My try at Challenge 34

Prezwoodz

THought i would give the challenge thing a try. Comments/Suggestions Minimalism.

Charlie Brown

i like it, id love it if the apple was still red with the b&w background.



charlie

aero-nut

Charlie Brown wrote:

i like it, id love it if the apple was still red with the b&w background.



charlie

Agreed... You could mask the apple and desaturate the background in photoshop.

Angelo

Yep, I agree. This would be awesome if the apple were red.

Prezwoodz

Pre requests heres the apple red. better?

lr1811

better
i like this picture a lot more with the red apple rather then all b&w

Prezwoodz wrote:

Pre requests heres the apple red. better?

DoctorIt

it would also be a lot better if the background didn't have distractions in it. Are those more desks or radiators or something back there? too much going on.

Angelo

Angelo wrote:

Yep, I agree. This would be awesome if the apple were red.

Now adjust your color, contrast and brightness

Jenny

Angelo wrote:

Now adjust your color, contrast and brightness

I agree, the apple red is great, but it needs to stand out more. I also agree with doc that the background is too busy. Maybe you could try cloning it out? Just a thought.

wxwax

Nice idea. And very clean and simple. To me, the biggest problem is that the subject of the shot, the only thing you want me to look at, isn't lit. It's backlit. So it's all dark, no detail. It needs to be reshot with some light on the lens side of the apple to really work, IMHO.

landrum

Prezwoodz wrote:

Pre requests heres the apple red. better?

I like this idea, but I agree the background is distracting. I think that you'll have a great entry if you reshoot with a clean background. I like the depth of the table though...

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rahmonster

I agree, the apple is better red. But I also agree about the background.

Prezwoodz

hmmm i see i had actually put the background in there on purpose but i guess i shouldnt have put so much. it was meant to show that it was a classroom. but i guess i didnt have much reason behind it! And i was actually able to lighten the apple but for some reason it looked like it stuck out to much to me and kinda took away from my personal "minimalistic" view on it hehe. Next time

lr1811

like it
I like the background. As I search the internet tonight for minimalistic photos I've found many with what I would have said were really distracting backgrounds. When I look at your photo I see and think of a classroom, and the red apple (with the rest in B&W) does it for me. When I look up the word minimalism in the dictionary, I see simple. To me the apple (and photo) is simple, impersonal.

Anyway, just my thoughts...

Brian

Prezwoodz wrote:

hmmm i see i had actually put the background in there on purpose but i guess i shouldnt have put so much. it was meant to show that it was a classroom. but i guess i didnt have much reason behind it! And i was actually able to lighten the apple but for some reason it looked like it stuck out to much to me and kinda took away from my personal "minimalistic" view on it hehe. Next time

Angelo

Prezwoodz wrote:

hmmm i see i had actually put the background in there on purpose but i guess i shouldnt have put so much. it was meant to show that it was a classroom. but i guess i didnt have much reason behind it! And i was actually able to lighten the apple but for some reason it looked like it stuck out to much to me and kinda took away from my personal "minimalistic" view on it hehe. Next time

I like your background.

landrum

Now that I know they are desks in a classroom, I like the concept more. I couldn't tell that they are desks.

Lucky Hack

landrum wrote:

Now that I know they are desks in a classroom, I like the concept more. I couldn't tell that they are desks.

The second I saw the first one I immediately smiled remembering grade school, what I mean is you may not need the other desks, an apple on a desk (at least in the U.S.) is a symbol for teacher.

hoping this message finds you well -Ian

Prezwoodz

Thank you everyone for all the comments!!