Inspiring Photo: One BAD Apple #187157

One BAD Apple

Uploaded: September 23, 2003 07:43:30

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Colette M. Metcalf September 23, 2003

Cool image, Mary-Ella!! #61269

Brinn MacDougall September 23, 2003

Nice one, Mary-Ella! That's one good looking "bad" apple... #209431

Patricia A. Kuniega September 23, 2003

There's a show-off in every bunch! A very creative shot. Great job Mary-Ella! #209441

Leanne M.E. Boyd September 23, 2003

Very creative and artisically put together shot, Mary-Ella!!! Excellent image!!! #209454

Roseann E. Dreasher September 23, 2003

How fun! I love your lighting and composition..and that gold filigree apple is a nice touch! #209505

Charlene Bayerle September 23, 2003

This is wonderful and so creative Mary-Ella!! Great job. #209525

Mary-Ella Bowles September 23, 2003

Thanks all! I had fun with this one. The gold apple is one of my many "finds" at the local thrift stores. I'm always on the lookout for props for my photography, or stuff I can use in my mixed media art. Those stores can be dangerous!

Here's a question if anyone is reading this - at another site I just had someone comment that the apples looked soft focus - not crisp enough. I used a tripod and everything, and thought they were fine (maybe time to get my eyes checked? Opinions? #209529

K J. B September 23, 2003

Very clever idea......great! #209548

Claudia Kuhn September 23, 2003

I really like this Mary-Ella, the lighting and compositions are great.

I think that the apples are rounded that the parts that curve away just don't have as crisp an edge as something flat. Maybe the lighting also makes the edges look a bit softer, from the shadowing on the bottom part. Sometimes on other sites it seems that some are a bit overcritical! #209549

Darren M. Alexander September 23, 2003

I know which one I *wouldn't * eat! :-)

Neat shot! #209557

Ellen Peach September 23, 2003

Wonderful creativity, Mary-Ella....great shot! #209566

Murry Grigsby September 23, 2003

Great imagination and execution,Mary-Ella. At 750x500 it's impossible to tell if anything is sharp or soft IMO. Did you lock the mirror-up and use a cable release (or self timer). Sometimes even on a tripod at certain shutter speeds you can get a bit of movement when the mirror slaps up--just a thought. Still an excellent image!! #209615

Judith G. Secco September 23, 2003

No complaints here! Looks perfect to me. I love this!
Judy #209620

Theresa McCloskey September 23, 2003

wonderful - very creative :-) #209646

Karen Engelbreth September 23, 2003

This is wonderful and so creative Mary-Ella!! #209694

Kathleen Clemons September 23, 2003

This is sooo creative, Mary-Ella! I just love the way your mind works! #209706

September 23, 2003

Very impressive!!! #209760

Barbara K. Breitsameter September 23, 2003

How original and unique! Superb work here Mary Ella. #209918

Darren K. Fisher September 23, 2003

Very creative and one outstanding image. #209932

Mary-Ella Bowles September 23, 2003

Thanks everyone!! I truly appreciate your kind words and support. :-))))) #209942

Evy Johansen September 23, 2003

WOW.... Mary-Ella! What a wonderful and creative idea!!! Great image!! #209999

Gabriela Cunha September 24, 2003

GREAT!
:) gy #210378

Greg McCroskery September 25, 2003

Mary Ella,
Great concept and excellent photo -- 'tack sharp'! The 'softness' issue has to do with a slight halo effect along the apple edges created by the high key background -- a common problem in portrait photography. Two possible solutions are to move the subjects further away from the background, or to place an arch shaped 'gobo' (shield) of black material over the subjects, but out of the frame. This dark material acts as subtractive lighting device for the subjects, but does not effect the background -- commercial photographers use this technique.
God Bless,
Greg #211187

Darren K. Fisher September 26, 2003

Hey Mary Ella, about the softness of the image, I do not think it is the original image, im thinking if you had sharpened the image just a tad more it would have made it a bit more crisp, or it could be from the upload. #212684

September 28, 2003

I don't see a problem with the clarity...you have a great vision with still life. It must have taken a while to find those perfect apples :) #215091

Louison Rousseau September 30, 2003

What a wonderful set-up, Mary-Ella! To my eyes, the apples do seem a little soft, especially the "bad" one, but it's rather minor. The composition, lighting, set-up and colors more than make up for it. #217050

Kathleen Clemons October 17, 2003

Another great month for you, Mary-Ella! Big congrats to you! #234730

Claudia Kuhn October 17, 2003

Congratulations Mary-Ella!! #234886

Karen Engelbreth October 17, 2003

congratulations Mary-Ella!! #234946

Colette M. Metcalf October 17, 2003

Congrats, Mary-Ella!!! #235030

Darren K. Fisher October 17, 2003

Way to go Mayr-Ella!!! #235170

Ed Isaacs October 17, 2003

Congratulations, Mary-Ella. #235193

Murry Grigsby October 17, 2003

Congrats on your creative finalist, Mary-Ella!! #235234

Sharon E. Lowe October 17, 2003

Congrats and Good luck, Mary-Ella! Very creative! #235802

Darren M. Alexander October 17, 2003

You go, girl! :-) #235852

Tim Chong October 17, 2003

Congrats. I bet you a dozen apples that this will go into the next round. ;) #236049

Evy Johansen October 17, 2003

Many congratulations and good luck with this great image, Mary-Ella! #236379

Gabriela Cunha October 17, 2003

CONGRATS, Mary-Ella!
:) gy #236525

Doug Benner October 17, 2003

Great job, Mary-Ella. This is a unique and elegant composition. #236631

Dan S. Coquia October 17, 2003

Congratulations, Mary-Ella! #236943

Judith G. Secco October 18, 2003

Congratulations on this very creative image.
Judy #237851

Susana Matos October 19, 2003

Congrats and good luck,
Cheers from POrtugal, Su #238326

October 27, 2003

I really love this shot. I love the off center of the "bad apple." It leaves us to puzzle (as if unknown) which of the apples is the bad one. #247587

Piper Lehman November 10, 2003

Collette,
I just now saw this for the first time. What a great shot!

I disagree with the soft edge comment. This is perfect the way it is. If you got rid of the shadow areas, you would lose the depth and dimension of the apples against the white background. Nice lighting job! This isn't easy to do with all the potential reflection problems. Great work! #262974

Piper Lehman November 10, 2003

OOPS! Sorry Mary Ella. I just scrolled up to get your name, and I saw Collette's on the left there. Sorry guys! #262980

Steve A. Stephens December 16, 2003

Mary, Your shooting in digital on a canon camera..I have used canon for a number of yrs and the one thing I found out about canon is that their digital cameras are not tack sharp..you may have to go into photo shop and sharpen the shot up...I was at work for Boeing and we got Canon D60's...all of the shots required the shots to be sharpened...that is my guess...it's good...good lighting, comp..etc...but the digitals aren't tack sharp and it has something to do with the CCD they are using... #296717

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