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The DPC Candy Dish
The DPC Candy Dish
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Candy II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
Location: Houston, TX
Date: Sep 9, 2007
Aperture: 16
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Sep 9, 2007

 Lots of M&M ideas that didn't work out. So I decided to spoof a DPC style.

Used a yellow piece of paper to divide the glass, then carefully placed the candies a little on each side until it was full. I cloned out the visible yellow paper.

Lit with 2 Canon speedlights difussed and bounced off a white ceiling.

Open in RAW
Levels
Color balance on the purple BG to match the purple candy
clone out paper divider
touch up reflections
crop
size
USM
Neat image
border
save for web

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 141
Avg (all users): 6.5471
Avg (commenters): 7.5238
Avg (participants): 6.1429
Avg (non-participants): 6.7850
Views since voting: 2646
Views during voting: 369
Votes: 170
Comments: 28
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 09/20/2007 05:17:29 AM
Still haven't bumped that baseball kid off yet?
Well done with 8th =).
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 09/17/2007 06:42:36 PM
David,

Great work here man, I was wondering how you separated those M & M's!

Congrats on your top 10!

Steve
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 09/17/2007 01:30:48 PM
Great image and finish, congratulations.
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 09/17/2007 06:33:42 AM
Tee heee. How clever. That really does look like a DPC dish. And you rightfully knew it would be a big hit. I love it.

  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/16/2007 09:26:40 PM
Cool, your 2nd top 10 in a row! Bring on the next DPL soon I say! Congrats
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/16/2007 07:11:55 PM
We've seen so many *almost* like this (and I see you acknowledge this with your caption). The fact you do it with candy makes all the difference. A little more lighting control might be in order but honestly it is so far above my own lighting capabilities I can barely fault you for the bit of glare on the left edge. Good job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/16/2007 11:36:48 AM
Awesome!! It's funny because it's true...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/14/2007 03:12:38 PM
hmm... interesting
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/13/2007 05:28:44 AM
Very, very cool :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/12/2007 02:33:00 PM
I LOVE this!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/12/2007 08:39:44 AM
Cool! Very Creative take on a common theme! :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/12/2007 07:33:31 AM
Nice background, great comp.
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 09/11/2007 10:07:35 PM
Hehe, nicely done :-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/11/2007 05:30:06 PM
Whoa! What control!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/11/2007 02:32:00 PM
Looks like a remake of a previous candy challenge. Nice use of complimentary colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/11/2007 12:23:22 PM
Great job!!!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/11/2007 11:11:35 AM
Wow I know a lot of people have shot M&M's or bowls of candy in this challenge but this really is a stand out shot. Love the colouring love the sharpness love the effect 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/10/2007 04:37:58 PM
Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/10/2007 03:25:27 PM
Interesting and different. Good composition nice use of colors and backround.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/10/2007 02:31:30 PM
Nice symmetrical design.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/10/2007 08:24:42 AM
Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/10/2007 06:48:36 AM
That is soooo DPC :-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/10/2007 06:14:37 AM
very nice! must have taken a while!?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/10/2007 02:44:28 AM
It must have been fun to do this - some ingenuity to get all the m&ms on each side (or is it a reflection!?)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/10/2007 01:49:22 AM
nice shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/09/2007 10:46:42 PM
Very clever!!!!!!! Nice image for tribute's sake!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/09/2007 09:04:01 PM
Very Creative and well done :)

-dave
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/09/2007 08:35:12 PM
lol..i like this!...8
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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