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Challenge: New Year's Resolution III (Advanced Editing III)
Collection: Good - Average
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Easton, CT
Date: Jan 1, 2005
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/5
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jan 1, 2005

 Yeah, right. Like THAT'LL ever happen. ;-)

This was a backup concept since I couldn't find my prop for the good idea. A very simple shot that I set up on a floor next to a window. I used an oversized platter and serving fork to make the "meal" look even smaller. Slight levels, USB, overall desaturation and spot saturation adjustments. Cloned some dry edges on the carrot and blemishes on the fork.

Actually, I think this one is a little boring, but what the heck.

Statistics
Place: 12 out of 135
Avg (all users): 6.4619
Avg (commenters): 7.4118
Avg (participants): 6.2208
Avg (non-participants): 6.6015
Views since voting: 1712
Views during voting: 331
Votes: 210
Comments: 25
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 08/02/2007 03:28:14 AM
Congrats on 12th place :D
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 01/10/2005 01:58:26 PM
You should have tried harder to un-submitted it - it would have made mine one spot higher - LOL

All kidding aside, Congrats Shannon. This is a real clean, well-lit and composed shot.
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 01/09/2005 09:45:28 AM
Congratulations on your top 20 entry with this miniscule bird-feed.
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 01/09/2005 07:00:00 AM
Shannon, I thought this was a way better idea than mine!
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 01/09/2005 03:51:56 AM
simple is very good , keep it up shannon , you are on fire ,well deserved , good luck
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 01/09/2005 12:42:33 AM
Congrats on 12th place Shannon, simple isn't always boring ;)
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 01/08/2005 11:23:11 PM
hehe, this is funny...probably because i actually occasionally go to a fancy-schmancy gourmet restaurant here that serves similar portions. and btw, i think that's my grandma's silver. ;)
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 01/08/2005 07:13:30 PM
I actually tried to unsubmit this shot about 8 times, but the server just wouldn't let it go. Hmm... new resolution...
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/07/2005 11:40:39 AM
Neat concept! ( I think I've been to this restaurant....)
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 01/07/2005 08:05:22 AM
geee why even put it on a plate, lol funny.
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 01/06/2005 06:45:06 PM
Great use of color.
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 01/05/2005 03:03:48 PM
Great resolution, I think you could have effectively cropped this shot a bit more.
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 01/05/2005 01:44:41 PM
Cool idea, love the composition with your little veggies!
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 01/04/2005 12:14:19 PM
Made me laugh. Sometimes a diet really does feel like this. Like your use of color to emphasize the veggies.
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 01/04/2005 07:15:17 AM
You 're going to have to eat a bit more than that though :) Nice shot!
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 01/04/2005 06:10:26 AM
Beautifully exposed with good composition
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 01/03/2005 07:59:15 PM
A little Deja Vu here...
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 01/03/2005 02:46:14 PM
awww that's sooo cute.
only thing i might have added was a mini corn on the cob :)
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 01/02/2005 04:28:13 PM
Remarkable lighting in this photograph. I like how the embossed design in the plate show itself so subtly. Good composition and fitting for this challenge.
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 01/02/2005 06:48:57 AM
You have done a good bit work on it and the idea works in the image. But I can't fail to notice the not so clean looking fork. I think that bit takes away from a rather clinically clean image.
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 01/02/2005 06:00:26 AM
I like it, and I like the lighting, with the exception of the reflection on the plate. Boy does this meal look miniscule ;)
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 01/02/2005 02:28:07 AM
Very good lighting and composition, good luck!
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 01/02/2005 01:32:21 AM
Nice details, well staged.
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 01/01/2005 10:09:37 PM
Excellent composition and well executed photo and idea. My pick for top10!
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 01/01/2005 07:57:54 PM
This feels like the china should be more white. Might benefit from 10% crop on left side, seems like a tad too much empty space there. It's unfortunate, also, at least to my eye, that everything "in" the picture is above the vertical center. If the veggies (which are beautiful) were dropped a little more below the fork, and fork/veggies both were moved down a tad, this might be more dynamic
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