camera club, and I just know there will be loads of colour popping of RED going on, and phone boxes and buses and ER mailboxes and such.

So I tried to go for something a bit different in the hope that the judge at least gives me points for something more original...


This took me 15 shots to sort, with various images taken of the plate, tomatoes, and soup tin, with about 45 minutes of work in processing afterwards to get the finished result.

The tomatoes were skewered together on match stalks which had to be cloned out where they stuck through the skin of the toms, and these were held in position against black card (which didn't end up black until I changed it in PP later) on a barbecue fork.

The drips from the tomatoes landed on the plate.

Then the soup can was emptied (wife ate the soup later) and was sellotaped onto the fork and photographed.

I cloned one of the tomatoes below the skewered ones and added in a drop of the juice, and on that drop I used the liquefy tool to make it look more drippy so it seemed like it was about to add to the blobs on the plate, and I then cloned this stretched drip onto the rim of the soup tin.

Then all these shots were worked on until they were rotated as closely as I could to try and get it looking something like authentic...

Phew!

Anyway, here's hoping the judge gives it at least an 18...


Exif:


Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 550D
Lens: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Image Date: 2011-01-30 14:53:23 +0000
Focal Length: 34mm
Focus Distance: 0.66m
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure Time: 1.500 s
ISO equiv: 200
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: Adobe RGB (1998)
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Photographer: Paul Iddon
Copyright: www.pauliddon.co.uk







Paul.

jiro

I think you did a very nice job on this, Paul. Very creative! I hope you win this one. Are you all competing or just after the theme?

Paul Iddon

Most of the club membership enters one image each month, so will be up against lots of others.


Thanks for the compliment.


Paul.

Sam

It's always difficult to predict which image will, or won't win a contest, but this is a neat image. Well thought out and executed.

Sam

Paul Iddon

Thanks Sam, we'll wait and see.

Paul.

Dogdots

WOW!!!!

You did a wonderful job. The added touch is the shape of the plate

Paul Iddon

Cheers Mary - glad you like it


Paul.

redleash

Good luck, Paul! This is super creative, and very well executed. I'm highly impressed...hope you win! Be sure to let us know.

Lauren

Paul Iddon

I will Lauren, thank you for the praise


Paul.