Butcher Knife & the tomato

[Chris G]

Hello everyone, hope we are all well..

Havn't posted anything before here, due to work and general life I suppose.

Anywho, I took this photo the other night, just in my lounge with 2 outdoor light's and I used a black reflector to darken the background.

I wasn't really to happy with the coloured version, so I converted it to B&W. Alone with the colour select on the tomatos, all with CS3.

Hope you's enjoy!

Best Regard's

Chris G

[Ross and Cher]

Glad you got off the Fence Chris and Welcome! Not sure about the tomatoes, but love the B & W chopper and the detail on the board!

[Analog6]

Oh, very nice.  Love the treatment.  well done.

And welcome to the forum.

[Derek]

Welcome Chris. I like this image a lot and the treatment does it justice. My only comment is the tomato, it looks a little off colour making it not look too fresh this could be easily fixed in your editing software.

[Tim N]

I like it ... the B+W looks good and the selective colour works well !

[Cher and Ross]

Hi Chris

This is very nice and creative! Like it a lot!

Welcome as well!!!

[admin]

Stunning shot Chris.
I like the muted red, the fantastic black and white tones and the set up.
Shows what you can do without leaving the house, some basic set up and a good dose of imagination.

Come on, get on with the next one!

[tommykelso]

I like this shot but I have to agree with the others... the tomato needs to be more vinrant in colour to really make this image work.

[admin]

To add a bit of fuel here. A couple of comments raise the tomatoes as not being bright enough red.
I think that this is a really, really good shot in the posing of the objects, the lighting, the texture and, in particular the slightly muted red. My only criticism is the seven little black blotches on the background,which can be retouched, and a slight defining of the top edge of the cleaver's handle to seperate it from the background.
I'd be very proud of this shot.

[Analog6]

I agree with Mark, at first I thought the tommies were a bit muted, but the more you look at it the more they 'fit'.  I'd be proud to have taken this shot too, it is a beauty and well thought out.

[Chris G]

To add a bit of fuel here. A couple of comments raise the tomatoes as not being bright enough red.
I think that this is a really, really good shot in the posing of the objects, the lighting, the texture and, in particular the slightly muted red. My only criticism is the seven little black blotches on the background,which can be retouched, and a slight defining of the top edge of the cleaver's handle to seperate it from the background.
I'd be very proud of this shot.

You know mark, I couln't find the black splotches for awhile, till I turned down my brightness on the monitor ( I hate TFT screen's)
Make's me wish I keept my CRT, which had built in image editing mode.

Overall I'm very happy with the way it turned out, and love the muted red's aswell, give's it more feel I think.

Though thankyou everyone for comment's, muchy appritiated 

[OZZI-BLOKE]

Myself, I think this is a great image, I like the selective colour treatment and is has been done
pretty good here, I like the colour of the tomato's but the bright blown out part is a little distracting.