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GolferDDS


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Challenge: Food Photography (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS R5
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Home
Date: Dec 19, 2024
Date Uploaded: Dec 19, 2024

 When I saw the challenge I wasn?t very enthused. As I thought about it I became more interested in an idea I had and as I got into it I became more and more involved. First setting up in the basement looked dull with an artificial backround. Ultimately I ended up in the kitchen using a combination of flash and natural light. In spite of a few changes I would have made in the composition I am happy with the result and it turned out to be a lot of fun. What a mess I made!

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 17
Avg (all users): 6.5185
Avg (participants): 6.0000
Avg (non-participants): 6.9333
Views since voting: 244
Views during voting: 100
Votes: 27
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0

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 01/09/2025 06:41:05 AM
Originally posted by GolferDDS:
Originally posted by onlyforyou22:
The background is busy as someone said and it took away a lot from your composition.

For us newbies, how did you execute it?

Great shot BTW.


Thanks! I posted an explanation and pre-edit picture in the forum "Food Challenge discussion of comments"
01/09/2025 06:40:20 AM
Originally posted by onlyforyou22:
The background is busy as someone said and it took away a lot from your composition.

For us newbies, how did you execute it?

Great shot BTW.


Thanks! I posted an explanation and predicted edit picture in the forum "Food Challenge discussion of comments"
 01/08/2025 04:34:18 PM
The background is busy as someone said and it took away a lot from your composition.

For us newbies, how did you execute it?

Great shot BTW.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/07/2025 01:41:35 PM
Congratulations, a very cool image. I love the idea of floating fruit.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/07/2025 08:43:24 AM
I also looked at the comments on your picture. It's a nice picture - but not an outstanding one. Willem is right to mention the flat lighting, the missind shadows and the cluttered background.
I myself was enthusiastic about the idea, but there would have been room for improvement in the realization. My vote was still a benevolent 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/07/2025 06:46:59 AM
Originally posted by willem:
Originally posted by GolferDDS said on 2025-01-06::
Originally posted by roz:
this is amazing ..
I hadn’t seen this challenge until Anita told me how yours should have got the blue ..
so of course I came to check it out ..
WOW .. brilliant result .. and I loved reading your backstory .. :)
feel sad about those low votes .. would love to know why .. :(


Thanks Roz And Anita,
Yes, I would love to hear from the low voters so I can learn how to improve my results in the future.

I gave it a 4 for reasons already explained during the challenge. The flat light seems to be a trademark/style (on camera flash?). I noticed I often make that remark on your images. The images often lack shadow contrast in my view. If I look at the histogram it is often quite narrow. On my phone it looks better but on my calibrated screen the images look often really flat. This aspect often takes 1 or 2 points of my rating.


Hi Willem,
I thought this would be an interesting discussion so I created a forum to continue.
Thanks,
Larry
 01/06/2025 10:01:08 PM
Originally posted by GolferDDS said on 2025-01-06::
Originally posted by roz:
this is amazing ..
I hadn’t seen this challenge until Anita told me how yours should have got the blue ..
so of course I came to check it out ..
WOW .. brilliant result .. and I loved reading your backstory .. :)
feel sad about those low votes .. would love to know why .. :(


Thanks Roz And Anita,
Yes, I would love to hear from the low voters so I can learn how to improve my results in the future.

I gave it a 4 for reasons already explained during the challenge. The flat light seems to be a trademark/style (on camera flash?). I noticed I often make that remark on your images. The images often lack shadow contrast in my view. If I look at the histogram it is often quite narrow. On my phone it looks better but on my calibrated screen the images look often really flat. This aspect often takes 1 or 2 points of my rating.

Message edited by author 2025-01-07 03:17:59.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/06/2025 10:18:38 AM
Originally posted by roz:
this is amazing ..
I hadn’t seen this challenge until Anita told me how yours should have got the blue ..
so of course I came to check it out ..
WOW .. brilliant result .. and I loved reading your backstory .. :)
feel sad about those low votes .. would love to know why .. :(


Thanks Roz And Anita,
Yes, I would love to hear from the low voters so I can learn how to improve my results in the future.
 01/06/2025 12:53:49 AM
this is amazing ..
I hadn’t seen this challenge until Anita told me how yours should have got the blue ..
so of course I came to check it out ..
WOW .. brilliant result .. and I loved reading your backstory .. :)
feel sad about those low votes .. would love to know why .. :(
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/06/2025 12:19:14 AM
I guess people just don’t like fun images, some pretty low scores there Larry.
I hope that doesn’t put you off from entering more in the future.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/05/2025 05:26:31 PM
Very attractive and cleverly done. I like the shape of the platter, it looks like it is trying to emulate the levitating fruit.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/04/2025 10:25:49 AM
My pick for yellow in this challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/03/2025 07:17:20 AM
ohh
I love the idea with the "dropping" fruits - I just wish there wasn't so much going on in the background
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/31/2024 07:11:46 PM
Nice take on the challenge. The hanging fruit looks a touch unnatural - like you cloned out some threads that it was hanging on, but I still like the concept and overall execution. 7.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/31/2024 12:26:28 PM
Fun!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/30/2024 07:04:48 AM
There is so much going on that I hardly noticed the tarts. Overall very flat light, no shadows, and the falling fruit also feels edited in, as result of the sharpness versus the background and as result of total lack of shadows. It does not appeal to me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/30/2024 06:43:01 AM
This is delicously fun!

I'm guessing it's Larry, seems like something he'd do.

Brilliant really. My pick for blue!

10
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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