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Challenge: Asia (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
Location: Melbourne Australia
Date: Dec 29, 2008
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 1000
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Dec 28, 2008

 The Image: Having won a blue in the FEAST Challenge, the elusive food photography success was now mine! Thought I would have another go. Went ane bought the food this time, and no, I didn't feed it to the dog! Our daughter Sarah will be eating this. It's BEEF AND BLACKBEAN SAUCE.

Used a 50mm F1.8 Nikon lens to shoot this and hand held it in available light.

The Edit: A lot of subtle massaging on this one using adjustment layers and masks. Cloned out some dust. I adjusted colour, levels, curves, a layer of noise reduction or two, an adjustment for sharpness...just working instintively. I also added a Gaussian Blur adjustment layer and mask for the softer focus in some parts of the image.

I then did a black and white layer which I pulled the levels down on, then added a layer mask to get the slight vignette to finish it all off.

The Prediction: Maybe 6.8??? Is that ambitious for this? Let's see...

Post: yes, my prediction was ambitious, but there are some wonderful photos in the top 10 just above me...well done everyone!

Statistics
Place: 10 out of 106
Avg (all users): 6.5793
Avg (commenters): 8.0769
Avg (participants): 6.4255
Avg (non-participants): 6.6410
Views since voting: 2481
Views during voting: 344
Votes: 164
Comments: 22
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 01/10/2009 01:53:12 AM
This is Kari Ann, greetings from the Critique Club:

composition: A beautifully presented piece. The plates are all placed very well in the focus points of the picture.

color:Strong and alluring. The deep greens in the bowl and the red place-mat really work amazingly together

contrast: very good contrast, just enough to set the bowls of food out from the table below, but not too much so they are disjointed

focus: precise focus, I love how much detail can be seen in the food, its amazing

depth of field: the addition of the blur makes the piece even more interesting, adding that little bit of DOF really adds more emphasis to the food being showcased

lighting: lighting is very well done, bringing all the main characters into the light

other: gosh, this was just too yummy- i mean, fun to critique. You should be very proud of such an image, and
great job on such a great finish in the challenge. I can't think of anything for you to do to improve on it.
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 01/05/2009 11:20:40 PM
Well done and much better than the Feast entry. Amazing for me is how it survived all that processing. Oh well maybe some day I'll learn...
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 01/05/2009 11:47:33 AM
Nice job, Enzo! Not only with a beautiful "food photo", but the unique angle makes it a standout. It could be a magazine ad for sure :)
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 01/05/2009 02:35:35 AM
Definitely looks good enough to eat. Congrats on top 10, Enzo. Excellent shot.
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 01/05/2009 12:21:58 AM
extremely professional, could/should be in a magazine
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/03/2009 06:25:17 PM
Brilliant food photo, love the DOF, the set up, the colours, everything.
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 12/31/2008 08:23:10 PM
good colors, could use this in a cookbook...
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 12/31/2008 01:22:09 PM
fantastic photo. great color, setup, lighting. 10 one of the best of the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/31/2008 12:16:00 PM
I've always considered food to be art. This photograph really demonstrates that.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/31/2008 08:00:32 AM
Fantastic combination of colours and form. I love the way the vignetting also draws you to the centre of the image. Looks so tasty!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/31/2008 03:07:34 AM
looks good enough to eat
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 12/31/2008 12:42:22 AM
Whew, what a tasty looking image! Excellent color, composition, lighting, etc. Way to go!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/30/2008 08:39:58 PM
Nice and sharp, great colors and textures. I think I can even smell this.
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 12/30/2008 05:38:30 PM
This picture just made me really hungry!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/30/2008 04:37:37 PM
man, all this voting is making me HUNGRY!! Nice shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/30/2008 04:07:11 PM
Nice composition and nicely lit too.
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 12/29/2008 09:49:00 PM
Love the composition
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2008 06:37:12 PM
great food shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2008 11:31:41 AM
Yummy! Nice composition!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2008 03:35:59 AM
This is perfectly executed and screams hotpasta to me. I can almost reach through the monitor and grab a taste.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2008 02:02:09 AM
Taking a punt... Is this yours Enzo? Fantastic colours, brilliant image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2008 12:05:18 AM
well composed, the blurred edges are really distracting but the colors and clarity in the middle are lovely
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