Great job pixeling this apple. Oddly enough i ended up sketching this very same apple  in photoshop not too long ago. In any case, great job.

 

Amazingly done. Not sure what the point of pixeling a photo THIS realistically is though.

Amazing! Truly! I just want to take a big bite of it!
I'd probably get pixel stuck in my teeth though. And we all know how hard THAT is to get out.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Cheating or no cheating, pretty pointless, IMHO.

You've AAed the edge of the apple against the white, but looks like you forgot about against the shadow, and the leaf.

Sorry for doubting you Obsidantion, and since you fooled me into thinking this was a color reduction, than I must say you've done a heck of a nice job, congrats!

Thank you for the nice comments. Here's a convincing post on pixelation in favour of them being genuine: http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?topic=5630.msg66818#msg66818

 

This looks very good.

But I can see why people might it's a rip, even if it's not. That's a shame.

Gorgeous. I haven't seen such a realistic anything, pretty much, on this site yet.

The leaf is a bit flat, the what-is-the-thing-called that leaf is growing from doesn't cast a shadow and light source seems to be bit off generally... otherwise great job.

Wow! Nice, really realistic. Good colors.

I pixelled my image, each individual pixel, from scratch by looking at the reference and using its colours. I didn't trace, colour reduce or paint over the original. However, I think now posting this kind of stuff is a bad idea. I've done another one (same method) of bananas and that's been removed from the gallery.

 

Coloring over a picture is not original pixel art.

I wish I had recorded my progress now... Here's a thread on pixelation which includes 1 WIP image of the apple: http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?PHPSESSID=c97445c779a4a85c2daa7a76ba822422&topic=5630.0

The two dark pixels on the upper left of the apple are odd... 

Do you have a WIP?

Pretty sure this is a trace or reduction...