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Oh, Sugar Cookies
2nd PlaceOh, Sugar Cookies
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Stars (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D40X
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Home
Date: Dec 14, 2008
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/8 Sec
Galleries: Abstract, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Dec 14, 2008


Thanks everyone for your wonderful comments and votes.

The set up:
The cookie dough is sugar cookie dough. I made it just for this challenge and no I haven't eaten it yet. It is actually still sitting in my refrigerator waiting to be trashed.

I rolled the cookie dough out on my counter top and started punching stars in it. By the way I wanted to use a silver cookie cutter but I couldn't find one. It's a good thing too huh? Anyway I started punching out the stars in the dough and just left the cookie cutter in one.

The camera is about 2.5 feet above the dough aimed down at it. The lighting was strategically placed on the kitchen ceiling and above my stove. That's all I used...

Editing involved some slight cloning of flour, hue/saturation adjustments, a levels adjustment, and some sharpening.

Thanks again everyone for your comments and votes.

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 87
Avg (all users): 6.5802
Avg (commenters): 7.3000
Avg (participants): 6.2391
Avg (non-participants): 6.7155
Views since voting: 5348
Views during voting: 331
Votes: 162
Comments: 52
Favorites: 5 (view)

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AuthorThread
 12/31/2008 03:23:42 PM
Great idea for this, the bronze-y cutter stands out very well, and well-lit. Congrats!
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 12/27/2008 04:25:52 PM
Great image Joe. Congratulations! I think your copyright message is a bit extreme for a 720 by 527 pixel image :)

Message edited by author 2008-12-27 16:32:33.
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 12/27/2008 02:38:43 PM
Great shot, great win.
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 12/26/2008 07:33:21 PM
The copyright message is a bit harsh on this site IMHO
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 12/24/2008 10:29:09 PM
Great photo, and in the holiday spirit, too.

I'm interested to note your copyright message, and surprised that's it's necessary. Do people on this website seriously copy/use another photographer's work?
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 12/23/2008 10:59:17 PM
Way to go on the red!
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 12/23/2008 08:06:50 AM
super job joe!!! congrats you are definitely on a roll
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 12/23/2008 12:21:41 AM
Nice lighting and patterns.
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 12/22/2008 09:38:22 PM
Congratulations on your Second place win, great job and very creative. I bet the cookies would of been good too. :)
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 12/22/2008 09:27:45 PM
You went to all this work to make the dough and you didn't bake it?? Silly man!! (but great shot :D )

Congrats!
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 12/22/2008 08:28:09 PM
Delicious! Well done.
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 12/22/2008 07:45:03 PM
congrats. I wonder how many people have a ribbon picture that doesn't appear on their home page? Frustrating but reassuring at the same time....
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 12/22/2008 03:42:11 PM
Congrats! I not only LOVE this picture, I LOVE it when I read someone used common lighting and still ribboned. Hope lives!!!!!
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 12/22/2008 02:47:41 PM
Congrats on your ribbon, I am so glad this won!
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 12/22/2008 01:51:18 PM
Originally posted by bvy:
I like this a lot. Am I to understand you used your existing in-home kitchen lighting, and didn't use any strobes, flashes or professional equipment?

Great job and congrats!


Exactly... Just plain old kitchen lighting.
 12/22/2008 01:11:00 PM
:) Yummy! It makes me feel all Christmassy and festive :) Congratulations!!!
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 12/22/2008 12:03:16 PM
I like this a lot. Am I to understand you used your existing in-home kitchen lighting, and didn't use any strobes, flashes or professional equipment?

Great job and congrats!
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 12/22/2008 10:54:59 AM
Congratulations on your excellent picture and ribbon. X-mas came early for you :)
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 12/22/2008 10:04:22 AM
Love the simplicity of this (and the lighting). Big congrats on your ribbon, Joe.
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 12/22/2008 09:32:34 AM
Congratulations, Joe! Fabulous win!
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 12/22/2008 08:10:38 AM
way to go Joe, you are on a roll Grats on second place
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 12/22/2008 07:24:37 AM
So simple and yummy and you got to eat them afterwards! Well done on the red Joe!
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 12/22/2008 03:08:12 AM
Well done on your ribbon :) (I gave you an 8!) Really happy that you got ribboned :)
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 12/22/2008 02:18:10 AM
Nicely done Joe! I gave this an 8. :) congrats on the ribbon.
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 12/22/2008 02:09:19 AM
Yo, Joe, way to go!! :D
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 12/22/2008 12:24:07 AM
Congratulations, nice setup and shot.
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 12/22/2008 12:16:51 AM
Great idea and I love the shot. Congratulations on your ribbon.

Edit to add: Just noticed you now have a full set of ribbons - well done.

Message edited by author 2008-12-22 00:20:40.
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 12/22/2008 12:15:55 AM
Simple and effective, congrats Joe!
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 12/22/2008 12:03:44 AM
Congrats Joe! Marverlous idea and shot. Go....oh....What the heck....go Islanders anyway!
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 12/22/2008 12:03:09 AM
Congratulations on the ribbon!!! Doin the happy dance yet?? :)
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 12/22/2008 12:01:12 AM
CONGRATS on your ribbon!!! Great, deserving shot. :) -Magen
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/21/2008 11:52:55 PM
cute idea - and this is exactly how my cookies line up!
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 12/21/2008 07:11:20 PM
Pretty - I love the copper cookie cutter. Maybe if the light was a little warmer the dough might have tied in better with the cutter. The tones just don't mesh well to my eye. Maybe a warming filter applied just to the dough? 6
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 12/21/2008 06:53:38 PM
i like your soft light
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 12/21/2008 06:40:04 PM
oh beautiful! i love the shadows, and the composition. some may not like the border, but i really do. great work!
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 12/21/2008 10:46:26 AM
Nice lighting on this one. The border wasn't necessary, I don't think -- at least not to the left and right.
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 12/20/2008 06:51:23 PM
simple concept that has been well executed, 9
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 12/20/2008 01:06:06 PM
Very nicely done. The copper cookie cutter really makes the image.
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 12/20/2008 12:40:19 PM
I like the picture. Nice touch with leaving the cutter. Not a fan of the frame.
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 12/19/2008 07:22:13 PM
nice one
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 12/19/2008 03:23:37 PM
Yum. Not only a great idea for the challenge, and well done, but you get cookies out of the deal. Bonus!!
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 12/18/2008 08:36:46 AM
Great shot!! Perfect lighting on the cutter..
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 12/16/2008 09:20:07 PM
yummy - the details are very good and the composition is simple and clean
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 12/16/2008 06:50:23 PM
Nice, simple composition - I like the subtle shadow.
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 12/16/2008 05:19:18 PM
Nice composition.
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 12/16/2008 03:20:18 PM
wonderfully clear and sharp!
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 12/16/2008 01:51:27 PM
Love the lighting.
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 12/16/2008 12:48:27 PM
I like this...
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 12/15/2008 02:26:43 PM
I love this image, it would make a beautiful print for the kitchen. Great colors.
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 12/15/2008 11:04:17 AM
This is my absolute favourite in the challenge, I just love it! I thought of using a star cookie cutter and making cookies but I knew I wouldn't be able to make perfectly shaped cookies. But you were clever enough to use the dough. Smartie!
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 12/15/2008 08:24:14 AM
simple and eyecatching 8
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 12/15/2008 06:46:34 AM
Great idea and composition!
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