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Sara's Sushi
Sara's Sushi
SoulMan1978


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Challenge: Recipe (Food) III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A100
Lens: Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha
Location: Sara's house
Date: Jul 12, 2008
Aperture: F25.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 8 secs
Galleries: Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Jul 15, 2008

 Hoping this does better than my previous food shots. Quite often when I shoot our food I've used on-camera flash because I had to, because it was late by the time it was cooked and there was no light left.

I approached this differently, used a tripod so I could use a slow shutter speed to get enough light and I didn't have to mess about with the flash. Ideally I'd have got lower down to the food but because it was sushi you needed to be relatively high up to see the filling.

The tablecloth was improvised using a white pillowcase. Trying out the high key look, not quite sure about it to be honest. What I do know is it's hard to make the plate stand out in basic....

These turned out well and tasted delicious considering it was the first time Sara had made sushi and the first time I'd eaten it!

Recipe garnered from here - I can highly recommend it if you've never made sushi before :-)

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 07/25/2008 10:56:57 AM
Mmmm - fantastic! Compliments to the chef! Nice composition and I don't think that anything looks blown out. Nice one.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/22/2008 09:42:42 PM
It seems that there is a little blowout on the bottom part of the plate, but otherwise, nice image!
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 07/19/2008 10:41:15 AM
nicely taken
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 07/17/2008 04:18:28 PM
This is too sharp (bet you thought you'd never hear that one...huh?).
The current style of food photography rarely if ever has everything in focus. If the food image is being used to idendentify specific product such as, a spice, an herb, a fish or utensil, etc. only then is sharp focus necessary. Otherwise full dof food images went out with Betty Crocker Cookbooks in the 1970/s/80's. Cheers!

Having said that, this will probably place better than my shot.
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 07/16/2008 07:31:05 PM
Composition of elements, lighting and colors are all wonderful in this photo. Composition is clean and minimal such that the food really stands out. The dish is also wonderfully arranged with the composition. The lighting illuminates your subjects wonderfully such that the viewer can fully appreciate the food set on the plate before them. Nice job on this one 8.
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 07/16/2008 12:54:27 PM
Sushi!!
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 07/16/2008 10:12:30 AM
very nice shot and making me hungry, but I'd like to see a little more sat. Also risky with so much white-on-white. Would like to see the sushi pop more.
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 07/16/2008 09:33:42 AM
Might suggest a tighter crop, with the chopsticks laying across the sushi. The wrinkles in the background, and reflection of the blinds(?) in the plate take away from this shot.
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