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Milk & Cookies
Milk & Cookies
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Challenge: Dairy (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Canon
Location: my home
Date: Aug 20, 2005
Aperture: 14.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Macro, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Aug 20, 2005

 First challenge I entered with my Rebel XT! I have wanted to try a "splash" photo for a long time and this was the time. I had to set up on my deck to get enough light, and used a tripod and remote control. I went through a bag of cookies, two throws each before they got soggy and I had to eat them.

In Photoshop, I cropped several times (including cutting out my finger) and slightly adjusted levels, brightness and contrast, and resized. I wish I could clone out the cookie crumbs floating.


Statistics
Place: 76 out of 284
Avg (all users): 5.3812
Avg (commenters): 7.3684
Avg (participants): 5.1986
Avg (non-participants): 5.4845
Views since voting: 1162
Views during voting: 558
Votes: 404
Comments: 21
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/30/2005 06:06:02 PM
I like the lighting and shadow of splash--there's also tiny bits of cookie in the milk which is cool also.
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 08/30/2005 03:39:32 PM
some kind of diffusion over the light source would have made the shadows more graceful.
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 08/30/2005 01:56:01 PM
Love this shot, though if the cookie was a little bit sharper I think it would help the image.
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 08/29/2005 09:06:06 AM
I can almost taste it...Very nice!
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 08/29/2005 07:57:28 AM
nice :)
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 08/27/2005 02:03:09 PM
hmmm makes me hungry! nice clear picture, nice subject! <10>
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 08/26/2005 08:34:05 PM
Like the splash coming from the corner. Very delicious looking cookie
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 08/26/2005 12:07:42 PM
good job~! hope your model didn't give you too much trouble :^)
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 08/26/2005 09:24:40 AM
Great stop action shot!
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 08/25/2005 06:15:21 PM
IMHO the lighting is to harsh. 6
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 08/25/2005 04:21:42 PM
Nice work. I can see from the crumbs, that it took you a few shots. :)
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 08/25/2005 01:50:15 PM
I like the shadow the milk makes as it flies, and I love the fact that the cookie is not the main focus of the image.
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 08/25/2005 01:25:14 PM
I'm looking for 3 things on "milk splash" plctures. 1) Object in focus (check), 2) splash captured without motion blur (check) 3) splash defined against background (nope). The top portion of the splash is lost in the background. It also looks like the milk has a color cast to it (or the cookie was sitting in it for a while). Not a bad attempt though. There were lots which were worse. 6.
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 08/25/2005 08:28:46 AM
haha...you and i had a similar idea...my shot is being creamed...around 4.3....i see too that...like me....you did a few cookie drops into this milk before getting this shot...hence the crumbs in the surrounding milk....personally this doesn't bother me...but it seems to bother others...like the composition...7
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 08/25/2005 06:36:31 AM
clever idea, i like it a lot, like the composition too
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 08/25/2005 12:47:39 AM
i like this one, though i think the milk looks a little too overexposed... the angle of the light really highlights the depth on the back of the splash, but we lose any texture on the cookie side.
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 08/24/2005 09:40:04 PM
I like the cookie in the left hand corner and the splash shadow works well. The milk looks a little "cookie-tinged". Had it been pure white I would have scored it higher. 7
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 08/24/2005 09:29:21 PM
Unfortunately, the splashing of milk is overdone in this category. Otherwise I like the croppiing on this shot.
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 08/24/2005 08:41:10 PM
fun shot, I like your framing
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 08/24/2005 05:09:07 PM
You took this style of shot to the next level, and you made your milk the whitest. Congrats a on a great shot. Even the texture of the cookie looks great.
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 08/24/2005 05:11:25 AM
Seen a few of these now where ppl seem to be throwing stuff into milk lol. Although this shot is great, Id have liked to have seen the entire cookie from a further distance and see the entire splash. 6
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