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Challenge: Chocolate (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: bedroom
Date: Jul 20, 2004
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.3
Galleries: Macro, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Jul 20, 2004

Played around with a full plate of Nutella for an hour before getting this swirl. Obviously, I was eating some along the way.

Initially, I wasn't too happy with this photo because my test shot of the Nutella came out with a beautiful matte texture, whereas this one turned oily and glossy after all the manipulating. At this point, I got use to it and appreciate the extra shine given off by the swirls.

To achieve this particular lighing, I used a 60W lightbulb. Basically, I placed white cardboard above the Nutella while shining the desklamp upwards onto the cardboard to provide uniform ambient lighting. The shine on the swirls were added by slightly tilting the light to give a touch of direct light to the Nutella.

Post-Processing:
Neatimage; crop; colorbalance; contrast enhancement.

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 202
Avg (all users): 7.0449
Avg (commenters): 8.1515
Avg (participants): 6.9919
Avg (non-participants): 7.0733
Views since voting: 6586
Views during voting: 545
Votes: 356
Comments: 49
Favorites: 5 (view)


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07/31/2004 09:29:06 PM
This is incredibly cool! I just want to eat the computer screen!
07/30/2004 01:41:55 PM
that is georgeous! I wish I had been able to vote!
07/28/2004 11:20:11 PM
Very nice! The only thing I'd consider doing differently is to MAYBE use shelled hazelnuts. But this is really fine as it is. Definetly worth the ribbon. Congrats!!!

Grayce
07/28/2004 06:25:45 PM
I'm suddenly extremely hungry... Congrats! I'll be right back... need to go to the store... nutella....
07/28/2004 05:23:40 AM
This looks so good I feel like licking the screen (Just kidding!)
A super shot Amazing colour and detail well done and congrats
07/28/2004 02:30:38 AM
Congrats on the red. I really like this shot, simply done, beautifully delicious.
07/28/2004 12:21:52 AM
This looks soooo good. Grats on the ribbon :)
07/28/2004 12:20:17 AM
Congratulations on your well-deserved ribbon! This looks absolutely yummy!!
07/28/2004 12:14:49 AM
Congrats on a very well-executed, classic product photo. I'm a little disappointed that you haven't done anything controversial here... or were those really almonds?
07/28/2004 12:05:09 AM
Congrats!
As I stated during the challege,
I can see this on the front of a Lindt Chocolate Bar.
Well Done!
07/28/2004 12:04:54 AM
Congrats, looks good enough to eat.
07/28/2004 12:04:24 AM
Congratulations on your red. A beautiful swirl.....
07/28/2004 12:02:19 AM
Congrats on another ribbon!! Beautiful!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/27/2004 09:54:04 PM
Very nice composition, I like the swirls of the chocolate. Good luck...
07/27/2004 02:28:26 PM
i think we have a winner...at least to me :-)
nice simplistic lines, beautiful composition and detail. good job, great capture.
07/27/2004 01:06:20 PM
Beautiful lines and exposure in this.
Well proportioned and lighting is perfect.
Well done. Top ten at least!
07/27/2004 06:05:21 AM
Very nice... This one will do well Good luck
07/27/2004 05:41:40 AM
Simple but effective! One of my best this challenge! Well Done.
07/27/2004 02:16:08 AM
this is one of my ribbon pictures! well done. and its in perfect focus! 10
07/26/2004 11:01:03 AM
Nice composition. This is one of my favs so far.
07/25/2004 11:27:17 PM
Nice composition.
07/25/2004 09:50:54 PM
Good composition and the addition of the green leaf against the dominant brown of the chocolate gives a nice finishing touch.
07/25/2004 07:22:18 PM
This is so yummy looking! The only issue I'm seeing here is the focus .. its not sharp enough. I would like to have seen the whole shot in focus but the chocolate is a bit off around the top. Great idea and composition. 7.
07/25/2004 03:54:53 PM
I really like the set up, the chocolate looks perfect.
07/25/2004 01:08:19 PM
This is an interesting photograph. The fact that you used other materials than chocolate grabs my attention more than most of the photographs have.
07/24/2004 10:59:17 PM
I never had hazelnuts until just the other day!
07/24/2004 02:47:09 PM
I like how you made the chocolate to swirl.
07/24/2004 07:55:23 AM
This would make an excellent ad. Well done. 8
07/24/2004 06:06:01 AM
Great image. I love it. The textures and composition work really well and the lighting is excellent. It has a really luxurious feel about it. The swirls are really graceful. This might also work well in black and white. This is one of the best to me.
07/23/2004 10:10:14 PM
Very cool image. Great job!
07/23/2004 01:24:01 PM
Good thing I've got chocolate on hand while scoring these! Love the swirls in the chocolate. The composition here is very appealing to me. The addition of the nuts and leaf are perfect. Nice lighting to highlight the chocolate swirls without being distracting. One of my top choices.
07/23/2004 09:23:28 AM
If only that was a mint leaf, this would be perfect! 9
07/23/2004 09:08:12 AM
Love this one, perfect 10
07/23/2004 04:46:07 AM
neat and clean. could be an advertisement. good coloring.. 6
07/22/2004 10:14:57 PM
This looks delicious enought to be an (8) :)-
07/22/2004 02:41:17 PM
good image
07/22/2004 12:00:31 AM
Simple, perfect composition and excellent lighting.
I can see this on the front of a Lindt Chocolate Bar.
Well Done. A well-deserved ((8))
07/21/2004 06:53:45 PM
And we have a winner!
The texture in the chocolate, lighting, the nut and the green. everything perfeckt. Very sharp.. 10
07/21/2004 06:26:10 PM
Sorry, no comments except....I really like your photo! 10
07/21/2004 04:25:00 PM
That looks delicious and I really like the dynamic shapes of those swirls. Nice composition with the leaf and hazelnuts.
07/21/2004 01:16:33 PM
This challenge had a good number of "below average"images for me - so it makes yours really stand out. You've done it right - simple, expertly composed and exposed. The lines you created with the chocolate leading around the nuts are perfect as was your choice in size and color of the leaf. The ONLY thing I would suggest is that you don't need the shell.
07/21/2004 11:47:40 AM
The color of the chocolate, the swirl, the use of the hazelnuts to break up the image, and the wonderful color addition of the leaf are all great. The focus is good, as is the lighting, and I like the full frame close up. This could work very well as a promotional image for the chocolate.
07/21/2004 09:57:04 AM
lovely composition, colors and really like the leaf in there
07/21/2004 05:48:14 AM
Very well composed IMO. Good lighting and one of the few entries that didn't turn me off chocolate forever :) (9)
07/21/2004 04:58:03 AM
Excellent. Great composition and interpretation of the challenge. Got to be top 3. Well done!
07/21/2004 02:07:06 AM
Nice job!
07/21/2004 02:05:45 AM
Looks fabulous! Think I would have liked it better with out the leaf - just the nuts.
07/21/2004 01:05:08 AM
Creative, unique shot. Well done. 9 from me.
07/21/2004 12:44:57 AM
Nice composition. I like the swirls. Maybe sharper focus to include the leaf?


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