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Dinner is Served
3rd PlaceDinner is Served
RamblinR


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Challenge: What Doesn't Belong? (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm IS USM
Date: Feb 1, 2011
Aperture: f8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 1, 2011

 Crop, b/w, shadows & highlights, sharpen, boarder, resize, usm.

I love this image. I didn't want repetitious items with one thing different. Then I thought about the dinner setting and knew it was the perfect image for me and it turned out exactly as I had it pictured in my mind. Very happy with this and really hope it does well. Fingers crossed that nobody else has thought of the same thing (don't ya just hate that!!!).

YAY the yellow ribbon. I can't believe this. Three ribbons this year, I must be doing something right at last.

Thanks for all the votes and comments.

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 82
Avg (all users): 6.6242
Avg (commenters): 7.3000
Avg (participants): 6.4255
Avg (non-participants): 6.7157
Views since voting: 4457
Views during voting: 340
Votes: 149
Comments: 29
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 02/18/2011 03:19:36 PM
Good imagination, nice work
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 02/15/2011 04:56:39 PM
One word describes this image for me: Balanced.

Simple yet elegant in the details. Love it. Could easily be a great stock image.

The one complaint that I have, and if I had voted I think it would have brought me down a point, is that the far left fork is a little bit higher than the one to the right. Kind of hurts the composition IMO.

In any case, you deserve the yellow. Excellent photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/15/2011 01:26:12 PM
Very creative. You well deserve that ribbon!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/15/2011 01:19:33 PM
Creative idea, but some technical things are distracting me: there are a bunch of specular highlights in the glass and you can see a lot of stuff from the studio reflecting in the spoons and the forks, as well as a highlight on your plate. Maybe try to use softer lighting and a reflector (like white foam core or something) to fill in where there are reflections.
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 02/15/2011 06:43:34 AM
Congrats on the third place, very good work!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/14/2011 10:43:58 PM
Originally posted by LydiaToo:
And... I am SO GLAD that you have the hammer facing in toward the plate. =D


It just looked right like that. ;)
 02/14/2011 04:22:18 PM
And... I am SO GLAD that you have the hammer facing in toward the plate. =D
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 02/14/2011 04:21:13 PM
Although the lighting/shadows takes a bit away ... this is totally charming and perfect for the challenge! Congrats on your ribbon!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/14/2011 02:55:22 PM
cute.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/14/2011 09:24:04 AM
Nice job, indeed, Congrats!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/14/2011 08:11:32 AM
Congratulations on your ribbon!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/14/2011 06:27:43 AM
Nice one,Congrats to you.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/13/2011 10:13:26 PM
Hey, it worked, the finger crossing :). Congratulations!
Actually the hammer does belong... if you have a coconut for desert.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/13/2011 10:11:15 PM
WTG Maria..nice photo and great set-up... deserving of this top 3 finish.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/13/2011 08:26:05 PM
You are just on fire! Congrats on yet another great image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/13/2011 07:35:05 PM
Great job! Congrats on the yellow!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/13/2011 07:31:39 PM
Very creative. wd. My word that hammer is pristine. Never knew they came in 410 Stainless Steel :)

Message edited by author 2011-02-14 00:32:31.
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 02/13/2011 07:06:53 PM
congratulations! really nice capture
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/13/2011 05:06:36 PM
very nice
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/13/2011 03:13:59 AM
My choice for the blue.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/11/2011 08:59:19 AM
Yeah, I've had meals like that. Just a tiny bit more contrast....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/10/2011 06:01:35 AM
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 02/08/2011 11:32:03 AM
I like this shot. It looks like it is going to be an interesting evening. One of my favorites of the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/07/2011 06:29:24 PM
Nice focus and lighting - very crisp!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/07/2011 02:32:36 PM
and how would you like your cinder block served sir.....may I recommend medium rare, served with a side of cement?

nice job, nice lighting, but I see your lights in the reflection on the spoons.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/07/2011 02:15:31 PM
That's funny. Way to think creatively. Nice shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/07/2011 07:01:01 AM
What if we are eating Crab? LOL. Great concept.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/07/2011 04:46:41 AM
Very creative setup!
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 02/06/2011 08:51:57 PM
Nice idea and well executed, 7
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