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Postby Heath Bennett on Sun Apr 30, 2006 6:20 pm

I shot this this-afternoon for a client. I was wondering if I should get rid of any little brown bits or spots or keep it as natural as possible?

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Postby Zeeke on Sun Apr 30, 2006 6:53 pm

great shot... I like it.. looks great as it is.. but hard to see it without the brown spots.. all i can say is.. try it..

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Postby Heath Bennett on Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:08 pm

Thanks Zeeke. I like the new Avatar.
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Postby Zeeke on Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:14 pm

Thanks.. thought id try something new

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Postby christiand on Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:11 pm

Hi Heath,

great photo.
I wouldn't worry about little brown spots :lol:
Where are they anyway :o
Did you PP and cut the grapes from an existing back ground you wanted to get rid of ?
If so, I think the border between the blurry grapes in the back groud and
the white nothing is too sharp !
What I'm trying to say is that blurry grapes with a sharp defined edge (border) don't work. (blury grapes cannot have a sharply defined edge).

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Postby avkomp on Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:09 pm

looks good as is.

I would try em with it.


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Postby Alex on Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:17 pm

Like this one. Well done.

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Postby jdear on Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:26 pm

nice grapes heath! (thats something you wont hear everyday... :P )

keep the brown bits!

yet another great still life!

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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:37 pm

HB - if this is the kind of shot your client wants then it is fine. What kind of use will the photo be put to?
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Postby Heath Bennett on Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:42 pm

Thanks all for feedback.

Christian - This photo has quite minor PP, the hard edge thing can happen when shooting something with too strong backlight, but less likely when this out of focus... Perhaps I should make it look a little softer, erasing the harder edge. Valuable feedback mate, something that I had not seen, and now really think it should be fixed.
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Postby Heath Bennett on Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:45 pm

sirhc55 wrote:HB - if this is the kind of shot your client wants then it is fine. What kind of use will the photo be put to?


Since they are web design people, I'd say it will probably be used on their stationary, and website.

One of the biggest challenges with this shot was shooting the grapes in a way that makes them triangluar, in line with the iconic/traditional grape bunch.
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Postby blacknstormy on Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:25 pm

Stunning - leave the spots - adds to the 'reality' of the shot
Beautifully executed :)
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Postby wmaburnett on Mon May 01, 2006 3:34 pm

I like this, itd look good on a wine bottle!
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Postby marcotrov on Mon May 01, 2006 4:00 pm

Well constructed Heath. It certainly has a sense of fresghness. The high key effect suits the image and contrasts the dark grapes. I also think the dark spots enhance the overall effect.
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