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28-JAN-2010	(c) Doug Cruden

29th - "Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit"

Cheltenham, Glos.

(A tale of love and spirituality)

I think I've become a tad healthier as I've got older - I gave up smoking over seventeen years ago, I'm moderate (cough!) in my alcohol consumption (ahem!) and I enjoy the odd bowl of fruit more than chocloate or cake...weird, I know!

Right...pasta on the boil - check! Sauce ready to be heated up - check! Photo duplicated in CS3 - check! Cross-process effect completed in Curves - check! Image cropped to get rid of the empty stalk the photographer created when he ate some of the subject - check! Resized for the web - check!!!

Friday 29th's good-living-at-the-end-of-the-week entry to the Challenge; click here for other monochromed Pbasers in January

Nikon D300 ,Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Micro
1/500s f/11.0 at 60.0mm iso800 off-camera SB600 Speedlight hide exif

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Date/Time	28-Jan-2010 19:23:33
Make	Nikon
Model	NIKON D300
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Focal Length	60 mm
Exposure Time	1/500 sec
Aperture	f/11
ISO Equivalent	800
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Metering Mode	matrix (5)
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Exposure Program	manual (1)
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Sheila		31-Jan-2010 06:51
Nicely done, Doug.

Carl and Racine Erland		31-Jan-2010 05:05
Superb macro shot with fantastic lighting...glad to hear you were enjoying your subject (empty stalk syndrome)...love the detail! - Racine V

Frank Brault		31-Jan-2010 01:00
I love the glowing light. Your title reminds me of somethin I wrote - for what it is worth! :) "We often use the expression "That's apples and oranges!". We do so disparagingly, when someone argues that two thing are the same, which we believe are different. Sometimes, we thoughtlessly apply this thinking to reject people who are in some way different from ourselves. They may be a different race, sex, age, or have a different sexual orientation, social status or religion-whatever! But apples and oranges have much in common. They both are fruit, grow on trees, have seeds, taste good and provide nourishment. They are also different from each other, but aren't we all better off that our world has both apples AND oranges.

Guest		30-Jan-2010 23:37
The light an tones are great here! I like fruit alot but definitely not more than chocolate or cake... mmmm now I'm hungry!

Mieke WA Minkjan		30-Jan-2010 07:11
you know your books Doug,but this one "Oranges are not the only fruit" is a novel from Jeanette Winterson, 1985, aired by the BBC in 1990. you haven't read it probably. I understood it is now popular in schools as part of the reading list.

carol j. phipps		30-Jan-2010 00:34
Outstanding on shape, color, and composition!

Bernard Davis		29-Jan-2010 22:22
Nice green feel to this. I'm partial to the odd bit of fruit myself, but get things in perspective. All the time you're eating fruit, you could have been eating chocolate. And most fruit is better when its been fermented anyway. Nice shot by the way. ;-)

Phillip Normanton		29-Jan-2010 22:18
Ugh - this is the weekend, that's no place for health-fud. Get 'em fermented at once! :o)

J. Scott Coile		29-Jan-2010 21:37
Everything in moderation :-)

LynnH		29-Jan-2010 21:23
Your grapes look a bit radioactive in this one! Love the closeness! Your narrative is hilarious!

lisamidi		29-Jan-2010 21:07
Very fruity shot with fabulous details and great lighting. Went out immediately to buy me some grapes too :-)

Johnny JAG		29-Jan-2010 19:40
Grape shot!

Stewart Mitchell		29-Jan-2010 15:59
Love the airy feel that the processing and shooting agaist the light has given to this image Doug :)

borisalex		29-Jan-2010 15:45
Wonderful lifestyle! Photographing and cooking...my passions too!

Barbara Heide		29-Jan-2010 14:28
love your processing...

Ann...		29-Jan-2010 14:22
Lovely detail, the tinge of green works so very well!

Cindi Smith		29-Jan-2010 12:06
Can't help but eat your props, huh? LOL! Love this image. Great work, as usual!

Guest		29-Jan-2010 12:02
True, true, true, your health checks are fine, just keep on photographing those fine shots.

Guest		29-Jan-2010 11:31
I love fruit too, and grapes are one of my favorites .Very nice photo Doug!!

Available Light Images		29-Jan-2010 11:04
:-) not the grapes of wrath then!? A classic book and a cool representation of such..

Yvonne		29-Jan-2010 09:47
Love fruit too..

Stephanie		29-Jan-2010 08:53
Yummy and delicious! Very nice lighting adds to this image!

Kathryn		29-Jan-2010 07:16
Wonderful shot, great book too.

lou_rozensteins		29-Jan-2010 07:01
And the result is great. Well done.

Guest		29-Jan-2010 06:38
Love the soft tones...

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