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We Eat All We Can And We Sell The Rest
We Eat All We Can And We Sell The Rest
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Product Shot II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon
Location: Houston, TX
Date: Mar 19, 2010
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/5
Galleries: Advertisement, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Mar 20, 2010

 We were on a tour of the Blue Bell Creamery in Brenham Texas when I saw they were selling the ice cream cartons for $1.00 each. I guess people use them as planters.

"We Eat All We Can And We Sell The Rest" is one of their marketing slogans. So I thought it might make a good product shot theme.

I used fake ice cream based on this recipe

Worked great. although we did burn out the hand mixer. ;-)

Used natural light through a southern facing window.

Nothing special on the processing.

levels, a little color balance
Cloned out on spot refection on the gold band on the lid.
Cropped
size
USM
border
save for web


Statistics
Place: 16 out of 124
Avg (all users): 6.5362
Avg (commenters): 6.4667
Avg (participants): 6.0851
Avg (non-participants): 6.7692
Views since voting: 2216
Views during voting: 307
Votes: 138
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 03/29/2010 11:38:56 AM
Great tip about the fake ice cream!
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 03/29/2010 12:06:47 AM
Man, 6.53 only gets you 17th? What is this world coming to?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/28/2010 05:09:28 PM
What's the other flavor and where do they sell Blue Bell Ice Cream? Looks delicious.
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 03/27/2010 07:39:52 PM
A very good product shot, but maybe better if the ice cream was in nice round balls like out of an ice cream scoop
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 03/26/2010 12:40:20 PM
Not a fan of white background shots but when done with some creativity like this one it is much better to look at. Great concept.
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 03/26/2010 12:12:00 PM
somehow the colors don't add up together for me, even though its a great picture!
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 03/25/2010 06:53:42 PM
too many carton
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 03/25/2010 09:58:41 AM
And it's darn good ice cream, too. Very nicely done! (Commenting only.)
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 03/24/2010 06:15:23 PM
Makes my tummy hurt so good.
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 03/23/2010 08:42:28 PM
well done food product shot
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 03/23/2010 06:09:46 PM
I really like this. It's well composed and executed. The title is pithy. It's totally appealing to the eye - and therefore meets the challenge wonderfully.
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 03/23/2010 02:25:25 AM
Nice crisp photo, but the bowl with the ice cream is just slightly off center, which is annoying - it should either be centered exactly or off to side.
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 03/22/2010 02:11:05 PM
I think that the product features too much here. The tubs in the background seem to serve to confuse rather that reinforce.
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 03/22/2010 11:35:58 AM
I hate you...not really, I just miss getting Blue Bell!! I love the shot, bokeh is good and the colors really pop.
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 03/22/2010 11:23:09 AM
Accomplished execution.
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 03/22/2010 07:17:29 AM
Good shot of a notoriously difficult subject. The bowls are a bit of a distraction though- the blue stripe is a bit ugly and looks out of place.
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 03/22/2010 01:10:00 AM
nicely framed, feels like we're getting the story that you can't just have one. nice even lighting..
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 03/22/2010 12:56:13 AM
Good image and a brilliant title...

Raj
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