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Guacamole!
Guacamole!
tpbremer


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Challenge: Recipe (Food) III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
Location: My kitchen
Date: Jul 15, 2008
Aperture: f/14
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/2
Galleries: Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jul 15, 2008

 This was my first real attempt at a food still life besides my single pepper in this shot:

I saw this challenge and knew I'd go w/ guacamole because it has so many nicely colored ingredients. Used a spiderlight TD5 to light from the side (newly acquired for my school).
Plus I let in a little window light also.

The recipe is:
avocado
tomatoes (I use the plum or roma style)
red onion
jalapeno
lime
cilantro
salt
pepper

I basically cut it all up and mix it together--Simple! Usually use 2 avocados, two small tomatoes, half an onion, half a jalapeno but maybe the whole thing if it isn't too spicy, half a lime if its really juicy--the whole thing if it isn't, and a bunch of cilantro. Add a bit of fresh ground pepper and add salt to taste.

Statistics
Place: 31 out of 134
Avg (all users): 5.9889
Avg (commenters): 6.1000
Avg (participants): 5.9592
Avg (non-participants): 6.0000
Views since voting: 1150
Views during voting: 298
Votes: 180
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

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 07/22/2008 08:10:31 PM
Congrats on a fabulous score !!!!!!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/21/2008 06:30:34 PM
Nice colors, not much else. Too busy, no clear focal point.
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 07/21/2008 10:38:43 AM
Nice photo, but the onion give the first attention.
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 07/21/2008 06:47:00 AM
yammy
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 07/20/2008 12:14:24 PM
Holy Moly thats one fine looking Guacamole!
Looks delicious.
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 07/18/2008 08:59:14 AM
The lighting looks a bit flat and dull, which takes away from the very nice set up you have here.
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 07/17/2008 06:11:36 PM
Very nice set up!
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 07/16/2008 03:41:27 PM
Wonderful arrangement of ingredients in this composition. Very colorful and full of flavor:-) The lighting for the most part is good. But there is just something that just doesn't quite make this pop. Hmmm, looking critically I think it needs just a bit more lighting to make the white backdrop really bright white. As it is here it is a dull white which doesn't quite allow the ingredients to really visually pop off the page like I know they could. For example take a look at the chopped red onions the white there is whiter & brighter than the backdrop & foreground. Other possible suggestions to get the whites whiter in basic editing is to adjust the White Balance meter on the camera before you take the shot if you can. Another possible way to brighten the scene is to use the flash - but to put a tissue paper in front of the camera flash so that it diffuses the light so that you get none of the harsh shadows/reflections that can occur with a full on flash. Still, a wonderful capture that earns an 8.
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 07/16/2008 06:23:36 AM
Good idea, great ingredients presentation, but the avocado shows a bruise in the flesh, the onion dice gets lost in the fg. I'd have had a bigger bowl of the guacamole and everything else playing second fiddle to it, here you have to look for it.
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 07/16/2008 05:14:34 AM
Definitely looks tasty. I think the lighting is too direct. Using some side lighting would help give the shot more depth and contrast.
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 07/16/2008 01:07:32 AM
nicely arranged, but needs a tad more saturation and contrast. crop at top is a bit tight
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 07/15/2008 09:19:00 PM
Not voting on this but dammmmmmmmmm it's good..
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