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The Sausage Maker
1st PlaceThe Sausage Maker
jasonlprice


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Old Ways (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Canon
Date: Jan 29, 2008
Aperture: 1.4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Black and White, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jan 29, 2008

 This is my dad making jalapeno cheeze sausage at the table.....


It seems like there are some fans of homemade sausage here at DPC (judgeing by the blue ribbon on my "normal" old ways photo!) so I thought I would give you some more information :) First, here is the winning shot with the original straight from the camera version:

As you can see the white balance is all funky in the original, but I was shooting for b/w (RAW original though) for this challenge anyway so I didn't really worry about it. We have a door just behind me that I opened for light which mixed with the regular lighting. I converted to b/w using Photoshop cs's "black and white" command, applied a smart sharpen filter and saved for web.

And here are some other photos that tell more of the story...





And here is the recipe..

3 lbs venison
1 lbs pork (boston butt)
1 lb chedar cheeze
10 fresh jalapenos
4 tbs Cilantro
1/2 cup paprika
2 tbs salt
3 tbs sugar
2 tbs garlic powder

Clean and de-seed jalapenos and grind with meat.
Mix all other ingredients together with meat.
Stuff into hog casings.

Enjoy!

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 159
Avg (all users): 6.9453
Avg (commenters): 8.3889
Avg (participants): 6.9643
Avg (non-participants): 6.9400
Views since voting: 7327
Views during voting: 384
Votes: 256
Comments: 45
Favorites: 3 (view)

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AuthorThread
 02/07/2008 07:54:00 PM
ooh yum that recipe sounds good! what's 'boston butt' though?
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 02/07/2008 05:51:07 PM
a beautiful conversion to black and white. congrats on the blue, it is well deserved.
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 02/07/2008 09:11:00 AM
No doubt a brilliant shot ! ..am just curious .. how would it have been in color and using iso 80 instead of 400 for your settings ?
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 02/06/2008 09:32:24 PM
Congratulations on your excellent placement with this perfectly nuanced image.
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 02/06/2008 08:57:16 PM
Jason, with a Dad like that I bet you have some great photos in stock... and sausage too. I've never tried that type, but it sounds pretty tasty. Congratulations on the ribbon.
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 02/06/2008 03:48:22 PM
As everyone has said, this is a wonderful portrait - fabulous detail, wonderful high contrast and wide tonal range, great composition, great DOF choice... wouldn't change a thing! Even cooler that it's of your dad!
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 02/06/2008 01:42:20 PM
Congrats, great shot! luv this...
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 02/06/2008 10:09:24 AM
Grats on the blue - very well deserved - your shot really met the challenge perfectly imo and I'm glad the voters did too. Beautifully composed and processed.
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 02/06/2008 08:26:55 AM
Very well done, this really was a great picture, big thanks to your Dad for this one.

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 02/06/2008 07:04:51 AM
well worth it. one of the few blues lately that really depict what any photo contest is about anymore. solid. sold. werd.
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 02/06/2008 05:51:40 AM
Beautiful Jason well done. another blue for you :)
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 02/06/2008 05:13:26 AM
super sausage
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 02/06/2008 04:35:19 AM
well done/congratulations...a fantastic picture
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 02/06/2008 03:59:34 AM
Congrats! An awesome photo that deserves completely to be the top of the pack!
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 02/06/2008 03:17:41 AM
Congrats for the placement, very beautiful image.
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 02/06/2008 03:17:17 AM
Congrats Jason, excellent shot and b/w conversion
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 02/06/2008 02:35:36 AM
Congrats!! the b/w conversion is brilliant..
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 02/06/2008 02:29:39 AM
congrats I thought this was the best photo
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 02/06/2008 01:19:45 AM
Your dad looks like he was made for this photo. (That's supposed to be a compliment..)
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 02/06/2008 12:34:03 AM
Love this. Great work, Jason. Congrats on the blue.
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 02/06/2008 12:26:56 AM
Great work! Congrats Jason!!
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 02/06/2008 12:20:26 AM
Fantastic Jason...this is an amazing shot!! Congrats on your blue!!
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 02/06/2008 12:14:54 AM
Congratulations on the blue!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/05/2008 09:32:23 PM
Excellent representation of the challenge.
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 02/05/2008 06:02:12 PM
I gave 2 10's in the challenge, this was one of them. This is a fantastic photo and I will be shocked if it doesn't win a ribbon.
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 02/05/2008 04:04:29 PM
Love this shot
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 02/05/2008 10:34:03 AM
Perfect! From composition to dof, tones & expression on his face.
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 02/05/2008 09:59:43 AM
nice contrast between black and white. the lighting makes the photo very interesting
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 02/04/2008 08:50:09 PM
great take
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 02/04/2008 08:27:32 PM
Very clever, well taken, and creative.
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 02/04/2008 10:07:57 AM
This is an amazing picture with wonderful values, but the background is somewhat awkward and bland. but the fore- and middlegournd is amazing.
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 02/03/2008 04:37:01 PM
Possible (IMO) the best image in terms of meeting the descrition and the idea of the challenge. When you add thisto the very strong balck and white conversion and the wordless story that the sausage makers face and arms tells it all combines to make a genuinely outstanding image. Bumping to 10 and I hope this does brilliantly for you
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 02/03/2008 02:40:31 PM
In contrast to the old saying, this doesn't look nearly as frightening as watching Congress in session . :-)
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 02/03/2008 10:12:23 AM
Nice monochrome image, good use of depth of field
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 02/02/2008 08:38:35 PM
An old-fashioned sausage maker, huh? Nice composition.
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 02/02/2008 01:31:25 AM
i like this one a lot... nice DOF, composition and focus on the face.
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 02/01/2008 07:06:51 PM
Ooooh this is so cool! Your choice of DOF is just perfect. Hope you will tell the story behind this picture in your comment. This is my winner - I hope you ribbon with this!
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 02/01/2008 12:23:14 AM
Mmmmmmmm sausages! Great DOF.
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 01/31/2008 04:56:45 PM
wonderful concept
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 01/30/2008 07:53:01 PM
Very Nice. Captured the detail in his face nicely.
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 01/30/2008 04:34:42 PM
This is my top pic of the challenge, I love the way the sausage curled leads you into the picture, nice character in the gentleman also adds great authenticity to the picture, best of luck with the scoring :)
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 01/30/2008 10:34:49 AM
The contrast and levels in this photograph are really good. I also really like the compostion
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 01/30/2008 09:31:17 AM
Oh yes, now that is what I am talking about, my favorite meal. Oh the photoo, hehe fabulous details that pop out at you, the textures of this are great, the namd, the smoothness of the meat, the roundness of his mincer. Very good 10
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 01/30/2008 01:53:24 AM
Very nice work.
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 01/30/2008 01:15:12 AM
10
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