[HansE]

With kisses sweeter than wine?

[Grumpy John]

Or this?

[Grumpy John]

I did, and it was delicious.

[HansE]

Haha- I was thinking red lips on a lady but I hope you ate that strawberry!

[Grumpy John]

Just for you Hans.

[HansE]

Makes the re look even stronger. Would also look good on a portrait i reckon.

[Grumpy John]

I selected the strawberry using Object Selection Tool and inverted the selection. Then I created a B/W layer where I played around with the sliders till I found something I liked. I then changed the blend mode to saturation and dropped the opacity to %84.
I can send you the PSD if you want to have a play around.
I think that the slight colour in the background is quite effective.

[Isac]

Yeah! I see it's not 100% B/W in the BG. What was your method to get that loook?

[Grumpy John]

Something like this?

[Grumpy John]

70 days from pollination to picking for the passion fruit Hans. That's a long time to wait.
I had almost given up on the passion fruit, then all of a sudden there was fruit everywhere, don't give up.

[HansE]

I will have to hit you up for some gardening advice. I have a bunch of seedlings that have sat at the germinated stage the Chili peppers reminded me The other ting is the Kiwi fruit I'm trying took 5 weeks to germinate and is just standing there not doing anything

[Isac]

Lovely colour on that strawberry John! Perhaps a bit of selective clolour in PS could be on the cards?

[Grumpy John]

First (ripe) strawberry for the season. Maybe strawberries and passion fruit on the pav for Christmas day.

[Grumpy John]

Thanks for the kind words Hans, most appreciated. Life is starting to return to normal and I'm looking forward to more good days with the camera.

[HansE]

I like all of those. You also have to remember you are the most important person in your life and you have friends. Wishing you health happines and pleasure! As well as ripe passion fruit.
Hans