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Mmmm... Salad Bar
Mmmm... Salad Bar
JuliBoc


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fruits and Vegetables II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Olympus C-765UZ
Location: Delray Beach, FL
Date: Feb 10, 2007
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: Feb 11, 2007

I don't have the light box for good table top photography. I probably shouldn't enter this challenge. But I love to participate, so here is a shot of my daughter's salad bar selection taken at a restaurant in very low light using the camera's built-in flash and auto setting. All the wrong things for table top. If I get the brown ribbon, I deserve it.

Cropped; adjusted: levels, hue/sat, bright/contrast; reduced size, sharpened, saved for web.
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Really can't get the brown ribbon anymore with Whiterock participating, but I came darn close. All I can say for this is that all low scores were well deserved and the comments were absolutely correct and appreciated. And the dinner was FABULOUS!

Statistics
Place: 342 out of 346
Avg (all users): 4.1761
Avg (commenters): 4.5714
Avg (participants): 4.1000
Avg (non-participants): 4.3051
Views since voting: 778
Views during voting: 230
Votes: 159
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0


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02/19/2007 08:08:21 PM
Sorry, I gave this a 4 in voting. It seemed a bit OOF and the white of the cottage cheese(?) gave it an odd look.
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02/19/2007 12:19:05 PM
Originally posted by shutterpuppy:

just a jumbled snapshot of your plate. - 3

So right you are, except it's my daughter's plate. Her selection was a lot more colorful than mine.
02/19/2007 12:16:25 PM
Originally posted by xianart:

hmm, well. yup, it's a snapshot. here's one treatment of it: i dunno if it's better, but it's different.

Yup, different, but still terrible. The shot is hopeless.
02/19/2007 12:13:39 PM
Originally posted by levyj413:

:P That's all I'll say. :)

Jeffrey, you're too funny, and right on the mark! Wonderfully gentle honesty.
02/19/2007 07:28:31 AM
Julianne, I think the colors are great but just a tad sharper focus.
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02/19/2007 07:23:21 AM
I like the colours, but it's lacking sharpness and a real focal point.
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02/19/2007 06:40:00 AM
hmm, well. yup, it's a snapshot. here's one treatment of it: i dunno if it's better, but it's different.
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02/19/2007 04:24:20 AM
I think the food looks kind of eaten a bit, but still looks attractive! I am amazed because it seems like a hard thing to pull off. Even if the food wasn't eaten a bit, it still seems that way, and it makes me think of being in the middle of a great meal.
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02/19/2007 12:32:53 AM
:P That's all I'll say. :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/18/2007 06:22:28 PM
just a jumbled snapshot of your plate. - 3
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02/18/2007 04:48:06 PM
5
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02/18/2007 12:23:13 PM
Sharpness falls off toward the back a bit too much, and is a bit distracting. Well lit, no shadows.
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02/16/2007 01:30:40 PM
should have cropped in more
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02/16/2007 05:01:39 AM
This doesn't look appetising at all I'm afraid. The lighting is very harsh, focus is soft and there is too much on the plate.
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02/15/2007 12:35:03 PM
The pale blue plate, adds like a natural frame round the subject, looks just so, I could pull up a chair, the dark over the edge of the table is a little distracting, and it has that look of a camera mounted flash, well done
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02/12/2007 12:30:59 PM
poor lighting, OOF ...
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02/12/2007 09:23:11 AM
IMHO there is just far too much noise and too many blown highlights in this one.

Agin IMHO it doesn't appear that there has been any consideration for the composition of this, with the edges of the plate out of frame and the distracing background to the left and top of the frame.

Sorry to be mean (3)
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02/12/2007 12:11:16 AM
great color but it is a little busy for me
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