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Challenge: Bread (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Kitchen
Date: Feb 12, 2008
Aperture: 6.4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/12 sec
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Feb 12, 2008

 I was hoping to do something a little different. I have always struggled with the lighting so I spent a lot of time setting this up. I bet I took 100 shots trying to get the shadows right. I think I got it.

The process was simple. I toasted some wheat bread (It has more texture) then used a hanger to suspend the toast. The black background was used to hide the hanger in the shadows. Then I spent the better part of the afternoon trying to get the angles right. Picked the best 3-4 and went to Post Processing.

Crop, De-saturate, Un-sharpen mask, size, save for web.

This was the last shot taken. I think the crumbs are a nice touch.

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 167
Avg (all users): 5.9916
Avg (commenters): 6.9286
Avg (participants): 5.9091
Avg (non-participants): 6.0231
Views since voting: 1402
Views during voting: 375
Votes: 239
Comments: 17
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 06/23/2008 11:43:57 PM
I really like your concept. At first glance, I wondered how many pieces of bread got toasted for this shot or how many times the same two pieces got 'popped'.The effort was well worth the result. I am going to make the assumption that your toaster is actually white & that the colour produced in the photograph is a colour cast problem. Please forgive me if I'm wrong. To fix the colour cast problem is easy. You can either do it 'in camera' by playing around in the white balance settings on your camera or if our editing software allows you to select the 'set white point' then just bring that icon over any part of the toaster & click & that's it, instant white toaster again.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/18/2008 10:35:08 PM
Now that's a kick butt toaster. Mine doesn't even shoot it out at all.
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 02/18/2008 07:51:03 PM
Powerful little Sunbeam. :) Nice catch.
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 02/17/2008 04:45:07 PM
Great timing! Could have used a touch more light, even if you'd just pushed the levels a bit in pp to lessen the yellow cast on the toaster...
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 02/15/2008 08:44:48 AM
Excellent!!
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 02/14/2008 08:59:27 PM
Nice capture, lighting seems a little flat.
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 02/14/2008 11:08:04 AM
great capture
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 02/14/2008 10:31:07 AM
i really like this photo, i just think another angle would have been more intersting.
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 02/14/2008 04:36:06 AM
"watch carefully as the two toasts perform their native mating ritual..."
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 02/13/2008 09:25:03 PM
Great timing but the colors seem a bit off.
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 02/13/2008 07:16:55 PM
Nice clicking!
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 02/13/2008 04:07:42 PM
Cute setup!
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 02/13/2008 03:27:40 PM
Like it : )
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 02/13/2008 02:40:30 PM
very nice capture! good exposure.
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 02/13/2008 01:01:20 PM
i wanted to do this myself but toaster broke 8
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 02/13/2008 09:22:50 AM
great detail and textures. wow not one bit of motion blur.
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 02/13/2008 03:25:28 AM
Well done! I am interested to know how you did it.
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