Ch 60 - 1st try.

dkoyanagidkoyanagi Registered Users Posts: 656 Major grins
edited March 14, 2006 in The Dgrin Challenges
Here's my first attempt at ch60.

Strawberry
Taken: 2006-03-12

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Comments and critiques welcome as always. Thanks for looking.
Dan
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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2006
    Different
    Stunning, has immediate "wow" factor... but (you knew there'd be a but, right?) I think the strawberry could be a bit redder and the plate whiter... and maybe closer to the strawberry?
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  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2006
    Strawberry shadow
    Do you know about this ?
    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=29455
    Your photo is very nice.
    May be a little more detail in the shadow of the strawberry...
    And better enhancement of the colors...
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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2006
    Beautiful.

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  • BassAnglerBassAngler Registered Users Posts: 104 Big grins
    edited March 13, 2006
    Very nice!!

    Here is what I see though in looking at the berry in the dish....fill the bowl with some milk and show it spalshing down into the bowl. This sounds familiar, where have I seen this before? Hmmmm, just an idea! ne_nau.gif
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2006
    Gorgeous, WOW!

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  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2006
    What a wonderful shot! The simplicity, color, very, very nice.
  • adrian_kadrian_k Registered Users Posts: 557 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2006
    I'm really not into un-natural foods & esp. colour but in this case the strawb could be redder - it just doesn't look very apetizing.
    but other than that it's nicely executed.

    dkoyanagi wrote:
    Here's my first attempt at ch60.

    Strawberry
    Taken: 2006-03-12

    Comments and critiques welcome as always. Thanks for looking.
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    Adrian
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  • robinsphotosrobinsphotos Registered Users Posts: 30 Big grins
    edited March 13, 2006
    Very nice picture, almost perfect....except for the not quite red enough strawberry.
  • dkoyanagidkoyanagi Registered Users Posts: 656 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2006
    Thanks for your feedback everybody. After a few minutes in Photoshop I came up with these. I think the strawberry looks better in number 2, but the shading is a touch more realistic in number 3. What do you think?

    Number 2

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    Number 3
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  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2006
    This is NICE
    Number 3
    59806877-M.jpg
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  • adrian_kadrian_k Registered Users Posts: 557 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2006
    yes, 3 is definately an improvement but still looks a little cold.
    dkoyanagi wrote:
    Thanks for your feedback everybody. After a few minutes in Photoshop I came up with these. I think the strawberry looks better in number 2, but the shading is a touch more realistic in number 3. What do you think?

    Number 3
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  • robinsphotosrobinsphotos Registered Users Posts: 30 Big grins
    edited March 14, 2006
    I like #3
  • bwgbwg Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,119 SmugMug Employee
    edited March 14, 2006
    dan, i hope you dont take offense, but i really like your photo and wanted to offer some help. i came up with this in 5 mins in photoshop. it's a little dirty, there's some noise on the plate that needs to be removed and i may have gone overboard on the lightening, but the basic steps were:
    • levels to set w/b points
    • lab curve (basic POP formula with a little extra time spent on the L channel)
    • USM on the L channel (low radius, low amount)
    • duplicate layer, dodge darkest area of strawberry
    • set blending mode of dupe layer to screen, opacity 40%
    • mask off the strawberry
    keep at it, it's a really striking entry. thumb.gif
    Pedal faster
  • dkoyanagidkoyanagi Registered Users Posts: 656 Major grins
    edited March 14, 2006
    bigwebguy wrote:
    dan, i hope you dont take offense, but i really like your photo and wanted to offer some help. i came up with this in 5 mins in photoshop. it's a little dirty, there's some noise on the plate that needs to be removed and i may have gone overboard on the lightening, but the basic steps were:
    • levels to set w/b points
    • lab curve (basic POP formula with a little extra time spent on the L channel)
    • USM on the L channel (low radius, low amount)
    • duplicate layer, dodge darkest area of strawberry
    • set blending mode of dupe layer to screen, opacity 40%
    • mask off the strawberry
    keep at it, it's a really striking entry. thumb.gif
    Thanks BWG. I already tried the lab pop and usm on the l channel. I'll try the other methods as well. thumb.gif
    Dan
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    www.flickr.com/photos/dkoyanagi/
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