11th Place~Salvador's Grapes (v.2)~jnconradie by Canon DSLR Challenge

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07-APR-2007	jnconradie

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jnconradie		15-Apr-2007 15:33
Thanks, Sam, for the nice compliment. I would be delighted to do so, but seeing that most of the grapes are real, the sculpture - which is still standing on the desk in my study - is fast losing its appeal, both in terms of visual appeal and edibility :-) Thanks anyway. Regards jnconradie

Canon DSLR Challenge		15-Apr-2007 14:06
If I were you Nico, I would keep this a wonderful sculpture. Lovely. Sam Attal

jnconradie		15-Apr-2007 07:17
Thanks, Tom and Melanie, for the very high praise indeed. You are way too kind. Sincerely appreciated. Regards jnconradie

Canon DSLR Challenge		15-Apr-2007 03:48
Another excellent image from you and your team Nico. Very well put together. I thought it was photoshop at first, had no idea it was clay (though I did wonder about the texture of the grapes when I first saw it). Clever! --Melanie

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Apr-2007 20:27
very close to perfect, great effect! most probably on my voting list. regards tom

jnconradie		14-Apr-2007 06:20
Thanks very much, Melbob. Your sense of humour is wonderful, as always! The compliment is really appreciated. Regards jnconradie

Bob AYTON		14-Apr-2007 05:37
I've been past this a dozen times and meant to comment. It is one of Dali's typical bizarre but not extreme works. Excellent representation and a bunch of clever work to get those 'grapes' looking so good. ... Instead of PP you used BP... and I'm not talking about petroleum products! Very skilful 'Team' another great post, professionally photographed. ~ Regards Melbob.

jnconradie		12-Apr-2007 05:26
Thanks very much, Cat and kiki2. Sincerely appreciated. Regards jnconradie

Canon DSLR Challenge		11-Apr-2007 19:32
And here I thought you were becoming a PP wiz ;) Nice creation. -kiki2

Canon DSLR Challenge		11-Apr-2007 14:55
Wonderful creativity here!! Salvador would have been proud of these! -Cat

jnconradie		10-Apr-2007 12:05
Thanks, Vikas, CJ and Michael. Your comments are most gracious. Delighted that you liked the result. Regards jnconradie

Guest		09-Apr-2007 23:53
Wild, and ever so well done. -Michael

Canon DSLR Challenge		09-Apr-2007 16:38
Well done Nico and congratulations also go to your wife for her creativity and craft skills! CJ

Vikas Malhotra		09-Apr-2007 08:59
Fabulous Nico...... Great idea, great concept. I am sure we are going to see a lot of Dali inspired shots in this challenge. Cheers, Vikas.

jnconradie		09-Apr-2007 05:39
Thanks, Traveller. Thanks, Brent. It is really my better half - and Salvador himself, of course - who deserve the credit for this one. She came up with the idea and then used modeling clay (various colours painstakingly mixed) to form the "melting" grapes. These were individually glued to the glass. I shot it in a light tent with an off-camera flash pointed to the background so as to get it just about completely blown. I used a colour-replacement brush to get the clay grapes to match the real grapes more accurately, but no other deformation tools or post-processing of any significance. Glad you like it! Regards jnconradie

Canon DSLR Challenge		09-Apr-2007 03:13
Very nice Nico, I had been thinking about trying something like this using an old pocket watch I have. I would have had to learn how to distort like this though. I'm also quite curious about how you processed this. Well done. ~Brent

Canon DSLR Challenge		08-Apr-2007 09:46
Nico, would you mind telling us how you did this, espcially the grapes on the rim? Best Wishes, Traveller

jnconradie		08-Apr-2007 09:16
Thanks, Traveller, for taking the time out to comment. You are a more gracious host. I re-shot this with better lighting. Regards jnconradie

Canon DSLR Challenge		07-Apr-2007 21:31
PS...truly a wonderful title. Best Wishes, Traveller

Canon DSLR Challenge		07-Apr-2007 21:28
I was going to say from seeing the Thumbnail that you can do better than that...but you did...lol...the subtlety of the melting of the grapes is delightful! What a smiler this is. Would you want to clone out the white spot on the glass or do you want it there? Maybe also take down a tad the highlight on the top-most grape? Your decision of course. Best Wishes, Traveller