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Balanced Diet
Balanced Diet
Techo


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Challenge: Backlighting III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: ***
Date: Aug 17, 2007
Aperture: F9
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/40sec
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Aug 17, 2007

 F9,1/40sec,iso400.Manual. @48mm

I thought that a real balanced diet would include some dairy and grains as well but when thinking about it, backlighting wouldn't have been as good for those items I had, except the fruits and veggies which are a big part of a balanced diet so...

Lighting, two bulbs set in position below a plate of glass, non diffused except by the frosty glass plate. The items where strategically placed so they covered the hot spots of light and the lighting appeared even enough around the items.

I'm not sure how well this will do but hope of course that most folks like it. It's not a completely original idea but it's my twist on it :)

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Thanks for the comments and faves(got 4 during voting! cool tnx).

Not knowing how well this would do, I'm happy with the 7 score, even though it's 5th place ;) Score dropped a bit after rollover. It's a tight race. I wanted to try something like this for a while now, so the challenge was a nice motivational push.

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 202
Avg (all users): 7.0171
Avg (commenters): 8.4167
Avg (participants): 6.5857
Avg (non-participants): 7.2012
Views since voting: 4465
Views during voting: 424
Votes: 234
Comments: 35
Favorites: 18 (view)

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 08/31/2007 05:02:55 PM
Thought this would ribbon...a great image for the challenge
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 08/30/2007 04:35:41 AM
WTG Techo! Outstanding image with great execution! Wonderful color and composition! Congrats on a top ten with one of my ribbon picks in this challenge!
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 08/29/2007 07:06:53 AM
Whoa, Techo!!! You are AMAZING! I think this should have ribboned, but never mind. ..honorable mention and a 7+ score: WOO HOOOOO!!!! Go Glasseyes! :)

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 08/29/2007 05:11:47 AM
DUDE!!!! Excellent finish. GO TEAM GLASSEYE
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 08/29/2007 04:54:30 AM
Colorful and cheerful...congratulations on the HM!
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 08/29/2007 02:36:21 AM
Excellent shot. Congratulations on top 5.
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 08/28/2007 11:43:39 PM
WOW How close was this to a ribbon... great shot team mate congrats on this brilliant work and the honourable mention YIPEEEEEEE GO TEAM GLASSEYE!
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 08/28/2007 11:25:57 PM
Wow...someone has a sharp knife! Love it.

Papagei: I'm sorry for your loss.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/28/2007 06:02:41 PM
Since all my photo equipment was stolen and I am camera-less, I will spend time now voting...
Interest - 2
Theme Interp - 3
Technical Merit - 3
Personal Bias - 2
TOTAL - 10
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 08/28/2007 03:00:24 PM
We should all be eating it. Great shot - should do well - 10
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 08/27/2007 07:35:20 PM
I love the variety of colors in this picture. ;)
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 08/26/2007 05:55:08 PM
Clever composition. Your imagination clearly needs no additional seeding ;P
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 08/26/2007 05:40:51 PM
Technically it is not "balanced", you need other food groups.
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 08/26/2007 04:54:37 PM
Love the variety of colors and shapes. Very strong photo.
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 08/26/2007 03:48:28 PM
Wow! A definite medal!!! 10! :)
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 08/26/2007 07:30:12 AM
cool idea and very well executed. Lovely colors.
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 08/24/2007 11:34:45 AM
I LOVE THIS, but far too many people have had this same idea, and originality is part of being a photographer.
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 08/23/2007 07:12:50 PM
nice arrangement and color
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 08/23/2007 07:01:32 PM
Wish my diet was that balanced. Nice job
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 08/23/2007 03:19:13 PM
Well, this is very beautiful. outstanding design. 10
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 08/23/2007 02:53:40 PM
great mixture of fruit and colors.
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 08/23/2007 02:00:46 PM
excellent composition and lighting. Top ten.
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 08/23/2007 08:08:13 AM
Awesome framing! I can't wait to find out how you got the white part of the light to be only behind the fruit part of the shot.
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 08/23/2007 06:02:01 AM
creative and fun 8
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 08/23/2007 03:56:10 AM
love it-10
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 08/23/2007 01:42:50 AM
Brilliant shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/22/2007 10:21:46 PM
Wow this is nice!
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 08/22/2007 11:59:00 AM
this picture is really cool, i like the different fruits and the title is very fitting
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 08/22/2007 10:10:30 AM
This must be a ribbon winner
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 08/22/2007 08:11:07 AM
Well done backlit image and great title. My compliments. 9
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 08/22/2007 07:29:44 AM
Nice image - Great idea - Nice crisp sharp image with nice punchy tones - Should do well - Very nice 9
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 08/22/2007 07:07:01 AM
even though this thing has done at DPC a lot recently, subject arrangement and the diagonal composition are very appealing here.
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 08/22/2007 06:46:58 AM
Cool!
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 08/21/2007 10:18:15 PM
Stunning and another excellent image in this challenge.....
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 08/21/2007 08:39:40 PM
After browsing all of the thumbnails, this is one of my favorites because of technicals and the creativity. Good job! 10
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