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Diet Dessert - 48oz pound cake, white chocolate, fresh-frozen berries, low-cal whipped cream
Diet Dessert - 48oz pound cake, white chocolate, fresh-frozen berries, low-cal whipped cream
GrayGhost


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Oxymoron (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Location: New Providence, NJ
Date: Oct 16, 2006
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 10 sec
Galleries: Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Oct 16, 2006

48oz bundt sour-cream pound cake, cut to show slices illuminated by candle-light from the middle. Drizzled with dark chocolate syrup and melted white chocolate. Fresh-frozen fruit includes strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries. Garnish is mint and real strawberries, fan-cut.

I'm not a chef, so it took some practice to figure out working with chocolate, and I didn't even attempt the shavings this round. The first attempt didn't look too good, but at least it tasted fine at a dinner party.

I'm guessing that this image is too busy to do well for typical DPC voting, and it's probably overkill for meeting the challenge, but the idea was too fun, and I wanted to see the whole cake. More flash was brighter and better, but it over-powered the candle light, so I had to back it off to what is shown. I'm happy that the candle illumination worked out at least this much, I hope that people notice it and like it.

Tripod, cable release, MLU, manual exposure, Photek Softliter II 60" umbrella with 580EX above right, reflector on left, 580EX with diffuser on camera, wireles E-TTL II A:B 1:8, -3 FEC, candle in middle of cake.

Adobe Camera Raw, custom tone curve
PS crop, levels, resize, sharpen save for web (convert to sRGB, hue/saturation, color balance - still haven't figured out how to get the colors to match...).

Statistics
Place: 104 out of 155
Avg (all users): 5.0560
Avg (commenters): 5.6000
Avg (participants): 4.7059
Avg (non-participants): 5.1750
Views since voting: 1068
Views during voting: 414
Votes: 268
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/24/2006 09:13:50 AM
just quit
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10/22/2006 05:26:13 PM
Like the concept. Great dark background to highlight the red of the berries. Could have used a different lighting. Perhaps a bit more from underneath? I have actually used a sheet of glass propped on a couple of chairs with a transparent fabric over the glass, then used just a 25 or 40 watt bulb from below facing up, to get some more highlights.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/18/2006 10:07:50 PM
That looks very tasty. I may have centered it up in the frame since the amount that it is off center doesn't look like enough to be intentional.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/18/2006 06:49:38 PM
Great use of insede cake light, it was a great add to the whole view. May be a brighter version appels more to me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/18/2006 02:14:33 PM
Meets Challenge - 2
Lighting/Processing -1
Composition - 1
Overall Impression - 1
"WOW" factor - 0
Score: 5
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/18/2006 05:19:27 AM
several oxymorons...really clever! the image is good, perhaps a little more work needed on the lighting and maybe a more creative composition would really help this image
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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