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Butter Chicken
Butter Chicken
Lonni


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Challenge: Orange II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Date: Mar 26, 2010
Galleries: Still Life, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Mar 26, 2010

 Well I had done three other separate shoots for this challenge but wasn't really happy with any of them. Then, as we were eating this for dinner I realised that it was perfect for the orange challenge - I must have had orange on the brain when I was planning my meal! :)

This is actually low fat butter chicken, made with light evaporated milk. Each serving is less than 10 grams of fat - and it's really very good. You can find the recipe here: //today.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=605930

I absolutely love food photography and I'm a sucker for food magazines. I have the long-term goal of one day ribboning with a food shot, and although this won't be it, I'm going to keep trying. As hotpasta has observed many times, food just doesn't score well on DPC. Might have to wait till another food-themed challenge.


Statistics
Place: 60 out of 175
Avg (all users): 5.7042
Avg (commenters): 6.7692
Avg (participants): 5.7123
Avg (non-participants): 5.6957
Views since voting: 1190
Views during voting: 255
Votes: 142
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 04/05/2010 08:56:36 AM
I figured this wouldn't do great as like you say, food shots usually don't, but there's no way it deserved to score anywhere below 6! Clearly meets the challenge and a great shot to boot, you was robbed!
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 04/05/2010 08:51:12 AM
Wonderful take on the challenge! One of my top picks.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/03/2010 08:36:55 PM
A very good one: idea + execution.
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 04/03/2010 11:54:44 AM
nice presentation of food...not an easy thing to do...
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 04/02/2010 05:14:39 PM
sorry dont like,,,,,,,,, sorry,,,,,
 04/02/2010 04:22:01 PM
Looks like Chicken Tikka Massala to me. Nice use of natural light. Good pristine setting and overall looks appetizing!
- Back to bump this up.
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 04/01/2010 03:30:21 PM
One of my most favorite foods. Well presented too. ;)I like the choice for shallow DOF to emphasize the chicken, still having enough texture on the rice to show what it is. Excellent food shot. Now I'm hungry darnit! 8
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 04/01/2010 03:14:03 PM
great shot- one of my favorites. top 5
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 04/01/2010 07:36:14 AM
yummmm i love ittttttt damn you i'm hungry now. evil. 9
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 03/29/2010 09:11:25 PM
So yummy. I'm hungry now.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/29/2010 05:24:38 PM
I'm not sure I'm hungry or not, but I'm really liking this
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 03/29/2010 04:49:18 PM
Yum!If I slant my head down while looking at the picture, I like the colours more.
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 03/29/2010 04:24:46 PM
Hmmmm, looks yummy
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/29/2010 10:59:30 AM
Mmmmmm....looks YUMMY!!! Love the focus on this shot!
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 03/29/2010 10:29:50 AM
Not voting but still curious what Butter Chicken is. Looks tasty. Please write back - S
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 03/29/2010 08:14:16 AM
YUMMM!!!!
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