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Old 08-24-2008, 04:33 PM
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Composition doesn't ask much beyond the right size of photograph. That's why I put your thread here. You can ask questions; Technique is more about discussion than Critique, but nearly anything you discuss can be like Critique.

Pure white in a background raises almost no reaction. Any color tint (like the pink in your shot) can evoke a feeling beyond the watermelon. Organic suggests purity = white.

Imagine a woodstrip picnic basket, lids closed, pointy slices of melon lined up overlapping on top of lids, grass in the background.

Or, open basket, pure white napkins inside, 3 or 5 slices of melon arranged overlapping, pokerhand-style inside on cloth, all grass background just barely outlining a slightly diagonal basket

Or, kitchen window sill, very clean white paint, window open, one slice of melon, rind end down, bucolic scene blurred well in background (clothes drying on a line, kids on a swing, etc)
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