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Beez on Toast
Beez on Toast
Screechington


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Challenge: Wacky Foods (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: Home
Date: Sep 28, 2004
Aperture: f7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 4/10th sec
Galleries: Still Life, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Sep 28, 2004

 No bees were hurt during the making of this photo. These are my own bees which were chilled in the fridge to slow their metabolism down enough for me to be able to photograph them. The halogen lights I was using to light them soon warmed them up so I had to keep popping them back in the fridge.

The highkey effect was deliberate to mimic a trend I have seen in glossy food mags. And the label on the tin was scanned, modified in PS, printed and stuck back on the tin. As I was a bit knackered at the time I printed on the wrong side of the paper but didn't realise until I was shooting the final image. So it looks a bit under saturated, but maybe that adds to the overall effect. ??????????

Final image was cropped and levelled in PS.

Statistics
Place: 17 out of 154
Avg (all users): 5.9660
Avg (commenters): 6.6316
Avg (participants): 5.5595
Avg (non-participants): 6.1286
Views since voting: 1385
Views during voting: 434
Votes: 294
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 10/06/2004 12:39:37 AM
Congratulations on your 17th placing with this wacked out image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/04/2004 07:36:40 PM
Ewww. You go first. Unusual, but effective, take on the challenge. The whitebackround works well but it merges with the plate in several spots. Exposure seems to be right on.
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 10/02/2004 06:31:52 PM
Fery Vuny!
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 10/02/2004 02:22:49 PM
Really, do You eat that? nice picture
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 10/01/2004 11:33:43 PM
oooh, i wanna can of bees. awesome shot.
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 09/30/2004 07:20:52 PM
Too bad the background washes out the plate.
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 09/30/2004 07:06:50 AM
Good one! Original :)
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 09/29/2004 08:54:32 PM
i think this is probably the best i've seen so far after 100 or so votes.
great idea, and moreso.. great technical quality. well done!
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 09/29/2004 07:15:31 PM
This makes me shudder. But nice creativity! I'm not too sure if I like excessive white, yet. I'll have to come back to the image and study it a little more. For now, 7.
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 09/29/2004 05:16:10 PM
Great idea, very wacky indeed. Seems a bit overexposed, I can't see the edge of the dish near the top.
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 09/29/2004 02:27:03 PM
WOW this is one great concept... a bit blown out but great idea.
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 09/29/2004 01:56:53 PM
Sorry. i don't like the subject. I don't see beez as food. ):
Also, IMHO, there is too much light.
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 09/29/2004 10:48:13 AM
yummy
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 09/29/2004 10:05:16 AM
I love the set up of this one. The lighting just seems to be a tad harsh.

Overall though I think you did a great job, nice idea.
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 09/29/2004 08:14:10 AM
Good. Where did you get all the bees? I like the label on the can too. Only thing I don't like is all the white, white plate, white background. Needs a little color somewhere.
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 09/29/2004 06:00:48 AM
Does that come with honey?
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 09/29/2004 01:40:40 AM
just plain wacky
good job
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 09/29/2004 01:00:57 AM
Yuk - get a [1] - not very tasteful
ok good exposure focus and light and stuff I'll give u + [3]
effort give u an extra [1]

Total = [5]
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 09/29/2004 12:37:23 AM
Temping...But Could hurt going down....Great picture gOOD lUCK
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 09/29/2004 12:11:51 AM
A little too overexposed.. the plate is fading on the background. But it's a very good idea.
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