I love an artist who suffers for their work!

Having been an Art Director for several years and working with many photographers, I know what you have gone thru to get this shot... absolutely stunning!

Your photos have excellent composition, lighting and drama - such a breath of fresh air from many of the photos that get get posted (and that is not a cut to any who have posted their photos, but Marcia here is a stand out talent!)

Absolutely delicious!! +9

Absolutely delicious!! +9

In one word speechless.......5+

wow... impresive... great lights

...yes, abolutely delicious. What an excellent picture with a perfect title! Full marks.

you got the stuff +8

Nice shot--that looks GREAT! Very slick and professional.

Great job.

I like seeing the room in the reflection.

love it

i especially like the top-most cherry nice work!

Excellent shot! A moment in time captured perfectly!

Very professional. In my eyes it has the look of the 80's.

Oh, wow. Thank you for your comments, everyone. I really appreciate them.

DigitalDust: ::blush:: I don't know about that, but thank you for thinking it.

Beautiful)) So fresh...

Very aesthetic! composition and colour scheme work nicely. I agree it's refreshing to see photographs that show thoughts and efforts

really nice one
has the pro feel in it
colors are really sharp and satisfying too

sharrrrp! i love it, the lighting and composition are perfect.

WOW. Sublime!!! +8

very good for a studio shot!
now we would like to see some model studio shots!!! fashion style from u!

I'm not a lover of studio photos, I mean, I dont like very much of photos where everything was arranged and prepared to the limit, I like more of the ones you capture on the moment, made by random happenings. But this one is really good! I would love to see photos takem by you outside the studio, without being previously arranged!

Agree, great shot, +8

Thanks, all. Your comments are very much appreciated.

Kibagami: I'd like to see that, too, but my studio is too small to work with actual human-sized people. Most of my portraiture is on-location.

Anubis: Thank you. Actually, most of my work is done outside the studio and I'll post some of it as time goes by. Problem is, it gets very cold and gray here in winter, so sometimes it's either the studio or nothing. That's why I took up 3D.

I'm looking forwar to see them, he outside photos. If they are as good as this, you are a great photographer.

Beautiful! Very delicate (and yummy looking too)!

First time i give full 10 points for this imho "perfect" shot.

It needs a lot of skill to get such dynamic in a "balanced" still-life - and is damn good looking as it is.

The hangig drops of water, the stalk is turning upwards ... perfect.

i think this kind of photos requires more skill, like u need to know about lighting and composition.
as kibagami said i would really like to see more studio photos!maybe some models or nice compositions like that!

CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP...
This is realy great.. the cherries are just perfect giving a sense of movement.. i would never remenber to make something like this.. for that i give you 10 points..

if you want to come to portugal the weather in winter here is much warmer, this way you want need to do so much studio photos..
and in the midle you can give me some points on taking photos.lol . i mostly taken them without any technicality... lol

i am realy a point and shot.. :b
Sometimes i think about the photo... but never at this scale..

i realy enjoyed your photo..

ohh only word that come to mind. succulent......10+ my favourite for the day.

A truly great photograph. I especially like the lighting with this one, very nice work.

Yum.

Nice!

my critique would be to get a mose expensive fork, or maybe just a better make with smooth sides, this one looks somewhat on the medeocre side. compare a woman with beautiful shapes (legs, breasts, etc) but her skin looked like it had leprosy, a gritty texture. composition and time put in, a+

I never knew you could have such beautiful, delicious and tempting artwork with 3 cherries, I am simply amazed. +7. Colors are gorgeous

One of the best photographs I have seen here. Rich color, full tonal range, composition arranged very thoughtfully. I hate to be another praise in the chorus, but I don't disagree with the praise in the tinyest way for once.

"Three days and 14 jars of Maraschino cherries to find three that worked"

Wow... you should have a party for every your work!!!
Very nice shot however

Good God... this is almost too good! Earlier this year I took a course on Photography for Advertising, and I know how difficult it can be to get even one useful shot... and compared to yours, mine don`t have a prayer! Truly inspiring stuff.

Now thats what I call photography.

Wonderful photograph. You have captured the very essense of Maraschino cherries with this image. Your suffering was not in vain, I can taste them from here. It's a very well balanced photo too, The striking contrast between cherries, fork and background are great. Kudos.

awesome job, perfect thats all i can say u took the picture in the exact moment that drop of cherry juice thats falling of the fork makes this seem unbelievable, its amazing how something so simple can make such a different.
great!!!now i have to run to the supermarket to get me some cherries!!!!!!

wow, when I saw this I thought "wonderful photograph", but I never thought I would make it member gallery n°1!!!! I'm really surprised about it, thats great! because its something new - a photograph n°1! - and its a wonderful composition!

Thank you so much, everyone. I can't tell you how much your kind and thoughtful comments mean to me.

Ninosboombox: I don't think I would compare the slight texture on the fork to leprosy, but I see your point. The problem was, I had to find a fork with a gracefully curving profile in order to make the composition work the way I envisioned it. I was hoping to find some sterling in open stock, but after searching the city for several weeks, I was only able to find two forks that met the profile criteria, and this was the better of the two. Maybe if I had searched longer... but my patience has its limitations.

Danka: I ended up with a huge bowl of leftover cherries, and my children ate themselves sick. <g>

Mutatantmonkey: I shot about 108 exposures (on film) to get that image. It was very difficult to catch the drips at the right point, just before they fell, plus the cherries kept drying out and had to have fresh juice poured over them every few minutes!

I wish I could respond to every one of you individually. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your opinions with me.

marcia

Great work! Bravo!

Ah, If you were going for the "yummy" effect, well you got it. They look very appetizing I can almost taste them. Great job!

I think it's the fork blending shadows in the background.

The cherries being a totall reflectant onto the stalk.
The lustrous brown...
the spicy red tints, and then the bursts of reflected light.

reflections, smooth corners, roundedness, though, The thought and the composition is genereally what you would need to make a perfect image.

The fork goes out ONE end, and the cherry stalk goes outwards in the opposite direction.
The ALMOST centralized image of the cherries give it an "perfect" and yet "imperfect" photograph...and all the pieces are almost symmetrical.


nice drops too...just the right amber/red..

the example is indeed the far end of the spectrum (sometimes people cannot see it unless it is mispropotioned) , but i find that comparing that way rids any slack for any inperfections. that work for me anyways. but like i said it is something to admire the time you put in, very rare animal indeed!!

Egad man… I’ve been told that I have patience but that takes dedication
Absolutely amazing, the color and shape of the cherries is amazing, and the drips starting to form give it a sense of time, +5 (it’s all I have to give)

Awesome pic!!! I really really like it. I like how the light hit the cherries. Sorry +5 is the highest i can give.

It's really amazing. Very nice. It's almost impossible to find any sort of fruit in photo shoots that work, generally.

(sorry for the double post)

hi my little sister was watching allong when i was uploading some pics
and she saw this one and she said that they are soooo pretty she would like to eat them


Greetz

Nina & Boy

Hi Nina & Boy,

Tell your sister thank you very much for the compliment. I'm glad she likes the photo. I had a giant bowl of cherries leftover from this shoot; my children ate until they were sick! If you were here, Nina, they'd have been happy to share with you.

marcia

very nice

Great photo, but the side of the fork is weird
But nice picture anyway

Congrats!

You've done a wonderful job of making me hungry.

I really like how you, just by chance(?), got a good a good bit of some juice dripping in the shot. It looks wonderful!

Great!

Professional! No words...

This is not art!

Very original thinking, Pipertim. Are you the art czar?

That is a very nice photo! I bet this will knock my pic back down hehe! I gave it a ten.

It would be fun to see some of the "outtakes."

Perhaps I was harsh. I shoud have said 'this is not art to me it is advertising'. I am the czar when it comes to art

blahh, I don't find it any fun to post a comment/critiq when so many people have posted , feels like no one is ever going to read it.

Anyway I like this picture. It's clean, it's simple, it makes me want to eat it..
It's 'perfect', nothing in it that that I do not like.

Gorgeous, I love the lighting (everything gleams) - but, the effort you put into this! What did you do with the other Maraschino cherries?

How amazing! It makes me really hungry for cherries! But seriously, it is so beautiful...like you could just reach right in and pluck the whole thing right out. The colors are sharp, and the contrast against the background is amazing! I'm not sure how you came up with this idea in the first place, but I love it!

Excellent shot, the capture in the perfect moment on the drop was falling is great.
The composition is really good, love the negative space.

This is probably one of the most perfect photographs I've ever seen. It's so strong and vibrant, it's tactile. You can taste the cherries. The little stem just finishes it off with an almost frivilious "yes, we are perfect, tasteful cherries. we know it and so do you." AWESOME. This would sell ALOT of cherries.

Great!

OHHH! i 've forgot to vote !!! grrrr! I saw this pic 20 times and forgot to vote...

NICE SHOT!!! wow!! hehe... LOVE IT!!

wow!!

outstanding.
10/10

this is just awesome.
delicious too.
Florin

this is just awesome.
delicious too.
Florin