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Deadly Fruit...

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Posted by David Taylor on July 19, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Deadly Fruit...
...of Atropa belladonna Deadly Nightshade (c).

Sigma SD14 dslr
Sigma 50 EX macro lens
Tripod
Manual focus
LED & Natural light
F8
25s
ISO50
each of 5 images
Combined in Helicon Focus
Cropped in PS Elements 5
Framed in Xara Xtreme Pro 5

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Posted by John Robinson on July 19, 2009 at 5:16 PM
very nice ! Presume donre in "captivity " ? :wink: :biggrin:
Cheers
johnR
Posted by David Taylor on July 19, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Yes John, growing in one of my two greenhouses with my tomatoes Kirschklumpen the 'ugliest tomato in the world'. There's no risk of cross pollination as the Deadly Nightshade has finished flowering. Warning signs are up, not to eat the shiny attractive looking fruits :eek: :eek: :rolleyes: Grown purely for photographic purposes. :smile:

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Posted by Craig Jones on July 19, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Love the colours and the BG is brillant, very good David :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Tom Smit on July 20, 2009 at 4:44 AM
Great shot. I do like the BG but I'm not sure about the framing.
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Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 20, 2009 at 12:00 PM


Lighting looks good David, I've heard of this plants potential danger, but I've never actually seen one before, so thanks for sharing, I now know what to look out for.

Andy...
Posted by Guy Rogers on July 20, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Hello David.

Like this and the lighting is great against that black background.

Two nits though.

A little more room top and bottom to give the plant some room.

I would also clone out the dead leaf bottom right, it does'nt belong in the image and is not helping the composition. Which works really well with out it.

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Posted by Fran French on July 20, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Very nice David. Love the lighting and the dark b/g works very well. I do agree with Guys comments though, especially the dead leaf.

A pleasure to view.

Fran :toast:
Posted by Rene de Heer on July 20, 2009 at 2:27 PM
Its a bit tight in the frame but its a great compostion.
Rene de Heer
Posted by Magnus Hird on July 20, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Didn't know the fruits looked like that, they're not at that stage round here yet. Nicely lit as always just not sure about the dead leaf and the highlighted lines of spider web :smile:
Posted by David Kjaer on July 20, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Hi David

Presented to your usual high standard!

David :toast:
Posted by Justin on July 21, 2009 at 4:44 AM
I like the way the light is picking out the edges of the leaves.
The dark background seems quite appropriate for this species.
Good one.