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Challenge: Fruits and Vegetables II (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: Food & Drink
Camera: Pentax K100D
Lens: Pentax DA 50-200 ED
Location: My Office/Workshop/Studio/Cave in the Garage
Date: Feb 11, 2007
Aperture: f 9.5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/45
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Feb 11, 2007

 I thought I'd use this challenge to make my first attempt at food photography, combining two of my passions ... a love of food and cooking and a love of photography. I was originally trying for a shot that looked like it could appear in a cookbook or alongside a recipe in a magazine, but my food styling technique (and -- post challenge -- lighting) still needs some work:

So I went with this more close-in shot, showing the main ingredient in the foreground and some of the other ingredients blurred behind. Enjoy!

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Place: 240 out of 346
Avg (all users): 5.2469
Avg (commenters): 6.2500
Avg (participants): 5.2376
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Views during voting: 243
Votes: 162
Comments: 6
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/18/2007 09:30:35 AM
I can almost taste it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/14/2007 06:08:11 PM
That's Some Chunky Salsa
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/13/2007 04:17:54 AM
It certainly won't be a mild one!

The colours are nice as is the use of a shallow DoF, however the lighting lets this down. My eyes are constantly drawn to the hotspots on the lager peppers.

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  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/12/2007 07:15:37 AM
Lotsa glare spots. I know, it's hare to stop them...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/12/2007 06:35:08 AM
nice "stock" image.. a tad yellow with the lighting but overall very nice 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/12/2007 05:49:43 AM
congratulations - this photograph contains a fruit and/or a vegetable, therefore it meets the challenge! well done!

good composition!! 7!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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