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soft, silky, smooth....Choooocolate
soft, silky, smooth....Choooocolate
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Textures VI (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Geraldton, Western Australia
Date: Apr 4, 2009
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Apr 7, 2009

Well, it took me a while to get this photo.
I had a piping bag and was squirting the chocolate out really fast, as you can tell from a bit of motion blur when it's coming down, but I was pleased with my final result.
I was trying to get in as close as I could but I don't have a good enough lens for the job. My biggest problem was with the speed of the chocolate, it was hard to focus and get a nice clean shot.

Statistics
Place: 11 out of 334
Avg (all users): 6.4339
Avg (commenters): 7.4444
Avg (participants): 6.4468
Avg (non-participants): 6.4211
Views since voting: 1719
Views during voting: 306
Votes: 189
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0


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04/20/2009 04:14:44 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

My first impression was textures? but yes it does fit the challenge.

The composition throws me off a little, its too centered for me, I would have considered moving it further down and a close crop/shot, but again with 18-55 mm, you don't have that much control as you mention.

I like the reflection and overall the picture quality is good which usually ends up with better scores at dpc.

I also noticed from your comment that you had trouble with the speed of the chocolate and then the motion blur and I see you were shooting at 1/200s, F5.6, ISO100. Why not go higher on ISO? 400D I am sure can produce pretty clean results upto ISO400 which will give you fast enough shutter speeds and you could also trade-in some of the shutter speed for more dof if you like.

regards,
Gaurawa

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04/15/2009 12:16:08 PM
pretty stoked with 11th ,just outside the top ten...maybe oneday ill get there!
thanks to all who voted and all there great comments!!

Shaun

Message edited by author 2009-04-16 02:24:36.
04/15/2009 07:06:40 AM
Its a great shot, should have done a lot better than 11th place in my opinion
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/14/2009 07:12:17 PM
Love the warm color !!! It looks so yummy , I want to stick my finger in there , pull it out , and hope it's covered in that deep , rich chocolate !!! Absolutely Love it !! Best of Luck !!!
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04/14/2009 09:54:41 AM
mmmmm. Great shot. Not noisy, good comp, good contrast, well exposed. Hmm... I like to try to give something though for improvement. I do like the composition here but maybe it would be better to have recomposed and put it more to the bottom right. I'd have to see it that way to know for sure. Just a thought.
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04/14/2009 08:13:29 AM
Amazing shot, i love the reflection!
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04/11/2009 01:00:28 PM
An image that demonstates the subject matter of the challenge in spectacular fashion with excellant DOF and color control. Both a technical and artistic success that more than adequately meets the challenge subject in particular with the color shades. A very worthy contender for top ten honors and a possible ribbon contender.
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04/11/2009 09:42:57 AM
Yummy. Nice, steady layering and perfect focus point.
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04/11/2009 04:49:24 AM
That is SO not nice!!! Now I'm going to have a dreadful time resisting the urge to break into the Easter candy a day early ;-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
04/10/2009 04:08:03 AM
that is awesome looking. nice work!
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04/09/2009 07:56:27 AM
Nice and interesting shot.
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04/08/2009 07:51:56 PM
superb...lighting and colour is great 9
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04/08/2009 04:05:38 PM
I am soooo having to rethink this "Texture" thing...I was thinking only rough...but this definitely meets the challenge...very, very good
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