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Breakfast Without a Bowl
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Uploaded: 02/24/12 5:12 PM GMT
Breakfast Without a Bowl
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I took into account all the observations and advice made by all of you on a previous post and accommodated them to try and improve it.
Several found the background distracting and said the fruit looked a little fake.
It was suggested that maybe a green tablecloth would be more natural looking.
The blueberries atop the bananas had to go.
The fruit needed to have blurring or feathering.
The perspective was off.
I had to agree with most of the advice and my own concerns were the background and the perspective.
So, I will try to remember some of the things I did. First, I replaced the kitchen background with a textured wallpaper by selection and layering.
I selected the tablecloth and decided it was too complicated to change without losing the shadows, so I just changed the color to more of a green and muted it so it wasn't too bright.I cloned out the blueberries on the bananas and a few on the table.
I had to relayer the image with an older version and erase to pull back some of the shadows and berries that got lost in the table color change.
I did an 'edge'softening' with a Topaz plug-in.
I couldn't alter the perspective with lens correction or the Lens Effect Topaz plug-in, so I altered the perspective as best I could with the warp tool in PSCS5 and then had to content-fill the blank spaces to return to a full frame.
I added a light vignette and the rest is just 'fluff'.
Phew! I may have skipped a half dozen steps because I can't remember, but they were necessary and this is about as good as it gets. I am done. Would I do this again? No, probably not. It doesn't seem worth all the fuss, but I do love to play around in the software, so I did have fun doing it.Thanks everyone for all the great suggestions.
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.LakeMichigan
02/24/12 5:18 PM GMT
Your hard work paid off Cindy . Extremely well done. I like it.
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I would travel only by horse, if I had the choice. ~ Linda McCartney ~
After that lot I forgot what to say!....lol
Looks good darlin'!..
Looks good darlin'!..
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It looks definitely much better this way Cindy. Now it is a beautiful still life image.
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Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors.
I would have taken no notice and just eat it...It looks so nice ....R.
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Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants
Wow! That wore me out Cindy:) Don't ever do that again okay?:) I must say all your effort did not go to waste. This is very nicely done. I am not fond of the purple BG above the banana but that's just me and has nothing to do with your gift or the outcome:):) Nice job.
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BB
For me just this peachy thing, please. Otherwise I do not eat fruit. They only look nice to me, but the taste is like grass ...
I prefer this one. Kitchen reminds me that fruit are a healthy food ["yikes" or how was it that SAS=Sandi reacts to the water snakes].LOL
Yours SAM
I prefer this one. Kitchen reminds me that fruit are a healthy food ["yikes" or how was it that SAS=Sandi reacts to the water snakes].LOL
Yours SAM
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With all my love and respect, Marzena
Well that was quite a run through of steps - I needed a sip of water as I read! This turned out much better IMHO.
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. . .
"What a desolate place would be a world without a flower!
It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome." A.J. Balfour
Your photoshop class has paid good dividends in all your posts COG. I still find the background distracting and the fruit looks like it will tumble off any moment.
It would have changed the perspective but I would have used the table cloth as all the background.
Lots of work that was done very well. You did a great job of removing the blueberries.
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It would have changed the perspective but I would have used the table cloth as all the background.
Lots of work that was done very well. You did a great job of removing the blueberries.
TicK
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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
Much, much better presentation, Cindy. You missed one tiny thing, undoubtedly because of everything else you were doing.
As the table is no longer obviously a table, the darker edge lines protruding from the bananas is a significant distraction.
A few seconds of cloning in some soft green, extending it upward just a bit, and it merges perfectly with the background.
As the table is no longer obviously a table, the darker edge lines protruding from the bananas is a significant distraction.
A few seconds of cloning in some soft green, extending it upward just a bit, and it merges perfectly with the background.
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You did good, Cindy. The changes really improved the overall image. The process is always the fun part.
Tom
Tom
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You'll never learn, my friend. You still listen to the others? LOL Honestly, I prefer the other one, it's stronger, more powerful. This one is fluffy, as you say yourself. But the fruits look delicious.
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Cindy, All the steps you took really paid off in this one. Thank you for explaining as well as being creative. Tigs♥ =^..^=
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
I love this one, too, the fruit still look juicy and delicious. LOL
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Once again I'll ask, "Why are jumping threw photographic magical hoops instead of tossing some fruit on the table and shooting the entire scene."?
If you want a challenge, come to California. We'll head over to Montana de Oro at high tide. The first one whose body washes up on the shore in Japan wins.
If you want a challenge, come to California. We'll head over to Montana de Oro at high tide. The first one whose body washes up on the shore in Japan wins.
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I may be schizophrenic, but at least I have each other.
When it comes to creating an image, you have a lot more ambition than I do. I must be getting...check that! I AM old! Excellent image and beautifully done, Cindy. My suggestions still apply though! LOL.
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JB
The changes really make this one special...a great rework and suddenly I am craving fruit.
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“Creativity takes courage.” (Henri Matisse)
This is brilliant Cindy. This is much better, but I did also like the other. Great work you have done on this one. Well done!
Ann
Ann
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Oh, I like this :-) This is much better and looks more real. Cool and superb work Cindy!!
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Cindy for all the work you put into the rework really paid off big time, this is Marvelous and the fruit does look taster as said before, I'll have the bananas and orange, you can have the rest.
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It is greatly improved, but there are two big things that causes it to look artificial. First, the angle of the lighting on the fruit are not all the same. You can particularly see it between the banana, which is to the right and the orange which is more over the viewer's right shoulder. Understanding where the light is coming from, the shadows scream "fake" because they are not all in the same direction, same amount, or same angle to match the lighting. Notice on the orange that the shadow comes toward the viewer, but the light is by the viewer; the shadow should be behind the orange not in front.
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Jeff Hamilton
Cindy - I think your extra efforts have paid off with this healthy breakfast work. (I'm not seeing what Jeff (Pistos) is describing. Different shapes reflect light differently, as well as the shadows cast.) Thad
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If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. ~Lewis Hine The Earth without art is just 'eh'.
So very much more attractive and I am pleased to see those bluberries out of the 'banana boat':)
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My thanks to all who leave comments for my work and to those of you who like one enough to make it a favourite. To touch just one person that way makes each image worthwhile. . . . . . . . . .. . . . "The question is not what you look at, but what you see" ~ Marcel Proust
