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Published: 2005-11-21 16:36:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 983; Favourites: 12; Downloads: 17
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Re-framed and higher quality image for printWas in the kitchen and inspiration for the photo just sprung upon me sitting there on the work top! What more could you ask for in a subject then it to look natural and be in the warmth of the kitchen - no effort involved!?
What do you think... i was trying to experiment with the composition and this photo seemed to be the best!
EDIT: This is the BROCCOFLOWER !
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well i might be wrong it might be cabbage - lolol! but yer - look all around you in the most unnasuming of places - thats what seperates the random photographer from the opportunist... i still class myself in the 1st category mind!
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I don't see it being cabbage, unless you shot that with a high power microscope . . .
That reminds me of a broccoflower, I think it's called. It's a cauliflower and broccoli hybrid, or something.
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that s the one! Wow - someone haas been doing there research! Thanks - edit on its way!
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red eye on a cabbage?? now i'm confused!
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Erm it's been so long, I'm confused too! Not sure why I said that. Strange!
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Composition works though honestly it doesn't seem to have much flow to it, but the details are what keeps drawing me in. The color is kinda wild, that yellow/gold works and is quite the attention getter making this some nice eye candy.
Suggestion wise--- make the image itself bigger, I wanna see your details even more so. 800/900px at the longest would really benefit this a LOT!
You did damn good with this
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Tankyou - will see if i can make it bigger for you...
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Thanks for doin that, this is just incredible! I am seriously impressed!
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Thankyou - means alot cos your photos are par-excellence!
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wow why thank you very much! I seriously appreciate that!
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wow that would be GREAT! 
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Such a cool pic!
Love the focal drop off, I still don't see how this is a cabbage though
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well it maybe from the Broccoli family . meh i duno!!! Thanks
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Ahhhhh I thought it was broccoli, though it doesn't look quite like that either 
Usually they look all rubbery and weird though, wheras this looks like it might have fallen through a portal from the future
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he he - well you know all the odd things they can do with food these days!
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Interesting subject matter but the picture doesn't leap out at me tbh.
Why?
1) Perhaps the lighting is too soft -perhaps a more direct (from the side) light would throw more of the texture into relief?
2) The DOF is far too shallow so a lot of the image is blurred, and since the shot is about the texture and pattern it is a little self-defeating to have such shallow dof. Sadly, there'll be little you can do about this esp with the camera you used. In fact you'd need a DSLR with a proper macro lens I suspect. I shot a few flowers over the weekend and they are all suffering from a shallow dof as I didn't take a tripod to get down to the f22 end of the lens.
3) The colours look a little artificial - like the white balance is off?
On the plus side mind, it is an amazing looking thing you've found there and must be covered in photo opportunities. And the overall composition of the shot works fine, but I think you've been too limited by the equipment
Keep at it, and you'll get there for sure.
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Yer - this was with my last camera too which wasn't as capable - saying that - my newer camera still isn't a DSLR (can but wish...) as to the light its due to no flash and tube lights in the kitchen. It's not naturall... However i must admit i still like the colour it gives...
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You've made a decent shot with limited resources - and that deserves praise. Keep at it, mebbe next time grab an angle-poise or similar, put it alongside and then process in B&W to eliminate the white balances issues, boost the contrast and pull out the shadows and shapes. Be a killer shot me thinks 
To the kitchen with you madam, look sharp !!
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grab an angle-poise??? put it alongside (the old shot???) and process in black and white (didn't work well with this one however....) lol
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he he = well it maybe a broccolli variety not cabage but still! Thanknyou! Glad you like ti!
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lol - i didn't touch it - i just moved around it! lolol. Was still raw and on the work surface waiting to be cooked for tea that night! lol
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A very creative photo! You can find so many beautiful things made by good ol' Mother Nature if you look closer...
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Yer - tis true. I plan to go back and reframe this a little more gently! Thanks!
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Okay, I saw your journal, so I'm going to try and give some constructive comments on this one. I'm hardly an expert on this, though, so don't take my opinions too seriously.
When I discuss composition, I usually try to see how the rule of thirds applies. For the most part, here, it doesn't really, though. But I think this is one of those times that the rule isn't really a rule; the composition works very well as it is. The only thing I would have considered would be placing the.... er... top/pointy-thing (what the heck do you call that?) right on the bottom and right third lines (where they intersect). But I think that would ruin the half-and-half shadow effects caused by the lighting and probably ruin the effect of depth the photo already has... so I probably wouldn't like the results of my own suggestion!
In any case, I love the fractal-like abstract quality of this. Overall, I really like this! It's a great shot!
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Thankyou very much. I think i did try applying the rule of thirds here and your right - this shot did come out very satisfactoraly with lighting and all things considered. He he - as to the pointy thing - the tip or the top of the cabbage maybe? Duno?!
Once again - Thankyou very much
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why thankyou! Appreciate the 
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nice! but two things somehow bother me a bit... Firstly, the sharpest point is a little bit unmotivated..Secondly, the black frame is simply too thick...but that's it
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Yes i agree - the black frame is simply to thick... I will go back and re-do it as soon as i get time! Probably next week!
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the sharpest point is a little unmotivated? Hmmm - maybe the frame is to thick - have to go back and look. But thankyou and thanks for the crit - not getting much of it constructively at the moment so really appreciate it!
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ah - why thankyou! funny where ideas pop up from isn't it...
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When I first saw this, I thought it was fractal art, it looks very kewl! Great shot, the clarity and the texture is beautiful!
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I know - i miss the clarity of my old camera for shots like this... Wish it hadn't got broken - role on the insurance claim - waiting with baited breath as to how much they'll give me!
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Good luck with it 
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yer - well if not i'll just keep borrowing mums old one until i earn the money!
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Wow that is a really good photo, really makes you look hard!! I love the closeness makes you unsure what you are looking at, i would never have said that was a cabbage lol!
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well i might be wrong - it might be a broccolli - but its one of those wierd varieties of a normal vegetable... cabbage or broccoli! and it does make you look hard!
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wow!!!
who knew you could get a great photo out of a little cabbage!!! hehe
I love it.
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he he - yer - it's amazing the things you can find in life isn't it! Thankyou
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